10 years ago (1994)"If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again."That’s the response by Lewis and Clark Rural Water supporters since the U.S. House of Representatives recently rejected funding for their $283 million plan to pump Missouri River water through the tri-state region.The project would provide drinking water to communities in southwest Minnesota, northwest Iowa and southeast South Dakota."25 years ago (1979)"Construction on the new Human Services Building is expected to start within the next week. The building will house the Southwestern Mental Health Center, Rock County Family Services, Great Plains Nursing Service and Rock County Veterans Services."50 years ago (1954)"The ‘fire call number’ system for summoning the Luverne fire department to the eight townships it serves, will go into effect November 1.This announcement was made this week by the fire department as they completed the checking of numbers, the distance to the various numbered farms, and the roads which will take them to the farms in the shortest possible time.Each farm has been assigned a fire call number. These fire call numbers have now been placed on each telephone in Vienna, Mound, Springwater, Magnolia, Luverne, Kanaranzi, Clinton, and Martin townships, which subscribe to fire protection by the Luverne fire department."75 years ago (1929)"The entire Standard Oil company’s bulk station on the Great Northern right of way at Hills narrowly escaped destruction Tuesday afternoon in a fire that consumed the storage house, contents of one oil truck and a freight car. The fire was one of the most spectacular that has ever occurred in Hills, and the dense smoke emanating from the burning oils could be seen for miles."100 years ago (1904)"Dr. C.L. Sherman received this week a new medical appliance known as the ‘Eureka Nebulizer,’ which he has added to his already well-equipped office. It is Dr. Sherman’s purpose to make a specialty of ear, nose and throat diseases, to the study of which he has devoted considerable time under leading specialists, and the new machine is for the purpose of aiding him in that line of work."
