10 years ago (1995)"Incumbent Dan Siegfried and challenger Lloyd DeBoer were elected in Tuesday’s school board election, an election that brought out 657 voters."25 years ago (1980)"Effective June 1, the Rock County Senior Citizens minibus will provide increased service in the Hills and Steen areas. The bus, which currently makes one stop per week in the area, will now make two trips per week Tuesdays and Fridays."50 years ago (1955)"The Hills Christian Reformed School held graduation exercises last Friday evening for five eighth-grade graduates, namely Betty Berghorst, Charles DeBoer, Anna Jean Esselink, Charles Top and Leland Van Tol."75 years ago (1930)"The staff for the Hills School News is as follows: Anna Nuffer, editor-in-chief; Pearl Skovgaard, ass’t editor; Harriet Hoyme, sports editor; Opal Sjolseth, senior reporter; Clarice Sundal, junior reporter; Doris Rogness, sophomore reporter; Howard Hagen, freshman reporter; and Clarence Funk, grade reporter." 100 years ago (1905)"Happenings round about us. Five saloon licenses have been granted in Luverne. The Beaver Creek Banner last week had two legal notices, being redemption notices for taxes. This is good for the Banner, but looks bad for the town. The Magnolia post office was robbed on Monday night of last week.The Beaver Creek Banner last week appeared as a four-page paper, but Brother Misener does not like the change so will change back to eight pages."