10 years ago (2010)
•Remember the Christmas blizzard of 2009?
Nearly two feet of snow and zero visibility closed roads to all travel that day, canceling holiday plans for families all over the Upper Midwest.
This year, those holiday blizzard memories will be recalled during a special presentation of the annual Christmas at the Palace Friday night, Dec. 10.
For many years the event has attracted local musical talent onstage to raise money for the Rock County Emergency Food Shelf and the historic Palace Theatre.
This year will be no different, except that emcee Terri Ebert will incorporate memories of Christmas blizzards into the program from a comfy chair in front of a fireplace.
Friday night’s show will assume the tone of a special television broadcast, with the voice of local radio personality Roger Kohl announcing for “B-M-A-T TV” (for Blue Mound Area Theater).
Between the 13 musical acts onstage, the audience will hear prerecorded segments of local residents who shared their memories of Christmas blizzards.
25 years ago (1995)
•Luverne’s new city administrator, Matt Hylen, plans to attend his first council meeting in late January and be on deck officially by Feb. 5.
“I’m looking forward to the opportunity,” Hylen said. He comes to Luverne after serving as city administrator for Hector since March 1993. He said he virtually developed the position, since the city changed from a city clerk to a city administrator form of government in 1992 and had only a short-term administrator before he took over.
Hylen said working with a small city staff, he’s learned something about all departments. Hector has an annual budget of $1.3 million including water and waste water treatment facilities, public works, a cemetery, airport and swimming pool.” Working in a small town, you wear all the hats. You deal with every single complaint,” he said. Hector is located in Renville County, southwest of Hutchinson. …
In addition to his experience at Hector, the Concordia College, Moorhead, graduate worked as a city manager intern for the city of Moorhead between January 1991 and March 1993. He is working toward a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Studies at Mankato State University.
50 years ago (1970)
•Luverne’s city council faced a light agenda Tuesday as the result of their new bimonthly meeting policy to allow them more time for discussion of individual items.
Of main concern to the councilmen this week was the acquisition of railroad property which is now leased from Rock Island Lines. The property, located along Blue Mound Ave. has been offered to the city for purchase. Councilmen were unanimous that the city buy this property but they were also of the opinion that the price of 20 cents per square ft. was too much. City Administrative Assistant Richard Kirkham has been instructed to negotiate with the railroad to obtain a lower and more agreeable price on the property.
75 years ago (1945)
•Two new national records have been established by George Edmonds’ poultry flocks here.
Announcement was made this week by the Minnesota Poultry Improvement Association that 83.1 per cent of Edmonds’ flock of 670 Leghorn hens qualified for “record of performance.” This record is the best ever made by any breed in the United States by any breeder trapping 300 or more birds.
To qualify for record of performance, a hen must lay 200 eggs per year which will average 24 ounces per dozen.
100 years ago (1920)
•Dr. C. O. Wright has made arrangement to take over the management of the Luverne hospital, for the present, at least, and will be given possession next Monday.
In this connection Mr. Wright announces that the same hospital corps will be retained, and that the institution will be conducted along the same lines, as near as possible, as it had been under the ownership and management of Dr. A. E. Spalding.
Dr. Wright had been quite closely associated with Mr. Spalding in hospital work ever since the hospital was first established.
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