10 years ago (1996)"Sixth graders Brittney Olson and Jana Hup both received the USD President’s Education Award for outstanding academic achievement."25 years ago (1981)"Steve Fagerness, Inwood, Iowa, has been named the new manager of Hills Coop Farm Service and will begin in that capacity on July 1st.Steve has worked for the past five years and has served as the counter man at Farmer’s Elevator Company of Rock Valley, Iowa."50 years ago (1956)"Miss Jean Scholten of Steen, daughter of Mrs. Douwina Scholten, will attend Girls State during the week of June 14th through the 21st. Miss Scholten is an outstanding Junior of Hills high school. … Miss Mary Jane Swanson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Art Swanson was chosen alternate."75 years ago (1931)"Miss Thora Rodsater left last night for Worthington, where together with her friend Miss Ruth Goranson, they boarded the train for Los Angeles. Miss Thora will attend summer school there and visit her aunt Mrs. Fossen."100 years ago (1906)"These are the days that you find the small boys coming home with their shirts and clothes buttoned up the wrong way and sitting in the sun bareheaded to dry their head, and then brazenly stand ready to deny their anxious mother’s charge of having been in swimming."