Remember When
10 years ago (2005)
•M-M Distributing is celebrating its 40th anniversary this week, and Merlyn and Lynn Lopau say they’re glad to have done business all these years in Luverne.
25 years ago (1990)
•Widening of the Highway 75 bridge over I-90 has been delayed, according to MnDOT spokesperson...
10 years ago (2005)
•It’s been just one year since Total Card Inc. started operating in the former Tri-State Insurance building in Luverne. On May 17, 2004, the business started up with 26 employees. It now boasts a workforce of 107 and will have 140 by mid-June.
25 years ago (1990)
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10 years ago (2005)
•Luverne’s Stacy Mente served as spokesperson for a room full of parents who attended the Thursday, May 12, School Board meeting.
She’s among roughly 110 kindergarten families in the district deciding whether to enroll their children in Kinder Plus. It’s an afternoon program...
10 years ago (2005)
•Construction crews closed Highway 75 north of Luverne Wednesday to begin work at the intersection of 131st Street just north of the new medical campus.
25 years ago (1990)
•An organized drive for funding to build an indoor ice rink and hockey playing facility is about to be...
10 years ago (2005)
•During a noon staffing workshop Monday, Luverne Superintendent Vince Schaefer announced to School Board members he intends to resign.
Schaefer accepted a position with the Beresford, S.D., school district.
25 years ago (1990)
•Donald Veldkamp, president of Tri-State...
10 years ago (2005)
•The Pepsi machine is to blame for a fire that broke out Sunday afternoon at Cozy Rest Motel, Luverne, along South Highway 75. A passerby first reported the machine on fire, and then a neighbor reported the motel was burning.
25 years ago (1990)
•An ordinance requiring the...