| YEAR | NAME | YEAR | NAME |
| 1968 | Ellen McCarthy |
1969 | None |
| 1970 | Mrs. Hubert Humphrey | 1971 | None |
| 1972 | Floyd Warta |
1973 | A.D. Dubing |
| 1974 | Lou Nanne |
1975 | None |
| 1976 | None | 1977 | Senator Wendell Anderson |
| 1978 | Police Chief George Fenner |
1979 | P.J. and Flo Casey |
| 1980 | None | 1981 | Dr. Robert Farish |
| 1982 | None | 1983 | Dr. and Mrs. William Nolen |
| 1984 | Keith and Marion Johnson |
1985 | George and Charlotte Johnson |
| 1986 | Vern and Lil Madson |
1987 | Adolph and Doris Kvam |
| 1988 | Al and Dick Fenton |
1989 | Dr. Lennox Danielson |
| 1990 | General John Foss |
1991 | Borgie Gabrielson |
| 1992 | Bishop Herbert Chilstrom |
1993 | Marj Dahl |
| 1994 | Tom Katlack |
1995 | Glenn Young |
| 1996 | Dr. Walt Haugo |
1997 | Shirley Dollerschell |
| 1998 | Arvid Reinke, Bob Everts Glen Doering, LeRoy Lindquist |
1999 | Bruce Cottington |
| 2000 | Darlene Martens, Hugh Wegner |
2001 | Pastor Dan and Sandra Buendorf |
| 2002 | Bernie Aaker, Donna Brown |
2003 | Jack and Kate Wyrens |
| 2004 | Steve and Shirley Neighbors, Bob and Nan Greenhow |
2005 | Sharon and Bruce Dicke |
| 2006 | VFW and Legion Posts |
2007 | Don and Sonja Nelson |
| 2008 | Dale Miller, ProWorks |
2009 | Cliff and Beckie Schaefer |
| 2010 | Dr. Cecil Leitch |
2011 | Phyllis Koenig |