10 years ago (2007)
•The latest Census figures show a population downslide in most of Southwest Minnesota, including Rock County.
From 2000 to 2006 Rock County’s population dropped from 9,713 to 9,535.
That is a 1.9-percent loss.
It’s a small change, but the starting number is already one of the lowest county populations in the state.
25 years ago (1992)
•Luverne residents might have to write out one more check to City Hall if the city starts to charge for use of its storm sewers.
The City Council Monday discussed creating three districts within the city: north, central and south. Each resident would be charged for use of the storm sewer within their district.
The money from the north and central districts would go into a fund to pay for any work needed to their storm sewers.
The money from the south district would go to the city’s general fund, to pay back the city. The city will fund the $38,285 storm sewer which will be built during the South Highway 75 project this summer.
50 years ago (1967)
•Public examiners from the office of the State Auditor began working here Monday checking the accounts of Rock County. The last check which is an annual function carried out by the state was made about 18 months ago. The check usually runs 4 to 6 weeks. No irregularities of consequence in the last audit were found. County Auditor Magnus Christensen said he had been caring records of the county in columnar pads rather than transferring them to permanent bound files and find they were inadequate for needs of the State’s auditing crew. New regulations have necessitated some changes in procedure, hence the temporary posting of records until the state men could indicate their methods preferences.
75 years ago (1942)
•We may have a beautiful feud between the fire and police departments of Luverne. …
It all dates back to the fire chief’s desire to keep parking spaces around fire hydrants cleared to a reasonable distance.
Larson was out driving Sunday morning and noticed violations in front of several churches but when he really rubbed his eyes in amazement was when he saw Luverne’s brand new, robin’s egg blue “paddy wagon” parked up against a fire hydrant as big as you please.
100 years ago (1917)
•Three hundred seventeen pupils of the Luverne schools, out of four hundred eighty-eight examined, or 65 per cent, were found to have one or more physical defects, according to the report of Miss Lillian Henderson, of Lake Mills, IA, who recently completed a health survey of the public schools. …
In securing the services of a visiting nurse the Luverne board of education felt that if it resulted in bettering the physical condition of only a few of the pupils the results would warrant the comparatively small expense of securing the survey. But, with the large number of parents who have already taken steps to have the defects found in their children corrected, the highest expectations of the school board have been greatly exceeded.
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