Sept. 17 Remember when

10 years ago (2005)
•Barry and Amy Cowell, Luverne, saw the tragic aftereffects of Hurricane Katrina and wanted to do something to help.
Barry is a driver for Christensen Trucking and got the idea to donate time and a truck to take relief supplies to the Gulf Coast. He set a semi-trailer in the parking lot across the street from Glen’s Food Center, got a sign donated from Pride Signs in Sioux Falls, and the donations started coming.
 
20 years ago (1995)
•Two new Luverne police officers were sworn into duty Friday morning at City Hall.
Jason Aanenson and Holly Emslander assumed full-time duties this week. With the additional officers on force, Luverne now has 24-hour police protection, where before no officer was on duty between the hours of 4 and 8 a.m.
 
50 years ago (1965)
•The Luverne police department office has been moved to a new location on West Main from their former location on North Cedar. The station is now located in a building just west of the Methodist church.
 
75 years ago (1940)
•Rock county farmers realized an income of $77,720 from 29 carloads of flax that were from Luverne during the month of August and to date during September, it was reported this week at the Rock Island depot. The 29 freight cars contained a total of 58,000 bushels of flax, 2,000 bushels in each car. The average market price for flax during August and this month has been $1.34.
 
100 years ago (1915)
•Wednesday, September 29th, has been definitely, as well as finally, decided upon by Herman Jochims as the date of the formal opening of his New Palace theatre. Owing to the inability of the contractors to complete the play house in time, the date of opening was last week postponed from September 22nd to September 28th, only to have new complications arise through an error on the part of the theatrical company engaged to present the initial performance. But the difficulties were overcome by the selection of Wednesday, September 29th, as the date.
As previously announced in these columns, the opening attraction will be the big musical comedy, “The Prince of Tonight,” which will be presented by a company of thirty-five people of recognized ability, who carry a special car of scenery.