10 years ago (1993)"The Hills Economic Development Authority received an earful of information Wednesday night at their second in a series of community development meetings. After their first meeting in August, the EDA agreed that there is a need for housing in Hills.Tom Serie of F&L Management and Development Inc., presented his theories to the local EDA on developing housing for the city of Hills."25 years ago (1978)"Mr. and Mrs. Fred Paulsen were honored guests for Senior Citizens at the State Fair on Friday. Gov. Perpich presented ribbons to the Seniors as they were recognized before a large audience." 50 years ago (1953)"Two young men, one about five foot, 10 inches, and the other much shorter, possibly five foot, two inches, with a gun, held up Noll’s Station at Beaver Creek Monday evening at about 8:30 p.m. Their loot amounted to about $125 in cash, reported Sheriff Neil Roberts. They resorted to no rough stuff but simply demanded the money and then left in a late model, yellow Oldsmobile 98. No resistance was offered to the holdup men, during the robbery." 75 years ago (1928)"Herman Skovgaard, who is doing such good work in instructing and leading the Juvenile band that was recently organized, would like a lot more new members, especially in the bass section. He is also looking for a boy to handle the bass drum. The bass drum belongs to the band so the boy will not need to spend one cent to join. There are several young men contemplating joining the band after school starts, and after a while the Crescent hopes to print the name and instrument played by every member of the band. All right, who is coming into the bass section? See Mr. Skovgaard for further particulars." 100 years ago (1903)"More prisoners escape from the South Dakota Penitentiary at Sioux Falls than any other similar institution in the United States. Evidently, there is too much politics connected with our South Dakota state prison."
