Remember When
10 years ago (2012)
•Five members of the Luverne High School tennis program received postseason awards to cap a successful season.
Luverne, which won the Southwest Conference title with a 4-0 record during the regular season, landed five of the 10 positions on the 2012 All-Southwest Conference...
10 years ago (2012)
•Luverne First Presbyterian Church congregation members celebrated a mortgage burning Sunday to mark the last payment on their building improvement loan. In 2000 the church completed a major renovation and expansion project that completely turned the sanctuary to face the...
10 years ago (2012)
•Rock County World War II veterans are in the limelight again after a KSTP news team from the Twin Cities spent a day in Luverne last week.
Longtime television reporter Jason Davis filmed a segment for his popular show, “On the Road with Jason Davis.”
This latest piece, which...
10 years ago (2012)
•A sense of jubilation accompanied the small group gathered to celebrate the reopening of the 24-hour self-serve gas pump in Hardwick last week.
It’s been three years since locals have been able to get gas in town, and they are thrilled by the amount of time they will save not...
10 years ago (2012)
•The Rock County Historical Society will move its headquarters from the Masonic Lodge to the fairgrounds with help from a state grant and local fundraising.
The Historical Society and Rock County Agriculture Society are working together on tentative plans to expand the current...
10 years ago (2012)
•Ian Sandager, Hills, completed his final seminar with the Minnesota Agriculture and Rural Leadership program this spring after traveling to Morocco with 29 classmates from across the state.
Sandager, who farms west of Hills, is involved with Class VI of MARL. MARL’s mission is...
10 years ago (2012)
•The Luverne School District had more revenue than expenses this year, resulting in a year-end balance of just over $100,000.
The mild winter was one reason the district’s general fund is $57,400 in the black.
The transportation fund has nearly $80,000 because the district has...
10 years ago (2012)
•The “Luverne’s Got Talent” night at the American Reformed Church drew 220 people to the supper and 19 participants in the talent show. The event, which was a fundraiser for an upcoming Haiti mission trip, yielded nearly $3,300 for the cause.
Fourth-place talent entry was the...
10 years ago (2012)
•Geronimo Wind Energy’s Main Street office in Luverne was abuzz with activity last week.
Owners of the land where wind turbines will be located were signing final contracts, learning the turbine locations and hearing construction site safety guidelines.
Geronimo Wind Energy...
10 years ago (2012)
•Southwest Minnesota Habitat for Humanity has announced that the Sheryl Staeffler family will become the owners of the house scheduled to be built in Luverne this summer.
Habitat has three principal criteria for family selection, which are need, ability to pay, and willingness...