10 years ago (1994)"Fifth- and sixth-grade students at H-BC Elementary are taking charge. While it’s not a takeover of the school, a select group of students will aid in solving some of the "tiffs" that occur on the playground, in the lunch line or at the drinking fountain, for instance.H-BC Principal said the 12 students were selected through a written application on why they would like to be a peer mediator. Students selected for the group include Jana Hup, Tom Sandager, Lee Walraven, Tricia Willers, Brittney Olson, Stacey Elbers, Tarah Sandager, Joshua Bosch, Tony Nath, Derek Ehde and Amy Rozeboom." 25 years ago (1979)"Leona Kinsey was named postmaster at Beaver Creek this week. The Beaver Creek post office has been served by an interim postmaster for the past several weeks. …She has served in the postal service for more than 21 years, with assignments to the Luverne, Magnolia and Kenneth post offices during that time."50 years ago (1954)"Miss Josephine Ward of Hills, has been elected to McCall’s Pattern Teen Fashion Board for the year 1954-1955. As a member of the board, she will act in an advisory capacity to McCall’s pattern design department, offering suggestions and preferences for teen, junior and misses’ fashions."75 years ago (1929)"If the fellows who are drinking moonshine would only get into the habit of going to the Hills creamery and buy a gallon of buttermilk, they would feel 100 percent better the following morning."100 years ago (1904)"In the special election held Tuesday the proposition to incorporate Hills as a village carried by a large majority. There were 65 votes cast, of which 53 were in favor of incorporation and 12 against it. The Crescent, in common with a large majority of our citizens, is naturally pleased over the result and believes the action of Tuesday is a stride forward. Hills was qualified to incorporate as early as 1894, but the fear of a licensed saloon subdued all efforts in that direction at that time. In 1999 a petition was prepared and a vote was had on the project, but the fear of a saloon again caused many to vote against it, and the election of Nov. 30, 1899, resulted in a tie vote, there being 30 for to 30 against. The fear of a saloon is again in evidence, but there are odds of 10 to 1 that the question of license would meet with overwhelming defeat."