10 years ago (1993)"Nearly 100 Luverne residents had their say Monday at a town meeting. It was called to find out how local residents view their city now and how they hope it will look five, 10, and perhaps 50 years down the road.The Council hired the Hoisington Koegler Group, a Minneapolis consulting firm, to prepare a comprehensive plan to aid orderly growth and development into the 21st century."25 years ago (1978)"Someone apparently took a 1976 Chevrolet Luv pickup from the Terrace Park Dairy in Luverne for a joy ride which ended in an accident.The Rock County Sheriff’s Office reports that they believe the truck was taken sometime around midnight Saturday. The unknown driver of the truck lost control of the vehicle in Magnolia Township on County Road 9 near the Country Club."50 years ago (1953)"Sandra Herrmann, Luverne seventh-grader, is the winner of the annual Rock County spelling contest. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Art Herrmann, Luverne.75 years ago (1928)"There were a total of 242 births and 94 deaths in Rock County during the year of 1927, according to the official report from the Minnesota Department of Health and Vital Statistics received here last week by Clerk of Court O.E. Ferguson. This is seven more births and four more deaths than occurred in the county in 1926."100 years ago (1903)"Jasper is a dead town on Sundays since the new village officers have taken charge. It will be remembered that the Rev. J.J. Ramsey, of the Methodist church, was elected justice of the peace and he has required every business house except hotels and restaurants to keep doors closed and suspend business on the Sabbath. The people had hardly looked for this rigid kind of law enforcement, and there is some murmuring."
