10 years ago (1995)"The Hills Christian School has a few new faces this year. In fact, the entire teaching staff is new.Wendel Buys, Heidi Christoffels and Winnie Leiter are all new to the private school this year." 25 years ago (1980)"More than 280 people were on hand at the Hills-Beaver Creek gym this week for the annual meeting of the Hills Cooperative Farm Service. The two new directors elected for terms of three years each were Dan Siegfried and Wayne Van Wyhe." 50 years ago (1955)"Rock County elected 4-H officers at a regular monthly meeting on Oct. 25 in the Luverne Armory. The county meetings are made up of club officers, adult and junior leaders from all the 4-H clubs in the county.The following officers were elected: Keith Lemke, president; Twila Kraetsch, vice president; Carol Umland, secretary; Marianna Juhl, treasurer; Helen Pederson, reporter; Art Goembel and Virginia Railsbeck, junior leaders; Mrs. Ervan Sherwood, Mrs. James Ask, Thorwald Hansen and John Arends, adult leaders." 75 years ago (1930)"Acting just as unconcerned as though he were giving us a local item, A.T. Sexe dropped in at the Crescent office and informed us that he had been granted a patent on a re-railing device.The device is used when a box car or coach runs off the track, and all that is necessary is to fasten it to the rail, hook on the power and the wheels after coming in contact with the re-railer are pulled squarely back onto the track.The wonderful part is that Mr. Sexe is seventy-two years old, an age when most men are ready to retire ."100 years ago (1905)"Tom Rovang called at the Crescent office Monday and informed the corn department that his two corn pickers, John and Lewis Larson of Primghar, Iowa, each picked and cribbed 125 bushel of corn in nine hours one day last week. This is certainly a record."