10 years ago (1993)"Luverne will see tenants at the Minnesota Veterans Nursing Home within about six weeks, according to Rich Zierdt of the Minnesota Veterans Nursing Home Board. Home Administrator Pam Barrows said plans are to open the facility to patients during the last week of January.Part of the start-up procedure for the nursing home involves awarding many contracts for services. The contract for physician?s services at the local nursing home has been awarded to Dr. Nate Rud, Luverne, who practices in Adrian."25 years ago (1978)"City of Luverne employees will receive an eight percent cost of living increase in 1979. The salary increase is an across-the-board adjustment, in addition to range or merit raises.All hourly city employees received an increase of $.32 an hour for 1978. The increase was based on 6.5 percent of the average employee wage, at that time $4.97 an hour."50 years ago (1953)"A newspaper, giving an account of the death of president George Washington, is on display in the Star Herald window. It was issued at Kingston, N.Y., on January 4, 1800 and is owned by Hans T. Kvaas, Luverne, who has had it framed to preserve it. Also in the frame are several small flags with only 13 stars in the blue field, like those made at the time there were only 13 colonies."75 years ago (1928)"Rock County?s 4-H livestock judging team, composed of Magnus Christensen, Miss Olga Kolsrud and Joseph Thorin, who had the honor of representing Minnesota in the national contest at the Chicago International Livestock Exposition, ranked ninth in swine judging and seventeenth in final placing."100 years ago (1903)"Ray Parriott has retired from the firm of Schwartz & Parriott, the dissolution of partnership taking effect Friday, and E.C. Schwartz is now the sole proprietor. Watson Van Sickle will remain with Mr. Schwartz and the business will be conducted in the future on the same general lines as before."
