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By Betty Mann, President, Rock County Historical SocietyMay 16, 2016The following appeared in the Rock County Herald on August 12, 1924: BUILDING FOR HEALTH EXHIBIT REST ROOM AT COUNTY FAIR Three Organizations Unite for Construction of Exhibit Building and Rest Room at Fair Grounds Under arrangements completed this week, the Rock County Chapter of American Red Cross, the Rock County Public Health association and the Rock County Agricultural society will…
By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing General ManagerMay 09, 2016You know, sometimes no matter how well you plan something, sometimes things can go ... well, not as planned. Such a scenario happened to our daughter a couple of weeks ago. Emily, who lives in Des Moines, Iowa, was hosting a Garth Brooks concert gathering for her brother and his wife and her sister and her husband. Weeks, if not months, of planning went into this get-together. Tickets were bought…
By Lori Sorenson, editorMay 09, 2016Dear neighbors, Hang in there, the kid will get his driver’s license next year Dear neighbors: This is an open letter to all of our neighbors, whether you are just up the road or across the section (or two or three sections away). Since we moved here nearly a year ago, we’ve really grown to love our new neighborhood and new surroundings. We especially like the rolling hills and endless miles of…- By Troy Thone, Luverne volunteer weather recorderMay 09, 2016If I happened to be in the business of nicknaming the months, this April would be "Average April." Overall, April temperatures varied little, with average highs just slightly below normal and average lows a few degrees above normal. Even the extremes for the month were not that extreme, with the warmest high occurring on the 14th at a picture-perfect 77 degrees. The coldest low was a…
- By Betty Mann, President, Rock County Historical SocietyMay 09, 2016The following appeared in the Rock County Herald on July 18, 1924: TOMORROW WILL BE “HEART TAG DAY” Every One Asked to “Have a Heart and Help the Unfortunates” by Buying a Tag. Heart Tag Day will be observed in Luverne tomorrow in behalf of The Volunteers of America, a most worthy benevolent organization founded many years ago by General and Mrs. Maud Ballington Booth. This enterprise is…
By George Bonnema, Luverne HorticulturalistMay 09, 2016Mother’s Day last weekend probably gifted many of you with outdoor hanging baskets or planters, and I want to stress the word “outdoor.” These annual plants require a lot of sunlight to produce the energy they need to keep the flower buds developing. Keeping them indoors to “protect” them is not a good plan. If the temperature is expected to drop to freezing, setting them in overnight is OK, but…
By Martha Fick, Good Samaritan, Mission EffectivenessMay 03, 2016And He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered Him, ‘You are the Christ.’” (Mark 8:29 ESV) An elderly woman walked into a local country church. A friendly usher greeted her at the door and helped her up the flight of steps. “Where would you like to sit today?” he asked politely. “I vould like to sit in de front row please,” she replied. “Are you sure you want to do that?” the…
By Brenda Winter, columnistMay 02, 2016I was 29 days into a 30-day anal cancer treatment plan. For the most part, I’d skated through the daily radiation and two doses of chemo without incident. I was a little tired, had a little nausea, and I had a little “sunburn” from the radiation, but nothing major. I began to wonder why I had been in such dread of traditional cancer treatment for so long if this was all there was to it. And then…
May 02, 2016I got to make my annual spring run to a few of Detroit’s largest garden centers this past weekend. It has been a cool spring there as well as for us, so they were not fully stocked if the plants were not grown on site. I still managed to find a few plants that wowed me that I haven’t been able to get locally. So I considered the trip a success. A new wonderful annual that was introduced two…
By Betty Mann, President, Rock County Historical SocietyMay 02, 2016The following appeared in the Rock County Herald on July 11, 1924: HARDWICK’S TWO BANKING INSTITUTIONS CONSOLIDATE Farmers State Bank Takes Over Business of Security State Bank and Stockholders Pool Interests The consolidation of Hardwick’s two banking institutions, which had been under consideration for sometime, was fully agreed upon at a joint meeting of the stockholders held Saturday…
By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing General ManagerApril 25, 2016They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but I am here to tell you this old dog can still be trained. I was on a sales call at Cragoe Realty last week and it’s not unusual for Gene Cragoe and me to get enthralled in a conversation about this, that or the other thing. Well, last week we had one of those conversations, and about midway through discussing the topic of the day, Gene leans over…
By Mavis Fodness, reporterApril 25, 2016Story development takes on different forms in the world of journalism. There are timeless stories — those that can be published anytime and entertain readers about a subject. Then there are the fast-breaking stories. These are full of facts about an event or incident. These run in the upcoming publication and inform readers of the latest news. And then there are the stories completed as a record…
By George Bonnema, Luverne HorticulturalistApril 25, 2016Driving through town yesterday, I commented that our spring season is a full two weeks ahead of average. The flowering crab blossoms are opening and the color of tulips and Virginia bluebells is what I hope to see the week of Mother’s Day. Two weeks less of winter is fine in my book and I am appreciating every day of it! If you have weeds and creeping Charlie showing up in your lawn, this is the…
By Betty Mann, President, Rock County Historical SocietyApril 25, 2016The following appeared in the Rock County Herald on May 30, 1924: THREE ARE ARRESTED FOR ASHCREEK BANK ROBBERY Members of Notorious Gang Are Apprehended and Positively Identified at Sioux Falls Largely through clever work on the part of C. D. Brown, of St. Paul, who has been the directing head of the criminal detection department of the Minnesota Bankers’ association for many years, three…
By Sgt. Troy Christianson, Minnesota State PatrolApril 19, 2016Q: What are the requirements for RV triple towing in Minnesota? A: A recreational vehicle combination may be operated without an over-length type permit if: •the combination does not consist of more than three vehicles, and the towing rating of the full-size pickup truck or recreational truck-tractor is equal to or greater than the total weight of all vehicles being towed; •the combination does…
By George Bonnema, Luverne HorticulturalistApril 19, 2016Thank you to all the good people who attended my Courageous Pruning Seminar on Saturday. I enjoyed out time together and I hope you found the information encouraging and empowering. I’m going out this morning (Monday) to apply the first round of Systemic Rose Care granules to my shrub roses. This is a great product that not only feeds the roses, but also protects them from sucking and chewing…
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