10 years ago (1993)"The Palace Theatre in downtown Luverne could be in for some changes in the coming months. The Blue Mound Area Theatre Board confirmed Wednesday that a private party has inquired about buying the building.The board said they have hired an appraiser to evaluate the property, but they’ve made no decisions about actually selling it."25 years ago (1978)"A feasibility study is underway to consider a new county building for the Southwestern Mental Health Center, Rock County Family Services and perhaps Great Plains Nursing Service.The county board took another significant step Tuesday when they hired the Spitznagel Partners Inc., Sioux Falls, architectural and engineering firm, to make a feasibility study for a county human services building."50 years ago (1953)"Rock County’s crops perhaps never looked better at this time of year, still there’s a dark spot in the picture. County Agent Luehr reported Tuesday.‘Green bugs,’ a name commonly given an aphid which is a type of plant lice, have been found in the county. This is the insect which caused considerable loss of small grain in South Dakota a year or two ago, the county agent said."75 years ago (1928)"In excess of seven hundred bona fide Agders, including many from unexpectedly distant points, were in attendance at the 3rd annual Agder-Laget, which opened Friday in this city and came to a close Sunday afternoon. Among these were former residents of the most southern part of Norway, who are residing in Canada and Washington, as well as a surprisingly large number from out of the county points in this state, in Wisconsin, Iowa, North and South Dakota and Illinois."100 years ago (1903)"James Fitzgerald and Perry Arnett, Martin Township farmers, have bought gasoline engines. The greater convenience of gasoline engines over windmills is coming to be more generally appreciated and an increasingly large number of engines are being used."
