10 years ago (1996)"Chris Swanson, Matt Ebert and Monica Bork were three of 1,000 Minnesota juniors who had the opportunity to learn about various forms of government at this summer’s Boys and Girls State Conventions."25 years ago (1981)"The week of July 4-11 is going to be an exciting time for four Rock County 4-H’ers as they attend the Citizenship Short Course in Washington, D.C. The delegates include Sheree Moeller and Peggy Cragoe from Hardwick, Darla Kracht from Beaver Creek, and Anna Erickson from Hills." 50 years ago (1956)"Fire of undetermined origin caused almost total damage to the building formerly known as Herman’s ‘66’ Service last Friday afternoon. The fire alarm was turned in at about three o’clock and firemen were kept busy until about 5:30 p.m. stopping the blaze.A 1954 Chevrolet school bus, belonging to District 79, was a total loss, as was the largest share of the building."75 years ago (1931)"Mr. and Mrs. K.H. Hoyme and Miss Maebel, and Miss Dorothy Skattum returned last Thursday from a two weeks trip to Olivia, Brooten, Minneapolis and at Lake Linka where they enjoyed an outing for three days." 100 years ago (1906)"Four car loads of stock have recently been shipped out of Bruce in addition to the record breaking shipment made a short time ago. The last shipment was made up as follows: H. Savold, two cars; H. Tuff, one car; and Edwin Peterson, one car."