10 years ago (1996)"The Hills Lions Club will host an ice fishing tournament this weekend from noon to 4 p.m. at the REZ Park.According to Steve Fagerness, the idea for an ice fishing tournament came during the summer fishing tournament.This gives us a good opportunity to showcase some of the work we’ve done," Fagerness said, referring to the closed in warm-up building." 25 years ago (1981)"Mary and Allen Van Raalte of rural Larchwood are in Washington, D.C., this week attending ceremonies for President Reagan’s inaugural.The Van Raaltes have done much volunteer work for the Republican party,Mrs. Van Raalte is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank DeBoer, Hills."50 years ago (1956)"Loreli James, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard James, of Hills will play the leading role in Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night,’ which will be presented at the Luverne High School auditorium on January 26. The play, given by the Augustana Theatre, is sponsored by the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority in Luverne."75 years ago (1931)"While blasting logs on the Otto Sather farm northwest of Hills last Friday morning, a spark happened to ignite a straw shed that adjoins the chicken house on the west end, and for a while it looked like a real blaze was going to result. A hasty call for help over the phone soon brought close to a 100 people to the blaze. The Hills chemical truck likewise was on the job, and the fire was soon under control. Luckily the fire didn’t spread to other buildings, but the chicken house was damaged on one end and on part of the roof."100 years ago (1906)"John Winkowitsch, the bonanza farmer who lives right north of Steen, was in and ordered an ample stock of farm stationary for his Evergreen stock farm Saturday. John knows a good thing when he sees it."
