10 years ago (1994)"Quality Builders of Ellsworth and Chapman Refrigeration and Electric were awarded the bids for the new maintenance building for the city of Hills."25 years ago (1979)"Bids on 35 road and bridge projects, estimated at $18.6 million, will be received by the Minnesota Department of Transportation at the State Transportation Building in St. Paul until 9:30 a.m. Friday, April 27. Included in the list of projects is the grading and surfacing of County Road 6 between Hills and Beaver Creek." 50 years ago (1954)"Vermayne Sundem, who won the county essay contest, sponsored by the VFW Auxiliary at Luverne recently, continued to win with his masterpiece by taking the district contest, judged recently. As the result of this decision, his essay will be entered in the state contest."75 years ago (1929)"Teams of four to eight horses will be hitched on farm implements and driven under perfect control with only two lines, in demonstrations to be given next week Tuesday and Wednesday on two Rock County farms, Wm. Perkins farm, north of Kenneth and J.F. Searle’s farm, east of Beaver Creek. This is a hitching system worth driving miles to see." 100 years ago (1904)"The Beaver Creek Banner will this week round out its first volume and will henceforth be a legal paper, so far as statute requirements are concerned. Brother Misener has reason to congratulate himself on the success he has achieved. He is a thorough printer and newspaper man and his publication, the Banner, would do credit to a town many times the size of Beaver Creek, being well edited, neatly printed, and by all odds the best paper that town has had since the days of the Beaver Creek Graphic in 1886, which was then in charge of Editor Knapp, that being about the time this candidate for county seat honors struck the toboggan. Beaver Creek has made great improvements the past five years. Town property, that was formerly a drug on the market, has greatly enhanced in value and almost got back to the boom day prices, and with considerable new business life and the loyal support of every businessman, we see no reason why the Banner should not prove a profitable venture."
