10 years ago (1993)"Tara Ehde, daughter of Rick and Lori Scholten, will be competing in the Miss Minnesota Teen USA Pageant on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 6 and 7 at the Thunderbird Hotel in Bloomington."25 years ago (1978)"Bob Hellerud and Greg Spath have won the two seats which will be opening on the Hills City Council. Hellerud, an incumbent, led the roster of six candidates for the two seats with a total of 134 votes. Spath followed with 123 votes.Julien Helgeson ran third with 95 votes followed by Tony Bosch with 92 votes, Everett Fikse with 57 votes, Virginia (Pat) Demuth with 50 votes and Ray Nelson with one write-in vote."50 years ago (1953)"Work got underway last week on the addition of a new building in the north part of Hills, when the Blue Ribbon Hatchery decided to make some improvements. Carl Ruud, owner and operator of the hatchery which has gained nation-wide reputation, informs us that four new incubator units will be placed in the new structure, located behind the former Highway garage building, which they purchased a couple of years ago."75 years ago (1928)"Due to all the farmers at the present time being busy in their cornfields, work on the new Christian Reformed Church in Hills is temporarily at a stand-still. However F.C. Nuffer, with the able assistance of Tom Rovang, has been installing a big hot air furnace, and finished the job yesterday. The main auditorium is all lathed and ready for the plasterers, and the next move, perhaps, will be to fit the windows. The steeple is not yet completed, but with good weather the corn will soon be out, then the workers will return and complete the job." 100 years ago (1903)"Another Halloween has passed into history and most objects about town which temporarily occupied strange places have again assumed their normal attitudes. We can’t say much for the misguided genius who conceived and directed these midnight operations, as the scene as it appeared to us on Sunday morning was, in a high degree, crude and inartistic in regard to harmonious arrangement. We concede that it is entirely useless to remonstrate against these yearly outbursts of devilment, as long as no actual damage is done, but we can’t help but think of how much good all the energy wasted on Halloween would do if concentrated — on our streets, for instance."
