10 years ago (2012)
•Luverne’s Terry Vajgrt will be sworn in next month as a judge in Minnesota’s Fifth Judicial District.
“It’s an exciting opportunity,” he said Monday about being appointed by the governor. “I greatly appreciate the local support and encouragement I received through the application process.”
He replaces Judge Timothy Connell who retired late last year after 24 years on the bench.
25 years ago (1997)
•Rezoning an area near the hospital and clinic means the Luverne Community Hospital will be able to offer outpatient chemical dependency services in Luverne.
The Luverne City Council, Monday, approved rezoning the north half of the 400 block just north of the Luverne Clinic and Hospital from single family residential/institutional.
In October, the Luverne Community Hospital Board purchased the Torkelson house on North McKenzie Street with plans to convert it to use as offices for an outpatient chemical dependency facility.
The property adjoins a parking lot already owned by the hospital. With the rezoning approved, the hospital will do some minor remodeling to get the facility in operation as soon as possible, according to Lynn Remme, administration assistant.
50 years ago (1972)
•Radar is proving its effectiveness in controlling traffic in Luverne, Police Chief Chester Bendt said in a report to the City Council Tuesday.
The equipment was purchased last year at a cost of $1,775 and with reimbursement of state and federal funds it left the city with an investment of $887.50, Chief Bendt reminded.
Enforcement began Sept. 6, 1970, and for the first four months there were 80 speeding arrests with a collection of $1,123 in fines. In 1971, there were 148 arrests with a total of $2,505 in fines. To date, $4,628 in fines have been imposed. The radar equipment has earned $3,539 in fines in the past 16 months and to date there has not been one “not guilty” plea in municipal court, the chief said.
75 years ago (1947)
•Alan C. McIntosh, publisher of the Rock County Star-Herald, was elected second vice-president of the Minnesota Editorial Association last week. The association held its annual convention at Minneapolis, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
New president of the organization is Ludwig I. Roe, publisher of the Montevideo News. Norman E. Nelson, Cloquet, Pine Knot, was elected first vice-president, and Henry Mead, Aitkin, Independent Age, third vice-president, and W. F. Duffy, Shakopee Argus-Tribune, was re-elected treasurer.
Walter E. Barnes, Sleepy Eye Herald-Dispatch, was named to the board of directors. Holdover directors are M. A. Johnson, Blue Earth Post, and D. A. McKenzie, Crookston Daily Times.
100 years ago (1922)
•Luverne will not have a municipal ice skating place this winter. This decision is due to the fact that the committee in charge of the matter has been unable to get the consent of the trustees of the Norwegian Synod church to use the street on the north side of the church property for the purpose. …
One of the trustees of the Synod society declined to consent to the plan, however, because he wanted the street as a place for parking cars, for members of the congregation, although both sides of Freeman avenue in front of the church property and also alongside of the Central school grounds would be available for this purpose.
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