10 years ago (2009)
•Papik Motors in Luverne learned last week that it survived the latest round of cuts announced by General Motors.
Last week the automaker notified 1,100 dealerships — 18 in Minnesota — that it will pull its brand off their lots.
Papik Motors in Luverne is not among the dealerships affected.
According to owner Gary Papik, Luverne, the local dealership remains strong.
“Papik Motors is proud of its staff, facility and financial resources, all of which have helped the dealership grow and prosper,” Papik said Tuesday.
25 years ago (1994)
•Kindergarten students in Luverne Elementary School will attend classes all day beginning this fall.
After hearing two options, the Board unanimously approved an all-day kindergarten schedule. One group of children will attend classes Monday, Wednesday and Friday from September through February, and the second group will attend classes Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from March through the end of school.
50 years ago (1969)
•Another military honor for heroism in Vietnam has been conferred on Sp. 5 Jerome “Poncho” Egan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Egan, Luverne, it was learned this week.
Egan, winner of the Soldiers’ Medal last year, received word that he had been named for the Army Commendation Medal Award.
75 years ago (1944)
•Lightning during a brief thunder shower about 4 a.m. Wednesday caused damage to several places in the city of Luverne, and some loss in the outlying areas.
A bolt hit the Ray Weston home on West Lincoln, burning out some of the electrical wiring, and damaging the ceiling in the kitchen. A light fixture in the dining room was burned off, and fuses were blown from their sockets. Several transformer fuses south of Main street were burned out, and a large cottonwood tree near the Lloyd Sodemann home was hit.
Six head of hogs were reported killed on the Ben Slieter farm in Martin township. Two head of steers were killed for Thompson and Nelson near Magnolia; Bernard Top of Kanaranzi township reported one cow killed, and August Hamann of Mound township lost a yearling steer and a mule colt.
100 years ago (1919)
•Initial steps towards the organization of a new Luverne corporation to be known as the Quartzite Quarries, Inc., which will specialize in the production and sale of crushed rock and other road building materials, have been taken and articles of incorporation are published elsewhere in this issue.
The incorporators are J. E. Treat, Wm. Jacobsen, John P. Coffey, Harper Shaffer, S. A. Coss, Frank Michael and A. A. Anderson, who are to serve as the first board of directors. Under its charter the corporation is authorized to issue not to exceed $200,000 of stock, in shares of $100 each.
The purchase of the Hazzard farm at the Mounds some months ago by a syndicate of Luverne business men was made with a view to the formation of the new corporation. The sale of that part of the farm lying east of the Rock Island right of way a few weeks ago in no way altered the original plans, for the hundred thirty odd acres on the west side of the railway is a solid mass of stone deposits.
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