FIFTY YEARS AGO
Thursday, November 4, 1971
Mr. Kenneth Muth has been hired as Town Clerk for Sanborn and will assume those duties on November 4.
A killing frost was reported on the 31st when a low of 24 degrees was recorded.
Close race names Wilbur Merriam to mayor’s post; Paul Anema, Don Kroese, and Vern Norton win Council positions.
AMS/3 Greg Strubbe will leave for California Friday after spending the past few weeks in the parental Glenn Strubbe home. He will be on board ship now for the next eight months.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Thursday, October 31, 1996
Jennifer Van Beek, student at Sanborn Christian School will be participating in the 29th annual Northwest Iowa Junior High Honor Band Festival on November 2 in Storm Lake.
HMS students participating in the Junior High Honor Band at Storm Lake November 2 are Stacy Vander Velde, Mary Harders, Laura Vander Broek, Matt Havlik, Shanna Vetter, Rachel Funke and Dustin Rusche.
At the October 14 Council meeting, Chief of Police Gary Grapevine was present to discuss the possibility of a 4-way stop sign at the intersection of 5th and O’Brien Street.