10 years ago (1996)"Searching every nook and cranny, students at H-BC Elementary gathered pennies and donated them to the Minnesota Chapter of the Leukemia Society. Their pennies totaled $200.03."25 years ago (1981)"Scott Greenfield of the H-BC FFA Chapter ranked 7th out of 78 applicants in District 11 State Farmer competition. Thirty-nine state farmers were chosen. They will receive their degree at the state convention in St. Paul in April."50 years ago (1956)"Steen had its first break-in Saturday night for a long time. Someone broke a window in the depot and pried open the cash drawer. Earlier in the week the railroad auditor had advised Cliff Rust, agent, not to keep more than $10 in change on hand as a number of depots had been robbed lately." 75 years ago (1931)"Drop in some time and have a look at Tom’s spick and span drug store. It’s painted and decorated from ‘top to toe;’ and you really must blame Carl Nygard and Leonard Hagen for the artistic finish. No use sending to New York for decorators — we have them right in Hills. And they’re speedy, too. No laying around on the job with them fellows around. If you want to see what a real drug store should look like, drop in at Tom’s."100 years ago (1906)"Agent Jordan informs the Crescent that a seven-year-old boy at Garretson named Willie Morten who had been in the habit of jumping on the cars, taught him by older boys, climbed to the top of a box car and in some way slipped and fell between the cars last Saturday. The wheels passed over him and cut off one leg above the knee. There are a number of boys in Hills who have also formed the habit of jumping on moving cars and the accident at Garretson should be a warning to parents to keep their children away from railroad yards."