Hills fire department receives $4,000 grant

A $4,000 Compeer Financial Emergency Response Equipment grant was presented to the Hills Area Fire Department recently. “The grant funds were used to purchase ten new pagers for our firefighters,” said fire chief Jared Rozeboom (center) with Neil Hansen (left) and Scott Gunderman with Compeer Worthington. The grants are part of the farm credit cooperative’s giving program, “Fund for Rural America.” The grant to the Hills Area Fire Department is one of 177 grants to purchase emergency response equipment.