10 years ago (2011)
•Luverne School District is among eight districts in southwest Minnesota in line to receive a sizeable technology grant.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it will award $369,000 in grants to promote distance learning in rural schools.
In Luverne that will likely translate to more course offerings for students and more opportunities, according to Superintendent Gary Fisher.
“With the grant, it will allow us to improve equipment we have in our classrooms,” he said.
Minnesota’s Southwest/West Central Service Cooperative will receive the grant funds—about $10,000 per school—and will distribute the money in the form of equipment.
Other southwest Minnesota schools in the cooperative to receive technology grants include Windom, Adrian, Jackson, Pipestone, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, Westbrook-Walnut Grove and Southwest Star Concept.
Each school will receive roughly $10,000 which it will match.
25 years ago (1996)
•The Rock County Historical Society came one step closer to acquiring the Masonic Temple for use as a museum Tuesday.
The Luverne Masons are offering to give their building to the Historical Society, but the society can’t afford to accept the offer without securing funding to maintain the building.
Betty Mann, president of the Historical Society, and Don Klosterbuer, secretary of the group, approached the Rock County Board of Commissioners at their regular meeting Tuesday to ask for help.
The county already makes an annual contribution of $2,250 to the Historical Society. Commissioners agreed to increase that contribution by $4,000 for an annual gift of $6,250.
50 years ago (1971)
•Mrs. Allyn Meester was named this month as Magnolia School’s Teacher of the Year, according to Superintendent Floyd Fandrich.
Mrs. Meester was chosen on the basis of her skill in the teaching profession and the outstanding example she has set to serve as an inspiration to both teachers and students at Magnolia.
The Magnolia teacher has been a first grade instructor in School District 669 since September of 1954. She came to Magnolia with a two-year state teaching certificate from Augustana College in Sioux Falls. Not content with just a teaching certificate, she returned to Augustana in 1957 for summer and night classes until she earned her bachelor of science degree in 1962.
Since then she has continued to further her knowledge in the fields of corrective reading and elementary music.
75 years ago (1946)
•M. R. Roberts announced that his new lunch room, just east of Thomas the Jeweler’s, would be opened for business today. He plans to call the place “The Grill,” and he plans to feature sandwiches, soups and home made pies.
The place has been newly decorated and 10 booths installed. There will also be six or eight counter stools.
“There’s nothing like it in town.” Roberts stated, “and the public is invited to come in and pay us a visit. We want you to see how we prepare food, and to taste its goodness.”
100 years ago (1921)
•An event of pleasing importance to people of Beaver Creek and vicinity will take place this evening, when the newly organized American Legion post at Beaver Creek, known as Rochau-Henton Post 10’, will give its first dance, as the opening event of Beaver Creek’s new theatre and dance hall.
The acquisition of a theatre at Beaver Creek was made possible through the purchase by A. J. Peters and O. J. McDermott of the former Wiken garage from W. E. Norelius, which took place about two weeks ago.
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