10 years ago (1993)"The Luverne City Council approved pay for themselves, pay for city employees and approved the levy for 1994 at their meeting Monday.While city employees will see a small increase, the mayor and Council members took a 20 percent cut in their pay. According to the Council memo, ‘This is done in recognition of the tight budget year for 1994, particularly as related to the area economy following the 1993 flooding.’"25 years ago (1978)"Neither the Magnolia School nor the Ellsworth School will be in existence as separate entities within three years if they do not pair (merge but retain individual identity).That view was expressed by Jay Heath, superintendent of both schools, at a meeting of residents of the Magnolia District Monday evening.… The report indicated that the Magnolia District has had an enrollment decline of 41 percent in the last eight years."50 years ago (1953)"If the present trend continues, there is a possibility that the Luverne post office will have handled more Christmas mail this year than they did a year ago.Up to Monday night, total cancellations since December 10 had amounted 117,361, reaching a peak Monday of 19,173, according to Postmaster Martin E. Jensen."75 years ago (1928)"Among the Rock County people who have followed the career of President-elect Herbert Hoover, none has been more deeply interested than Wm. E. Marshall, of Clinton Township. Mr. Marshall spent his boyhood in the West Branch, Iowa, community at about the same time that Herbert Hoover was one of the town’s juveniles, and Mrs. Jennie Scellars, present owner of Herbert Hoover’s childhood home, is a sister of Mr. Marshall.Mr. Marshall knew Mr. Hoover as a boy of ten or twelve years prior to his leaving for the west to live with an uncle and recalls him as a serious-minded lad."100 years ago (1903)"T.I. Aaker, of Beaver Creek Township, was a caller at the Herald office Wednesday, and he reported that a few days before he had delivered to Ed Baker, E.A. Brown’s buyer at Garretson, a load of barley containing 104 bushels, with a net weight of 5,200 pounds, for which he received 29 cents a bushel."
