Belonging Begins With Us to celebrate unity
Music, games, food and a flag ceremony representing the native lands of Hutchinson residents will highlight the second Belonging Begins With Us celebration 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Sept.
September 2024
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LOOKING BACK
125 YEARS AGO: 1899 At George Lynch’s sale, his herd of fine cattle sold like hot cakes at fancy prices. Cows brought $75 easily.
People who run away from the Lord …
Missing God’s will for our life can carry a hefty price tag. Years ago, I heard about a businessman who said, “I spent my entire life climbing the ‘Ladder of Success’ only to discover that my ladder was leaning against the wrong wall.” He felt he had missed God’s will and wasted most of his life.
Waning days of uprising still held danger for McLeod County settlers
20 YEARS AGO: NEWS FROM THE ISSUE OF SEPT. 9, 2004 Nancy Piepenburg said she felt like she might get sick. Shirley Loch said the past few days had been filled with “lots of anxiety.” Meanwhile, riding a coach bus on Minnesota Highway 71 headed for Redwood Falls National Guard Armory where their mothers waited, Specialist Justin Piepenburg and Specialist Patrick Loch shared some of the same nervousness. But it was a good kind of nerves. After 11 months of preparation for and service in a security detail in Kosovo, 95 members of the 682nd Engineer Battalion — including 30 from CompanyA out of Litchfield — returned home Saturday. The 30 Litchfield Guard members were the first large-scale deployment from the local unit in 2003. They were attached to Company C and spent about five months training in the United States, then six months in Kosovo before returning to the States.
Elections are a dialogue: Let candidates hear you
The Litchfield Library is getting a fresh new exterior this fall. You may have noticed that the stucco and trim need some work, and that sometimes the rain has been coming in near the newspaper reading area.
Ridgewater joins call to action ahead of 2024 elections
Ridgewater College has joined more than 625 college presidents and chancellors across the nation in committing to encourage and support student voter registration and participation in elections at every level through the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge. To support full student voter participation of all eligible students, ALL IN and its Higher Education Presidents’ Council have launched a call to action for higher education presidents and chancellors to fully engage students in electoral participation.
Interested in preserving local history?
Everyone is welcome at Historic Hutchinson. The local nonprofit group meets the first Monday of the month 6:30 p.m.
HAPPENINGS
NEXT SEVEN DAYS THURSDAY, SEPT. 5 Graphic Novel Club for age 9 or older 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Coach pleased with Dragons’ first meet
Litchfield opened its season with a loss to Melrose Aug. 28, but coach Ashlynn Mattson saw reasons for optimism.
Swenson wins Maple Lake Invite
Litchfield junior August Swenson had just enough to capture first place in the Maple Lake Invitational cross country meet Friday at Robert Ney Park. Swenson ran the 5,000-meter course in 17:20.1, crossing the finish line four-hundredths of a second ahead of Rockford’s Grady Dawson (17:20.5).