Remember When
10 years ago (2011)
•A pair of Luverne High School girls extended their track seasons during Thursday’s Section 3A Track and Field Championships in Redwood Falls.
The top two finishers in individual events at the section level earn automatic invitations to participate in the state meet. Luverne...
10 years ago (2011)
•A Luverne High School sophomore will pull double duty at the Minnesota State Class A Tennis Championship next week.
One week after helping the Cardinals win the Section 3A Team Tournament, Joey Vajgrt qualified for the Class A Singles Tournament by placing second at the Section...
10 years ago (2011)
•The storm drainage pond behind the Minnesota Veterans Home is chemically treated several times during the summer to control weeds and algae. …
A fountain and aeration system will continuously move water to discourage growth of weeds and algae. It will have the added benefit of...
10 years ago (2011)
•The world-famous wood-carved sculptures of Fred Cogelow are on display at the Brandenburg Gallery in the Rock County Veterans Memorial Building.
Cogelow is widely known and acclaimed in fine art circles. His work appears throughout the country in museums, private residences,...
10 years ago (2011)
•Timing has been everything for Sgt. David Klein and his wife, Leslie, this spring as they relocated from Valley Springs, S.D., to their newly purchased century-old house in Ellsworth.
David has been deployed in Afghanistan since May 2010 with the 196th MEB unit. And his...
10 years ago (2011)
•Area health enthusiasts are paying attention to the latest business news on Luverne’s Main Street.
A 24-hour fitness center is opening in the former Final Touch building, and it promises top-of-the-line equipment and programs.
Branagen Powers, rural Luverne, and Brian Beuning,...
10 years ago (2011)
•The year was 1962 when three teenagers from Pipestone and Luverne formed a group called The Starflies.
They were lead singer and guitarist Steve Ellis, Pipestone, drummer Butch Hatting and guitarist Jim Brandenburg, both of Luverne.
The band was widely known in its day, and on...
10 years ago (2011)
•Officials from Sanford Health attended Luverne’s City Council meeting Tuesday to discuss the logo change on the water tower north of the hospital.
The water tower was erected in 2003 to serve the needs of the new hospital and residents in northern neighborhoods of Luverne.
It...
10 years ago (2011)
•Since the spring of 1979, Rock County Highway Department Maintenance Supervisor Walter Stearns has worked through more than three decades of Minnesota season changes.
Friday, April 29, is his last day at the highway department, which concludes 32 years of work for the county in...
10 years ago (2011)
•Many of Rock County’s bridges are nearly 70 years old, and those structures are not only showing wear, but they’re not safe for heavy loads.
During Tuesday’s Rock County Board meeting, commissioners received a list of bridges that are posted as unsafe for heavy loads.
Of the...