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Remember When Feb. 17, 2022

10 years ago (2012)
•A Steen woman and her husband in Kuwait met for a romantic Valentine’s Day lunch Tuesday at the Coffey Haus in Luverne. …
Using Skype software, she had a real-time conversation with her husband, Matthew Hite, who is stationed in Kuwait with the National Guard.
It was 9 p.m. in his part of the world, but they chatted happily about small details of their daily lives. For example, did he receive a package she had sent and was Valentine’s Day observed at the mess hall?
Toward the end of their Skype conversation, Matthew arranged to have flowers delivered to Miranda’s table at the Coffey Haus.
 
25 years ago (1997)
•With melting snow running and dripping everywhere, Luverne residents were surprised Tuesday night to hear warnings to conserve water. The culprit was a break in a 10-inch city water main under I-90. It was discovered early Tuesday afternoon.
City Administrator Matt Hylen said, “We were pumping over 3,000 gallons of water per minute, and levels were dropping at the tower. It was a major break.”
Though they don’t know what caused the break, city workers quickly determined the general location. Water from the leak ran down the center median of the highway to the Rock River. Crews shut off the water with valves located on both sides of the highway.
Hylen said the 10-inch main running north to south under the two lanes of the interstate is enclosed in a concrete casing. Working through the night, city crews with help from Henning Construction extracted the pipe from the casing, made repairs, put it back in place and restored service around 1 p.m. Wednesday.
 
50 years ago (1972)
•Four Luverne High School seniors, Pat Pelstring, Glenn Overgaard, Dennis Olson and Steve Loger, will be competing in the 1972 State Debate Tournament this Friday and Saturday at Hopkins.
A total of 27 teams from the state’s eight regions will be competing for the state championship. Also representing Region II along with Luverne will be the Worthington Debate Team.
 
75 years ago (1947)
•Monday, February 24, is “John Deere Day” in Luverne. The event, which is being sponsored by Sellen and Company, is one that all farmers and their families will want to attend.
There’ll be a free lunch at noon at the implement building, and following immediately at 1 o’clock will be a free movie, “The Windjammer,” featuring Bob Burns. Tickets for the movie may be obtained free of charge by calling at the Sellen Implement Company. Four other interesting features will also be shown, according to Felix Sellen.
 
100 years ago (1922)
•Three carloads of Rock county corn are on their way to the starving people of Russia as a result of the campaign conducted in the Volga district. The campaign closed yesterday when the last car was shipped from Kenneth. Previously one carload was shipped from Hills and one from Beaver Creek.
While the donation of three carloads of corn is a fine testimonial to the generosity of the people of Rock county, fully twice this amount could have been secured through a more energetic campaign. Evidence of this is found in the fact that in the sections where the district chairmen got out and hustled the response was most generous, while from other sections only scattering donations were received. Hills and Martin township, for instance, donated a carload of corn alone, and the Beaver Creek district and the Vienna district each contributed approximately half a carload. From all other sections of the county the contributions by township units were comparatively light. J. N. Jacobson had charge of the Hills and Martin district, O. I. Godfrey of the Beaver Creek district, and Wm. Perkins of the Vienna district, and each of these men labored earnestly for the cause.

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