Hills
By Mavis FodnessFebruary 26, 2025Heavy equipment arrived at the former Hills-Beaver Creek High School Feb. 20 to demolish the more than 100-year-old building. H-BC School Board members heard an update on Monday night, Feb. 24, by School Board member Ethan Rozeboom who serves on the buildings-grounds committee. He said contractors are currently working to remove asbestos. “We’re hoping they would be able to do it this week, if…
By Lori SorensonFebruary 19, 2025Hills City Council members discussed possible improvements to the Hills Rez Park during their regular meeting Tuesday, Feb. 11. Council member Dusty Seachris shared information about a DNR grant that could support funding to dredge the rez and make improvements to the adjacent creek and catch pond that could improve water quality in the long term. “We just started coming up with things we…
By Mavis FodnessFebruary 19, 2025The Hills and Luverne volunteer fire departments were recalled to a hog barn in Clinton Township Friday afternoon, Feb. 14. A caller to the Rock County Sheriff’s Office at 1:50 p.m. indicated a fire had reignited at a barn at 1153 41st Street northeast of Steen and that someone was unaccounted for and possibly still inside the barn. Fortunately everyone was out of the barn and accounted for…
By Mavis FodnessFebruary 12, 2025The Hills Area Volunteer Fire Department was paged to a hog barn fire Wednesday morning, Feb. 5, in Clinton Township north of Steen. This is the second fire at a hog facility in Rock County in just over a two weeks period. The Luverne Fire Department assisted at the site at 1153 41st St., where the barn fire was reported at 7:08 a.m. According to Hills fire chief Jared Rozeboom, smoke was…
February 12, 2025Wayne Thomas Ward, age 82 of Hills, Minnesota, died unexpectedly, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Visitation was Wednesday, Feb. 5, from 5 to 7 p.m., with the family present at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills, Minnesota. Funeral service was at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills, with Pastor Lori Bonkoski officiating…- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 22, 2025Hills City Council members certified the 2025 levy at their Dec. 10 meeting for taxes payable in 2025. The levy was set at $147,191, which is a 1.82-percent increase over the 2024 levy. The additional $2,630 in the 2025 budget will offset increased fees for the city assessor and auditor as well as the insurance on city-owned properties. No public comment was received during the Dec. 10 truth…
January 08, 2025For the third straight year, the fifth-graders at Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary assisted the city of Beaver Creek in painting messages in the front of the snow-moving equipment this fall. Under the guidance of district art teacher Isabel Sylvanie, the students painted the plows in late October. One plow featured the school’s name and Patriots mascot, and the other blade depicted the school’s…
January 08, 2025Joan Fransman was born on March 21, 1930, to John and Jennie (Kuiper) Top in Clinton Township of Rock County, Minnesota. She was raised on the farm on the state line and attended country school. Her dad passed away suddenly while she was young. A couple of years later, she and her family moved into Hills, Minnesota. Joan later met Edward Fransman and on March 16, 1949, the couple was married at…
By Mavis FodnessDecember 24, 2024Instead of selling his parents’ Cadillac XT5, Randy Warner of rural Lester gave the SUV to Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills to be raffled. “The car was a hassle to sell,” Warner said. “I brought it to a few dealers but they won’t give much for it. I talked with my dad and asked if I could give it to the church. Dad thought it was OK.” Warner’s parents, Lowell and Dee (both unable to drive),…
By Mavis FodnessNovember 13, 2024Consumer demand for more electricity prompted construction of a new substation north of Hills. L&O Power Cooperative is completing the project for Sioux Valley Energy. It’s slated to be finished in summer 2025 and replaces an existing substation in Hills. “The upgrade is based on growth, centered around maintaining service,” said Troy Metzger, DGR engineer and L&O operation manager. “…- By Lori SorensonNovember 13, 2024With the general election in the rearview mirror, Rock County election official Ashley Kurtz shared insights on the 2024 process. “I thought Election Day went great,” she said last week. “All polling places were busy, and I thought the election judges did great at handling everything.” She said a few voter questions came up through the day, but they were easily addressed. “Polling places…
November 06, 2024Gertrude Steinberg, age 100, of Hills, Minnesota, died Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, at the Tuff Memorial Home in Hills, Minnesota. Visitation was Wednesday, October 30, 2024, from 4 to 8 p.m. at Jurrens Funeral Home of Hills, Minnesota. Private funeral for family and friends will be held Thursday, Oct. 31, at the Jurrens Funeral Home in Hills, Minnesota. Burial will follow at Eastside Cemetery near…
By Mavis FodnessOctober 30, 2024Two Hills organizations worked together to provide Halloween activities Sunday afternoon for residents and children. Bethlehem Lutheran Church’s board of education organized its first Trunk or Treat along North Main Street featuring 19 separate treat stops along each side of the street. Each stop was decorated and manned by local individuals, organizations and/or businesses of Hills. Maleeka…- By Mavis FodnessOctober 30, 2024At their meeting Monday night, Hills-Beaver Creek School Board members committed $100,000 toward a $500,000 project to build running lanes at the secondary school. Potential donors to the project indicated they would not move forward with fundraising efforts without financial support from the district. The district’s building and grounds committee and personnel committee recommended…
By Mavis FodnessOctober 16, 2024Sunday was a day of remembrance, tears and hope for the future at Game Plan 4 Hope’s five-year celebration in Hills. The non-profit was founded in September 2019 by Missy and Jeff Bass and Heather and Aaron Erickson to help make a game plan for families whose lives were affected by life-changing events. In five years, they have assisted 219 families. Connor Roemen and his parents, Traci and…
By Mavis FodnessOctober 09, 2024Khloe Susie of Hills is still smiling from a trip to Europe where she played international softball for the United States. Susie, 14, a freshman at Garretson High School, was asked this summer by acquaintances associated with area fast pitch softball associations if she wanted to play games in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium through USA Athletics (USAA) International Softball. The players…
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