10 years ago (2010)
•This year the Rock County Sheriff’s Department has had 43 reports of narcotic-related problems and 65 total charges, according to Sheriff Evan Verbrugge.
With drug traffic being an increased problem, Verbrugge said he wants to “be proactive, not reactive.”
At Tuesday’s Rock County Board meeting, Verbrugge and Deputy Kyle Kreun presented information on a possible drug dog.
Joining them was Mike Ruskin, special agent for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
“When I first came to South Dakota, I could not believe the drug traffic in the tri-state area,” Ruskin said. “There is a significant number of dollars spent (here) that is not tax deductible.”
He said that from this financial standpoint and in terms of community safety, a drug dog is necessary.
With increased county drug incidents, Kreun researched for a canine that would be affordable and sociable. He found a 1 1/2-year old black lab trained by a narcotics investigator in Des Moines, Iowa.
“It’s not a German shepherd, so it would not have an aggressive appearance. It is a work dog, but we are in a community that also needs to enjoy it,” Kreun said.
25 years ago (1995)
•While many Rock County residents were involved in different activities over Labor Day weekend in early September, not many tales stemming from the three-day diversion can top Darrell Huiskes’ holiday adventure.
Huiskes, a self-proclaimed avid hunter, was one of a few lucky sportsmen from the state who was awarded a bear hunting license for the 1995 season. Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Luverne public works director set out for the north woods of Ely and bagged a 300-pound black bear on Saturday, Sept. 2.
“It was a beautiful bear,” Huiskes said from his home Monday night. “Black bears don’t get all that huge here in Minnesota, and a 300-pounder is really decent in size.”
50 years ago (1970)
•Luverne football players will be filmed in action on “candid camera” soon.
Purchase of a video camera, for use in making video tapes out of doors, was authorized Monday night by the Luverne school board. Showing of the tapes will be over closed circuit TV.
The item was not on the meeting agenda, but it was passed quickly, after the board had heard a proposal from Don Spease and Ed Sedlacek, representing the Cardinal Club, calling for more adequate filming of football games.
75 years ago (1945)
•Another war time measure will disappear from the picture Sunday, when Rock county residents will turn back their clocks one hour, and will once more be living according to standard time.
Legislation returning the nation back to “sun time” or “God’s time” as standard time has often been called, was signed Monday by the President. The official hour is at 2 a.m. September 30, but most clocks likely will be turned back an hour at bedtime.
War time has been in effect since January 20, 1942.
100 years ago (1920)
•The Urquhart-Fleming Motor Co is now getting squared away in its substantial new home on South Freeman avenue, which has been in course of construction since last March.
This building is a gratifying addition to the business structures of Luverne when viewed from any standpoint, for no expense or effort has been spared in making it a most substantial and modern garage building.
Of brick and concrete construction and imposing design, the building is 50x120 feet in ground dimensions, and two stories high, exclusive of a full basement.
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