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Remember When Oct. 10, 2019

10 years ago (2009)
•The Rock County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a trio of break-ins that occurred last week in Luverne churches.
According to Sheriff Even Verbrugge, break-ins were reported on Thursday, Oct. 1, by the American Reformed Church and Grace Lutheran Church. …
On Friday, Oct. 2, First Baptist Church on Jackson Street in Luverne reported a similar break-in.
At Grace Lutheran, someone removed the air conditioner to gain access to the building, but it didn’t appear that anything was taken.
The other two churches reported that someone entered the buildings through unlocked doors and then broke into locked offices.
There was damage to office doors and an insignificant amount of cash had been taken.
The break-ins are under investigation and the Sheriff’s Department encourages the public to call with information that may lead to an arrest.
 
25 years ago (1994)
•During Elmer Menage’s first season as Luverne head football coach in 1967, one player caught his attention during the practices prior to the start of the season.
Tom Dahlberg, a 6-3, 190-pound junior, was that player.
According to Menage, Dahlberg was the type of player who would go the extra mile on the practice field and in games. Because of the way he approached the game, Dahlberg became Menage’s starting fullback and linebacker in 1967 and 1968.
“He was a big, strong kid, and he was a great student and a great athlete. He was good in every sport (football, basketball and track). What I remember most about him was his work ethic. He was a very hard worker,” Menage said Monday.
It was Dahlberg’s work ethic which allowed him to continue playing football after he graduated from Luverne High School in 1969 and extended his career at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter.
On Saturday night, Dahlberg got the chance to rekindle some memories of his days as a Gustie player when he was inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame.
 
50 years ago (1969)
•Most Rock County farmers are saying today: “This has been my best year for corn, my best year for corn silage, my best year for beans, my best year for hay, and an average year for oats.”
“Almost everything has been ideal this year in Rock County. Rock County has a reputation for having some of the best land in Minnesota if proper mois-ture is received. This year the farmers had moisture when needed and hot, dry weather when needed,” Kent Ringkob Rock County agent explained. …
According to the county agent, this year’s corn crop should average, county-wide, 90-100 bushels per acre. The average county yield runs about 70 bushels. Recorded figures from 1963-67 show a county average of 62.8 bushels.
 
75 years ago (1944)
•Little did J. Rex Laviano know when he brought his Aeronca cabin plane down in a field on the E.J. Willroth farm last Thursday that he’d cause as much excitement as he did. Rumors that there had been a terrible plane crash spread like wild fire, and within four hours after the accident, the rumor had spread to Minneapolis, where the Associated Press heard of it, and notified the Worthington Globe to check to see if it was true. As it was, the flier, en route from New York to Anchorage, Alaska, had engine trouble, and made a forced landing, nosing the plane over after he hit the rough ground. He escaped unhurt, and only slight damage was done to the plane.
 
100 years ago (1919)
•The question of issuing county bonds in the sum of $300,000 for road improvements was carried at the special election Tuesday by the narrow margin of 9 votes. The total vote was 523 in favor of issuing the bonds to 514 against the issue.
The vote represents about 50 per cent of the total number of votes in the county, and indicates a surprising lack of interest among the voters. This in part was undoubtedly due to overconfidence in the popularity of the bond issue, a great many voters feeling so confident that the bonds would carry that they failed to take the trouble to go to the polls to vote.

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