Remember When Nov. 17, 2022

10 years ago (2012)
•Luverne Brew Partners has announced plans for a new craft brewery at 505 and 509 East Main Street in Luverne.
It will occupy the former Connell Luverne Building at the corner of Main Street and Blue Mound Avenue and the Sturdevant Auto Supply building to the west of the former Connell building.
The brewery’s first batch of craft beers is expected to be available in the summer of 2013.
Luke Rensink, Sioux Falls, founder and former partner in Hesit Brewery, has been hired as head brewer. Bo Belanger, owner and founder of South Shore Brewery in Ashland, Wis., brings his skills as master brewer and has been hired as project consultant.
 
25 years ago (1997)
•Day care in Rock County got a boost Monday when the Luverne City Council approved a $25,000 donation to the Rock County Day Care Center Corporation. The money is designated for renovation and lease costs to convert an existing downtown building into a day care center.
The city donation is part of the estimated $200,000 needed for the project’s start-up expenses. …
The center will need an estimated 4,000-square-foot area to serve about 70 children.
 
50 years ago (1972)
•“If I had it to do over again, I don’t think I’d change a thing.”
Those are the words of Virgil Thompson, who Wednesday completed 25 years of delivering milk to homes throughout the city of Luverne.
The greatest satisfaction he has had, he said, is that of the close relationships which have developed between himself and his customers over the years, and being able to work at a vocation that permitted him to be out of doors.
 
75 years ago (1947)
•The total number of deer hunters representing Rock county in the north woods for the opening of the deer season increased to 122 this week with 77 additional licenses having been sold since last week’s news story was printed.
County Auditor Koehn  believes this year’s number is an all-time record for Rock county, the total exceeding last year’s figure by six.
 
100 years ago (1922)
•Beginning this week all parcel post received at the postoffice in Luverne will be delivered by carrier regardless of whether the addressee of the parcel has rented a postoffice lock box or not, except in the case of general delivery parcels, when the addressee is a transient or when his street address is unknown or when he resides outside of the city delivery windows.
This is being done to relieve congestion in the postoffice and relieve clerks from the handling of parcel post at the delivery windows.
Parcel post for the business district will be delivered first to avoid inconvenience caused by delay of receiving goods. Residence districts will be served next.