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By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJune 18, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Jan. 10, 1963. (Story continues from last week.) Teacher Problem Mentioned Another concern of the Hardwick board, expressed at the meeting was that of obtaining qualified teachers. They pointed out that they had an excellent staff of experienced teachers at the present time, but that replacements were becoming more and more of a problem.…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJune 11, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Jan. 10, 1963. School board at Hardwick explores merger possibility The Hardwick school board indicated here Monday night that it wants to be ready, should the legislature enact a bill this session, requiring elementary districts to merge with secondary districts, maintaining high schools. The Hardwick board met with the Luverne board…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJune 04, 2025The following article was published in The Rock County Star Herald on Jan. 3, 1963. Nearly half million paid in corn loans Rock County’s 1962 corn crop not only was a good crop in total bushels but moisture conditions are better than we have seen in many years, according to Jim Lewis, manager of the county ASC office. Most corn moisture runs from 16% to 19% moisture. Corn can contain 20%…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianMay 28, 2025The following article was previously written by Carole Olson and published in The Rock County Star Herald on Oct. 8, 1992. This is the second of a two-part series. “Beginnings” appeared in last week’s newspaper. Luverne’s former papers Some of the papers, such as the Kenneth Pioneer, established in May 1902, lasted only a few months. Western Literary Journal was a monthly magazine devoted…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianMay 21, 2025The following article was previously written by Carole Olson and published in The Rock County Star Herald on Oct. 8, 1992. County supported nineteen newspapers over its years At one time Rock County was peppered with newspapers. But times have changed. Only the Star Herald and the Hills Crescent are still published in Rock County today. At the time Arthur P. Rose was publishing his “…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianMay 14, 2025
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianMay 07, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Feb. 20, 1925. Prices of gasoline continue to ascend Boost of two cents per gallon attached Friday makes five cents increase since January 1st Prices of gasoline were given another boost this week when a two-cent increase brought the price up to 21.1 cents per gallon. Local oil service stations received announcement of the rise in price…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianApril 30, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Feb. 13, 1925. Luverne on Chicago-Black Hills trail New highway projected from hub of traffic to nation’s beauty spot crosses southern Minnesota Definite route of new airline fixed South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois Highway Association formed Wednesday Luverne and Southern Minnesota will be on the new airline…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianApril 23, 2025The following article about the merging of the First National bank and the Farmers National bank of Luverne continues this week. It first appeared in The Rock County Herald on Feb. 6, 1925. In the organization of the new bank, the board of directors elected was as follows: A.D. LaDue, chairman; E.A. Brown, Herman Fitzer, A.A. Anderson, Wm. Jacobsen, Jr., Carl Muller, Chas. L. Johnston, D.W.…
By Betty MannApril 16, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Feb. 6, 1925. First and Farmers Nationals merged Complete Reorganization effected under title of First and Farmers National Bank Capital and surplus of new bank, $150,000 Stockholders of two banks to liquidate real estate holdings and frozen assets The merging of the First National bank and the Farmers National bank of Luverne into a new…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianApril 09, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Jan. 16, 1925. Consolidation of Hardwick banks found beneficial Results attained following merge held to justify elimination of double overhead expense In proof of the assertion that nothing is to be gained commercially or economically by too many institutions of a similar nature in a restricted field of endeavor, officers of the…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianApril 02, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Jan. 16, 1925. Masons celebrate 50th anniversary of lodge Ben Franklin Lodge, No. 114, chartered January 13, 1875, happily commemorates event The 50th anniversary of Ben Franklin Lodge, No. 114, A.F. & A.M., was celebrated Tuesday evening, at Masonic Temple, in an appropriate and delightful manner. A large crowd from Masonic…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianMarch 26, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Jan. 9, 1925. Report of county nurse shows need of health work Inspection of pupils in sixty-seven schools shows majority have minor or major defects In a report of activities in Rock county from the first of August until January 1, County Nurse Florence L. Green shows that the number of children found with physical defects aggregates…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianMarch 12, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Jan. 9. 1925. Shipping association ships 219 cars stock Luverne livestock shipping association handles record volume of shipments during 1924 Value of shipments aggregates $285,399.07 Annual meeting of association held Wednesday — all officers and directors are re-elected Two hundred nineteen carloads of livestock have been…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianMarch 05, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on March 4, 1932. Bridges threatened, roads washed out as all streams go on rampage Dynamite used to clear river channel; Luverne park flooded; fences and telephone posts snapped off by floating ice; highways almost impassable As a result of the mild weather the latter part of the last week and the first of this week, the volume of water…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianFebruary 26, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Feb. 26, 1932. Will pay bounty on each crow killed in county Rock County game association will protect game birds by paying five-cent bounty on dead crows A bounty of five cents for each crow killed in Rock county will be paid until further notice by the recently organized Rock County Game Protective association, as a measure promoting…
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