10 years ago (1994)"By the end of the day Monday, Mike Grimmus and Julian Spielman were exhausted.Their first day as the first residents of the brand new Minnesota Veterans Nursing Home was certainly exciting. But being first sometimes comes at a cost.For example, Mike Grimmius, Worthington, had been residing at the Minneapolis Veterans Home. His wife Margaret woke up at 2:30 a.m. to drive to Minneapolis. Once there, she helped him pack his bags and the two headed to Luverne."25 years ago (1979)"In a split decision, the board of the Magnolia School District has voted to pair with the Ellsworth District.The vote taken at a meeting of the board Wednesday night, is a preliminary move that puts the machinery in motion to attempt to bring about the pairing of the two districts.At the same meeting, superintendent Jay Heath resigned as head of the two districts. He has split duties equally between the two schools for two years."50 years ago (1954)"Turn on your porch light early tonight, you’re going to have a visitor.This is the night for Luverne’s ‘Mother’s March On Polio,’ when dozens of mothers in all sections of the city will make a house to house canvass to obtain contributions to the county infantile paralysis fund.This mother’s march is not the only one. Throughout the nation, some 3,000,000 mothers will be doing the same things, some of them on foot, on snowshoes, on horseback and in automobiles, according to reports coming from the national foundation."75 years ago (1929)"Three new members were added to the board of directors and a new executive position created at the annual meeting of the stockholders of Nelson Brothers, Inc., held Monday.Stockholders meeting was held at 10 o’clock in the forenoon and at that time S.B. Nelson, R.B. Nelson, J.W. Ulrich, E.A. Ulrich, B.E. Pelstring, D.W. Danforth and Celestine Busch were elected directors."100 years ago (1904)"Labor troubles in the East may force many manufacturers to remove their plants to points far from the industrial centers, and there is prospect that Luverne will be selected as the point of location for one or more of these factories. A member of a firm engaged in general foundry business was here last week, looking over the town with the view to locating here, having been made acquainted with Luverne through correspondence R.B. Hinkly has had with the manufacturers of brick making machinery."
