The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911.
Rock County Village of Hills continued from 7-02-20 edition of the Star Herald.
Since Hills has become an incorporated town, its growth has been steady. Over $30,000 were expended on building improvements in 1904. The state census of 1905 gave the town a population of 320. In 1908 the building improvements footed up over $15,000 and in 1909 to the same figure. The census of 19010 showed a population of 398, giving Hills second place among Rock county towns.
The School — The first school taught in Hills was conducted by Miss Jennie Wright. The district had not been organized and the expenses were paid with money raised by subscription. The district, comprising five sections, was organized in 1893, and the school that year was taught by Miss Myra Ferguson in the town hall. The members of the first board of education were Olaf Skyberg, P. H. Bly and Nels Iverson. In 1894 a block of land was purchased by the district and a two-room frame building was put up at a cost of $3000. A S. Johnson and Betsey Rovang conducted the first school in the building. As the town grew, the old building became too small to accommodate the district and in the fall of 1903 an addition was built at a cost of $3000. Just after its completion, January 7, 1904, the building was totally destroyed by fire. Steps were at once taken to rebuild, and early in September the present four-room school house, 32x72 feet, was completed at a cost of $7800.