10 years ago (2013)
•Owners, managers and dignitaries gathered Wednesday morning to celebrate the opening of the new Grandstay Hotel & Suites of Luverne, which hosted its first guests Wednesday night.
The 51-room hotel includes an indoor pool, elevator, 12 suites, handicap accessibility, pet-friendly rooms and more.
General Manager Kullen Schroht said the hotel’s philosophy is to be community-friendly.
The indoor pool will be available for a fee to the public for swimming rehabilitation therapy or birthday parties. A community meeting room that holds up to 25 people can be reserved at no charge.
“We want the community to see this place,” Schroht said.
25 years ago (1998)
•Luverne sixth-graders Alyssa Radisewitz and Trevor Maine are the winning essay writers in the Minnesota Board on Aging annual sixth-grade essay contest.
Area sixth-graders wrote essays about their grandparents or older friends (older than 60) and were judged based on the feelings portrayed in the essay in addition to originality, organization, grammar and spelling.
Finalists were invited to read their essays at the Senior Dining Center Monday, and the two winning essays will be sent to Minnesota Board on Aging for a chance at the state contest at the State Fair.
50 years ago (1973)
•About 200 bicyclists will be participating in the “Blue Mound 100” bike ride to be held here on June 3, according to word received by the Luverne Chamber of Commerce.
The ride will cover 100 miles through Rock County, with the Luverne high school parking lot serving as the starting point for the three circuitous phases of the ride. One will take the riders to Beaver Creek, Hills and return; the second to Kenneth, Hardwick and return, and the third to Steen, east toward Ellsworth, north to Magnolia and then return.
The Chamber of Commerce will provide trophies for the winners in the event. Each participant will receive an arm patch.
75 years ago (1948)
•Norma L. Groth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Groth, of Luverne, is this year’s valedictorian of the Luverne senior class. Salutatorian this year year is Nancy Juhl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Juhl, while Kenneth Vos, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Vos, of Hardwick, is the highest ranking boy of the class. Names of the honor students were made public yesterday by, Harvey G. Eitreim, senior high principal.
Fifteen members of the class were selected for the National Honor Society. Selections are made on the basis of scholarship, leadership and participation in extra curricular activities.
Included in the Honor Society selection were:
Betty J. Brown, Dorothy Dibbern, Faye Gilbertson, Norma Groth, Cherie Hoepner, Jean Juhl, Nancy Juhl, Robert Lindberg, Velma Lensch, Iva Jean McClure, Margaret Rolph, Delores Schoon, Betsy Schoonover, Betty Jean Soutar and Kenneth Vos.
100 years ago (1923)
•The Paul Untiedt store in Kanaranzi was broken into Monday night by burglars who stole a quantity of merchandise valued at from $1200 to $1500. They also ransacked the safe but were rewarded with only about $2 in pennies. The goods stolen included five sacks of sugar, fifteen Ford “’Trade-maker’ tires,” ten dozen shirts, twelve dozen unionalls and overalls, a number of pairs of men’s shoes, five dozen pairs of silk hose, several bolts of cloth, and a quantity of tobacco, cigars and cigarettes.
Entrance to the store was gained by breaking the knob of a side door in the building.
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