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Remember When Nov. 7, 2019

10 years ago (2009)
•The H1N1 flu virus continues to make its rounds through local families, and the numbers of affected victims are reflected in student attendance records.
In Luverne Public Schools, absenteeism due to illness has remained high over the past couple of weeks.
“Last week was really awful,” said school nurse Deb Vander Kooi. All last week we were over 110 (absent) in K-12.”
She said students have been sick on an average of five to seven days, with the severity of symptoms ranging from a slight fever and cough to high fever and vomiting. …
On Thursday, Oct. 29, Elementary Principal Stacy Gillette sent an email to families.
“We’ve had a tough day today,” she wrote in the email. “We have over 70 students absent in the elementary. That is approximately 10 percent of our student population. One of our concerns is that some students are coming back to school too early. We sent nine students home today.”
She reminded families that sick students should not come back to school until they are fever free for  24 hours without medication.
 
25 years ago (1994)
•Berkley Information Services, Luverne, em-ployees are basking in luxury of space, at last.
The computer arm of W.R. Berkley Corporation, Greenwich, Conn., made the transition from the 10,000-square-foot building on South Freeman Street to the new 20,000-square-foot building at 10 Roundwind Road on Thursday and Friday. …
BIS is a computer development and service company that serves about nine insurance companies within the W.R. Berkley Corporation. BIS is charged with creating software for insurance companies, performing complete computer operations for some companies, offering consulting services to all of the W.R. Berkley Companies and exploring new technologies.
The company started in 1989 as an offshoot of Tri-State Insurance and STAR Corporation. The number of employees has grown steadily and currently tops off at 78.
 
50 years ago (1969)
•Has the house next door been rented recently? Is the “for sale” sign off the house at the corner? Are there unfamiliar faces in the pews at church on Sunday morning?
This might be the reason: In the past nine months 63 new families have moved to Luverne to make their home. Some of these are women living alone, moving here to be near their children, and some are newlyweds just starting at this business of homemaking, but many are families with children, and all add to the growth of the community.
 
75 years ago (1944)
•Farmers should be cautious about turning horses and cattle into corn fields this fall if they wish to avoid losses due to “cornstalk disease”, officials of the American Foundation for Animal Health advised today.
“The damp weather this fall, and the late maturing of the crop, make conditions ideal for the growth of the toxic corn molds which are believed to be the cause of this fatal disease of horses and cattle,” Foundation officials said. “If animals are turned into corn fields, they would be watched for symptoms of the disease so they can be taken out of the fields immediately if poisoning develops.
 
100 years ago (1919)
•The Luverne-Beaver Creek road, and the first two miles of the Beaver Creek-Hills state road have been covered with the first course of gravel, as has the first mile of the Luverne-Ash-creek road.
The first course in this instance means 1,000 yards of gravel to the mile, containing stone that will pass through a two and a half inch screen. The second course will consist of 600 yards of gravel to the mile. With no stone larger than will pass through a one-inch screen.

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