Litchfield eighth-graders participate in honor band
Nine eighth-graders from Litchfield Middle School joined students from 13 area schools in the annual Honor Band Festival Saturday at Benson.
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Homegrown prosperity
City and county EDAs help to grow and attract businesses, generate new employment and retain existing jobs
The Holy Spirit moves us to think of ‘common good’
Recently, I laughed a lot with Kurt, a lifelong friend. We met each other in the early ’80s while students at Concordia College in Moorhead. During our junior and senior years, together with three others, we rented a house a half-mile from campus. Free at last from dormitory policies and rules!
‘Footloose’ and more are coming to local stages
Whether you’re a theater fan or someone who is just thinking about attending a show, there’s no shortage of opportunities in the Litchfield area this fall. A good way to start your Halloween weekend is with Litchfield High School’s feel-good musical “Footloose” — Oct.
20 years ago: Litchfield teen had her likeness carved in butter
20 YEARS AGO: NEWS FROM THE ISSUE OF SEPT. 3, 2004 On a bright and sunny 75-degree day, Melissa Euerle wore snow pants, gloves and a parka to sit in a 38-degree cooler. As one of 12 Princess Kay of the Milky Way candidates, she had her likeness carved in a block of butter at the Minnesota State Fair. Euerle, 18, of Litchfield was runner-up in the Princess Kay contest. She originally was one of Meeker County’s four dairy princesses, then was selected one of the Princess Kay finalists from among 100 county dairy princesses in May. “I was ecstatic,” Euerle said of being one of three finalists for Princess Kay. “I couldn’t believe it. It was the most exciting pageant I’ve ever seen in my life.”
How we grow through seasons of faith
“While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.” Genesis 8:22 It is August. We are letting go of summer. God’s creation is changing seasons.
Litchfield had an active KKK chapter in 1920s
1862 — On Sunday, Aug. 17, 1862, in Acton Township, near Grove City, four Sioux Indians from Rice Creek were out hunting for food. They massacred a family in the area and started the Sioux Uprising. Soon, there were 240 settlers assembled inside the Forest City stockade for protection, waiting for the Indians to attack them. They knew they needed more help and they decided someone should ride to the State Capitol in St. Paul with a letter to the governor asking for help. The Capitol was 100 miles or more on horseback through Indian country. Fifty-nineyear- old Jesse Branham Sr., father of the man who would Litchfield’s first “mayor” (council president), was the only person to volunteer. Looking like an Amish Santa Claus, Branham didn’t look the part of a “pony express” rider or hero. But his stern face showed that he wasn’t one to be messed with. At 6 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 1862, he took off on his famous ride and he made it to the governor, who sent help.
Finding a way to write in tandem
For most of us, writing a book is something that’s out of our comfort zone. According to former Hutchinson resident Ben Jenum, that’s not really true.
HAPPENINGS
NEXT SEVEN DAYS THURSDAY, AUG. 1 Common Cup Ministry is sponsoring a free swim night 5-8 p.m.