September 2024

Litchfield falls to Hutchinson

While there haven’t been any team wins to celebrate, the Litchfield girls swimming and diving team is still finding success. That’s the message of coach Ashlynn Mattson, who said she’s seen improvement in several individual swimmers even though the Dragons have ended up on the wrong end of the final score.

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BACK THEN

20 YEARS AGO: NEWS FROM THE ISSUE OF SEPT. 23, 2004 This was supposed to be a non-election year for state Sen. Steve Dille. But less than two months before the general election, the Dassel Republican finds himself in campaign mode, not fending off a challenge from a Democratic opponent, but making a pitch to members of his own party instead. Dille said Monday he will run for Senate minority leader in the wake of the announcement that Sen. Dick Day of Owatonna this past weekend that he would step down from the position when Republican caucus elections are held Nov. 4. “I believe I have the right temperament, legislative experience, leadership skills and the correct balance between partisanship and bipartisan legislative problem solving to do the kind of job the public wants,” Dille said. “The public wants legislative leadership that gets our work done in an efficient and moderate to conservative way with a minimal amount of partisan bickering and with a level of bipartisanship to achieve necessary compromises so work can be finished on time.”

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