10 years ago (1993)"In an emergency, it doesn’t matter to Rock County residents whether a person in a blue uniform or brown uniform comes to the rescue. The only thing that matters is that someone is trained to handle the situation.… In an attempt to get more mileage out of pooled resources, the county and city are considering combining the law enforcement departments of city police and county sheriff."25 years ago (1978)"A huge corn crop is ripening in Rock County fields, but a poor market price currently faces the farmers and a lack of storage space to safely hold the grain until the price improves seems apparent.One logical alternative would seem to be feeding the corn to cattle and gaining a decent price for the crop through the sale of the cattle.Richard Bakken, president of the Rock County Livestock Feeders Association, told the Star Herald that alternative is not as attractive as one might think."50 years ago (1953)"Lewis Noll, Beaver Creek service station operator, became the first armed robbery victim in Rock County in a number of years Monday evening.Two unmasked men, one of them carrying a gun, robbed him of between $138 and $145 about 8:30 p.m. and escaped in a late-model yellow Oldsmobile, heading west on U.S. Highway 16."75 years ago (1928)"Work is now well advanced on the installation of a balcony at the Luverne Armory that will make it possible to accommodate approximately six hundred more people in the hall. This improvement will fill a long-felt want, for on several occasions each year the Armory has not been sufficiently spacious to accommodate the crowds, especially at such events as the annual auto-radio show."100 years ago (1903)"Merchants in Luverne and all other towns on the line of the Rock Island road have been greatly inconvenienced by the condition brought about by the reduction of freight service on that road. Their protests to the railroad company and the jobbing houses have produced an arrangement that promises more prompt delivery of goods."
