airstrip

1958: City leases airstrip
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical Society
May 07, 2019
The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on April 10, 1958. City May Rent South Air Strip Luverne’s airport committee was authorized to negotiate for a lease of the landing strip south of the city on U.S. Highway No. 75 by the City Council Tuesday night. Benjamin Vander Kooi, representing the city’s airport committee, appeared before the council and urged the city…