10 years ago (1993)"The Luverne City Council dealt with several growth issues at its meeting Monday. City boundaries are expanding to the south as well as to the north. The Council approved a resolution to support an annexation petition from property owners along U.S. 75 south of I-90."25 years ago (1978)"The Luverne City Council is studying a plan that would spread adjusted residential and commercial electric rate increases over a two year period.… All council members, however, have stated concern that the change to the adjusted schedule includes overall increases as high as 323 percent." 50 years ago (1953)"Oo-la-la … have we got a nifty looking courthouse now… The staid old place, which hasn’t been painted since 1928, is blossoming out in a riot of colors which have transformed the interior of the building into a permanent ‘breath of spring.’ Yes sir, old timers won’t recognize the place anymore."75 years ago (1928)"Just to let this generation know what is meant by a dirt or sod fence, the writer interviewed Lars Kolsrud Sr., one of our pioneer settlers, who did much of this work in the early days. It was well-neigh impossible to get posts in those days, except through long hauls, and then another thing, money didn’t happen to be very plentiful. "Therefore, if a farmer wanted a fence he had to ‘manufacture’ it right on the farm, and this is how they went about it: They dug a ditch about five feet wide and about three feet deep, with the ditch slanting toward the bottom." 100 years ago (1903)"Mr. Follett of Rock Rapids was in town Thursday looking up the cement sidewalk situation. Mr. Follett was the first to enter the business of manufacturing cement walks in Rock Rapids and some of his work done eight years ago is said to be as good as new."
