Remember When
10 years ago (2012)
•Local dignitaries gathered for a presentation by USDA Rural Development State Director Colleen Landkamer Aug. 23 at the New Vision feed mill construction site west of Magnolia. …
New Vision and Rock County were recipients of more than $1 million in low-interest federal loans...
10 years ago (2012)
•The Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne hosted its third annual classic car show Thursday, Aug. 16.
The event, organized by Luverne’s Keith Schmuck, attracted 22 vehicles and dozens of visitors.
According to Shirley Connor in MVH activities, the event included root beer floats...
10 years ago (2012)
•Big changes are in store for school cafeterias around the nation as new federal guidelines for school nutrition are implemented.
The meals have more fruits and vegetables, less meat and sodium, fewer calories and no trans fat.
In Luverne, food service directors Ann Rigney and...
10 years ago (2012)
•Luverne native Anthony Nelson has published a name for himself on Mars, literally.
Nelson, a 1993 Luverne High School graduate, is a member of the team of scientists and engineers who worked on the space rover, “Curiosity,” that landed on Mars Monday.
Nelson’s name appears on...
10 years ago (2012)
•The Rev. Dorie Hall assumed the pastoral duties at Luverne’s United Methodist Church on July 1.
Hall is a native of southwest Minnesota. She comes to Luverne from Lakefield where she has lived with her husband, Luther, for nearly 30 years.
Hall spent her early childhood in...
10 years ago (2012)
•The Luverne Area Chamber hosted a reception Monday evening, July 23, for its 2011 Outstanding Chamber Member, Terrie Gulden.
Gulden began his career in Luverne at Tri-State Insurance. He eventually became the president of BIS. Gulden served as the director of Rock County...
10 years ago (2012)
•Words like “salvage” and “disaster” have begun to appear in 2012 crop reports.
The drought covering 56 percent of the United States has crept into Rock County as the area’s weather designation moved from “abnormally dry” to “moderate drought” last week. …
Some farmers have...
10 years ago (2012)
•Twenty-six people from the Rock County area spent a week in Haiti at the end of June as part of a mission team organized through the American Reformed Church, Luverne.
The trip was coordinated through Mission of Hope, which provides food and medical care to Haitians. It...
10 years ago (2012)
•An era will end at the 2012 Hot Dog Nite when Renfro Variety Store – the only remaining business present at the first Hot Dog Nite 50 years ago – serves its last hot dog. The store will close Aug. 31.
At age 96, Renfro owner Margaret Vegge is ready to retire and has begun...
10 years ago (2012)
•Blue Mound Liquor Store manager Rich DeSchepper is retiring this summer, but he said he has mixed feelings about leaving the job.
“I’m thoroughly enjoying it,” he said about his work.
He said one of his favorite quotes is by Confucius, “Choose a job you love, and you will never...