TOP: The city of Hillsboro got a financial lift when the Kansas Heritage Trust Fund provided a grant of $103,000 to help cover the cost of repairing the 1927 watertower that is listed on National Register of Historic Places.
? BOTTOM: The crane that was instrumental in repairing the water tower gives the watertower?s new lid and top two rings a lift toward the top of the structure that has been topless since a windstorm in September 2014.