US importers stockpile Italian Prosecco as a hedge against possible Trump tariffs
Wine industry data shows that U.S. imports of Italian sparkling wine skyrocketed by 41% after Trump’s election.
YOU, YOUR KIDS & SCHOOL: Do your kids keep telling you they’re bored?
With the weather getting colder and making it harder to send children outside to play, are you wondering what you can do with your children that does not involve screen time? Activities and time ...
Two face drug possession, sale charges
A regional drug task force and local law enforcement arrested two people last week after a compliance check grew into a drug search and seizure of more than 20 pounds of methamphetamine and ...
BACK THEN: East Fifth Street housing subdivision receives council approval in 1952
NEWS FROM THE ISSUE OF AUG. 17, 2000 I suppose you could call me a baseball aficionado. I lved playing the game in y younger days, and I love watching the game in these, my senior ...
PUBLIC RECORD: Hutchinson Police Services
DEC. 8: At 9:43 a.m., police made a warrant arrest at King Motel. Officers found Kathleen Dianne Blahowski, 40, of New Auburn, who had ...
The Zetahs are telling a new story about Minnesota agriculture
McLeod County is filled with farms, and many have stories to tell that in some cases go back 100 years or more. But about 6 miles north of Hutchinson are a couple of farmers hoping to write a new ...
YOU, YOUR KIDS & SCHOOL: Hutchinson schools are still committed to quality education
This year will be like no other year. Things will sure be different. This year is just not going to be the same. How many times have you thought or heard one or more of these phrases recently in ...
Hutchinson K-5 students set to return to classrooms in January
Minnesota schools can invite K-6 students back to school starting Jan. 18, regardless of local COVID-19 data. Gov. Tim Walz announced the decision Dec. 16, but left determinations for each school ...
Hutchinson School Board members discuss future pay change
Should the compensation of Hutchinson School Board members be increased? Outgoing Board Member Chris Wilke broached the subject during an Aug. 24 quarterly meeting. He cited the stipend of School ...
The Maiers Family Farm of McLeod County will carry on with fourth generation
When Tom Maiers’ grandfather Henry purchased his family’s 153-acre farm in northern Stewart back in 1919, it cost him $125 an acre. When the land was first purchased in 1868, it was ...
Hutchinson classrooms won’t look the same this year
Plenty could change by the time school starts Aug. 31, and even after as schools react to state mandates regarding the delivery of education in the face of COVID-19. But regardless of what ...
Begnaud, Lofdahl spar over masks at forum
With the announced retirement of Hutchinson City Council Member Steve Cook, there was an opening for Seat 3 on the City Council that five men originally filed to fill. Following August’s ...