10 years ago (1994)"Pattie Beyenhof, Stephanie Rollag, Angie Siegfried, Eric Croft, Brent Chapman, Sonja Rollag, Misty Van Wyhe, Jessica Nuffer and Austin Cragoe were awarded medals in the annual Science Fair." 25 years ago (1979)"The Beaver Creek Area Jaycee Chapter returned home from the 10 Outstanding Young Men convention in Minneapolis earlier this month with four division awards. The Chapter received the Founder’s Plaque for establishing the Jaycee Chapter in Adrian. An In-Chapter award was presented for signing up seven new members to the Beaver Creek chapter." 50 years ago (1954)"‘Bud’ Hoogeveen came home from the Cities for the weekend after attending a barber school for the past month."75 years ago (1929)"At a special meeting of the Rock County Commissioners on Tuesday of last week the board bought a caterpillar tractor, known as the Best 60, and is expected this week. The machine is a large one, being capable of clearing the drifts from public highways at one sweep. It is also equipped with side wings and costs $2,500."100 years ago (1904)"At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Hills Mercantile Co. Monday it was decided to immediately purchase a gasoline engine, a cleaner and a grist mill. With these improvements the company will be in a position to clean their own grain, as well as grind their own feed, which makes our farmer’s elevator plant one of the best in the country."
