Remember When Jan. 6, 2022

10 years ago (2012)
•Child Guide director Lisa Dinger’s job is to connect children who face problems to organizations or people with solutions.
Some kids have small problems, like not having a box of crayons or gym shoes when they are needed. Other kids have big problems, like spending the weekend hungry.
Dinger’s job for 10 years has been to manage the network of problems and solutions for Luverne students in kindergarten through fifth grade.
The Child Guide program began as a program to help at-risk students, but it has become used by nearly all students.
 
25 years ago (1997)
•A local car dealership may be a bit more cautious with its test drive policy after a 1995 Mercury Sable was stolen off the lot last weekend.
Dick Herman, owner of Herman Motor Company, Luverne, said a man took the car for a drive Saturday morning, and returned it to the lot saying he was interested in buying the car for his daughter, but he wanted to come back and show it to her.
The next day, the car was missing. Herman said he’s quite sure the man had a set of keys made while he was test driving the car and came back later and stole it. “I told my son (Joel) to check the two places in town that make duplicate keys and ask them if a man of that description had a set of Ford keys made that particular time Saturday,” Herman said. “As it turns out, the hardware store said they did.” …
Luverne Police Chief Keith Aanenson said law enforcement authorities across the nation have been notified of the theft.
 
50 years ago (1972)
•Cory Daniel Mensen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Mensen, Route 1, Luverne, became the first baby of the new year at Luverne’s Community Hospital on Jan. 3 at 7:41 a.m. The six pound nine ounce baby boy and his parents will be the recipients of a host of prices offered by 18 Luverne merchants who co-sponsor the First Baby of the Year Contest along with the Star-Herald.
 
75 years ago (1947)
•Luverne’s retail stores will close at 9 p.m. on Saturdays during the months of January, February and March, it was agreed Monday night at a meeting of store representatives.
About 20 retailers were represented at a meeting called by Luverne Civic and Commerce officials to decide upon an earlier Saturday night closing hour during the next three months. Several of the members favored a six o’clock closing on Saturdays, the same as on other days, but after some discussion, it was agreed to close at nine o’clock, which is the closing hour in neighboring cities. Those favoring the nine o’clock closing pointed out that Luverne would thus be accommodating the people of its trade territory the same as other communities were accommodating their respective trade areas.
 
100 years ago (1922)
•A very substantial increase in business, considering existing conditions, was made in 1921 by the Rose Dell Mutual Fire Insurance company, according to reports made at the annual meeting of the policyholders Tuesday. At the close of business on Dec. 31, 1920, the amount of insurance carried by the company aggregated $5,973,658. The number of new policies issued during the year was 326, carrying insurance aggregating $1,237,692, and the policies that expired numbered 363, and the insurance value $1,180,400.
The losses sustained by the company during the past year were unusually heavy, aggregating $8,994.26, of which $4,814.59 was caused by fire, and $4,179.69 by lightning. Of the total $2,167.11 was on buildings, $2,764.05 on household goods, grain, feed and implements, and $4,063.10 on live stock.