10 years ago (1994)"It was bigger and better this year. …Ward reported that 62,000 pounds of garbage was collected on Saturday. ‘We had two garbage trucks full and Lyle (Bos) hauled away a fifth-wheel trailer and another small trailer full of appliances and iron,’ Ward said.On a normal Saturday collection day, Ward said between 31,000-32,000 pounds of garbage are collected."25 years ago (1979)"Linda Scholten, age 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Scholten, Beaver Creek, has been selected to be a state finalist in the 1979 Miss United Teenager Pageant to be at Winona State University in Winona." 50 years ago (1954)"Montie Horn, president of the local F.F.A. Chapter, received the highly coveted State Farmer Degree at the 18th annual State F.F.A. Banquet Monday evening, May 10. The degree is awarded to F.F.A boys for their excellence in farming and leadership. The total number awarded each year is limited to two percent of the total State Future Farmer of America members. Former Hills F.F.A. members who have received the degree are: Sheldon Sandager — 1942; Lee Sandager — 1943, and Edward Hartog — 1953." 75 years ago (1929)"The new fire siren was used for the first time last Monday evening at 7:30 when a phone call from the Simon Skovgaard farm, north of town asked for aid. The whistle had hardly quit blowing when the chemical wagon was brought into play and headed west. When the fire boys arrived they found that a spark from the gasoline engine in the workshop had started a fire and burned the building to the ground. The building contained a lot of tools and a barrel of gas, but luckily there was no wind to spread the flames to the house or barn." 100 years ago (1904)"When old Peter Halverson moved in from his farm this spring, his wife brought along an old family heirloom which has been in her possession for more than 45 years. It is an old Norwegian iron-bound chest which she inherited from her grandmother before leaving the old country. The figures 1746 are punched through the iron above the massive lock. Mrs. Halverson said the old relic has always been in the family and has evidently been handed down through seven or eight generations. It was made on the farm Hoff in Gran, Hadeland, Norway, and was brought to this country by its present owner when she immigrated in 1868. It was evidently made and presented to Mrs. Halvorson’s great-great-great-grandmother for her wardrobe when a young girl, as was the custom in those days."