Remember When April 7, 2016

10 years ago (2006)
•Rock County Commissioners gave preliminary approval to a veterans memorial on the courthouse lawn near the cannon. …
If completed, the memorial will include local soldiers of all wars in all branches of the military.
An architect and artist are working on the project. The courthouse lawn was selected as a possible site because it is an attractive place that has high visibility and will remain well maintained.
 
25 years ago (1991)
•When tax statements landed in mailboxes last week, the telephone in the treasurer’s office started to ring. Callers hoped the numbers on their tax statements were wrong. In most cases, Rock County Treasurer Margaret Cook had to tell them there was no mistake.
In general, taxes on farmland went up. For some the increase was significant. …
Based on farm sales in the county, the estimated market value of agricultural land in Rock County increased by 25.1 percent.
 
50 years ago (1966)
•Fast talking salesmen, offering “big savings” in home siding, roofing, windows and doors will be showing up in the county soon, predicts the Luverne Chamber of Commerce.
Like the robins and the wrens, they usually show up in the early spring, on the lookout for unsuspecting home owners who fall for their “cheap” talk, only to find out later that they had misunderstood the word, and what the salesman actually was saying was “gyp.”
 
75 years ago (1941)
•Word that Rock county has been officially designated to participate in the food stamp plan for the distribution of surplus farm products was received yesterday by George Michaelson, executive secretary of the county welfare board, from the Surplus Marketing Administration office in St. Paul.
The communication further stated that James P. Cusick, program organizer for the Surplus Marketing Administration, will be in charge of setting up the program in Rock county, and that the organizational work probably will start within the next week or ten days.
 
100 years ago (1916)
•The project for the extension of north Estey street, started last fall by the common council in response to a petition from interested property owners, was brought to a successful end Saturday, when C.N. Remme transferred to the city the one lot or parcel of land necessary to make the extension possible.
The site of the new street is between Adams avenue on the north and Dodge street on the south, and will be nearly 1100 feet in length, thereby making available a number of desirably located lots for residence purposes fronting on each side of the street, that have heretofore been of small value owing to their inaccessibility.