10 years ago (1994)"On Thursday, June 16, voters in the Luverne and Magnolia school districts will decide whether their two districts will become one. After countless committee meetings and many hours of discussion and public meetings, the Cooperation and Combination decision is coming to a vote of the people.… Voting yes on the measure means the two districts will merge on July 1. Magnolia students will come to Luverne for all grades at the beginning of the 1994-1995 school year and the two boards will become one 13-person board."25 years ago (1979)"Be it contrived or actual, the shortage of gasoline and diesel fuel is having an impact on the Rock County area. General consensus of area service station owners and operators shows tight supplies of gasoline and diesel fuel during the last month. Diesel experienced the greatest strain.… Locally, Jim Johannsen said the price for diesel remained fairly stable until about the first of March. Since then it has been going up regularly.‘It was about 57.9 cents per gallon in March. Now it is up to 77 or 78 cents a gallon.’"50 years ago (1954)"Luverne will have natural gas installed and ready for use on September 22. The announcement was made yesterday by Fred Gefke, Iowa Minnesota Natural Gas Co. official, that contracts will be awarded in about a week for laying of the pipe in Luverne. This is expected to begin early in July."75 years ago (1929)"Henry Colby, of this city, who has been attending the University of Minnesota the last two years, has been selected as a member of the Jenks Archeological expedition, which will put in the summer in the Mimbres Valley, near Hurley, New Mexico, excavating for relics of primitive cultures of the United States.Mr. Colby is one of the six university students who will have this honor and experience."100 years ago (1904)"During the storm Thursday night of last week lightening struck the house of Lewis Hupp, who resides on the southeast quarter of section 26 in Magnolia township, breaking every window in the house and otherwise doing considerable damage. Mr. and Mrs. Hupp were both rendered unconscious by the shock, and it seemed a miracle that they were not killed. The enamel on the iron bed in which they were sleeping was all broken off of the front side of the head-pieces, and the floor beneath the bed was torn up and the walls were stripped of plaster."
