1992 – 25 years ago
• The Apache Mall Garden Court area on the west end of the shopping center will get a $650,000 makeover when the corridors are widened and multiple skylights will be added.
• Minnesota state and local taxes were ranked eighth-highest in the nation in 1991 according to a new Minnesota Taxpayer Association ranking.
1967 – 50 years ago
• Construction of the $285,000 addition to Bamber Valley School in suburban southwest Rochester is well underway and completed scheduled for August 15 in time for the fall term.
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• Meridyth Claypool, John Marshall senior, was named the Student of the Month by the West Rochester Kiwanis Club. She is a member of the National Honor Society, a Merit Scholarship semi-finalist and is ranked first in her class.
1942 – 75 years ago
• Butter, fresh pork, and a wide variety of fruits again have been placed on the food stamp list for February. The list is as follows: Butter, fresh pork, fresh grapefruit, apples, pears, oranges, corn meal, shell eggs, hominy grits, and enriched wheat flour.
• In preparation for national defense every boy and girl over 14 should know how to operate and care for an automobile. All women should study first aid and all children should be trained to evacuate buildings.
1917 – 100 years ago
• The Rochester Fire Department could not reach a house fire near the Bear Creek Bridge. The hook and ladder rig and the engine from the RFD got stuck in snow drifts on the way. As a last resort a team was hitched to the engine but even that could not get the engine through the drifts. The home was a total loss.
• The Minnesota House of Representatives passed the Larson bill providing for submission to the people of a constitutional amendment prohibiting the sale of liquor within the state and its transportation from other states. The Larson bill would become effective on January 20, 1920 if approved by the people in the election of November 1918.
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One year ago:Texas Sen. Ted Cruz swept to victory in Iowa's Republican caucuses, overcoming billionaire Donald Trump and a stronger-than-expected showing by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio; among Democrats, Bernie Sanders rode a wave of voter enthusiasm to a virtual tie with Hillary Clinton. The World Health Organization declared a global emergency over the explosive spread of the Zika virus, which was linked to birth defects in the Americas, calling it an "extraordinary event" that posed a public health threat to other parts of the world.
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