10 years ago (1993)"Tuesday, the Luverne City Council took care of more growth business. It approved the final plat for Evergreen Addition and signed over ownership of the Gabrielson Industrial Park to the Luverne Economic Development Authority.Evergreen Addition is a horseshoe-shaped parcel of land recently purchased from Marge and Albert Christensen east of the Veterans Addition and Veterans Second Addition. The area is being developed for housing."25 years ago (1978)"There will be 76 trombones, plus 2,924 other wind and percussion instruments, majorettes and twirlers, flag teams and rifle teams in the 28th annual Tri-State Band Festival.The parade of 33 bands, the largest number to participate in the history of the Tri-State Festival, will begin at 12 noon Saturday from the fairgrounds."50 years ago (1953)"Luverne’s third annual Band Festival was pronounced a ‘booming success’ and termed ‘the best ever’ by many of the estimated 6,000 persons who witnessed the all-day affair last Saturday.Even the weather co-operated. It was a comfortable 80 degrees, strictly shirt-sleeve weather, with a bright sun shining to emphasize the colorful array of the bands, baton twirlers and floats as they moved down Luverne’s Main Street.… Pretty Pat Olson, Luverne’s contribution in the solo baton twirling, did a magnificent job with her expert baton routine before the judges at the high school gym in the morning. She was awarded first place for her exceptional performance."75 years ago (1928)"Luverne’s fire department responded to two alarms the fore part of the week. While not a great deal of damage was done by the flames in either case, smoke and water proved highly detrimental.The first alarm was turned in shortly after 1 o’clock Sunday morning, when heavy volumes of smoke were discovered emanating from the Lincoln House, which had been vacant for several days, although a tenant had moved in a few articles but had not taken up his residence. … The second alarm was turned in for a fire in the basement of the Manitou Hotel shortly after 9 o’clock Monday morning, and notwithstanding the substantial construction of this structure, the flames proved difficult to squelch."100 years ago (1903)"Local coal dealers quote a price of $10 a ton (delivered) for hard coal and state that this price has prevailed for a month or more. Supplies appear to be ample and it is not expected that the price will go above $10."
