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Tigers run over GSL in season opener
A good start, but still ‘a long way to go,’ according to coach Rostberg “We’re 1-0, but we have a long way to go.” That’s what Hutchinson football head coach Andy Rostberg said following Thursday’s 34-6 win over Glencoe-Silver Lake in the season opener in Glencoe. The Tigers rolled overtheir old Highway 22 nemesis using their trademark rushing attack, racking up 305 yards on the ground and 365 yards of total offense.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
TOPS group to host speaker
TOPS MN 773 invites the public to hear Kayla Hein, a clinical social worker at Hutchinson Health, who will speak about emotional eating and motivation at 8:50 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, in the upstairs meeting room at Faith Lutheran Church, 335 Main St. S., Hutchinson.
Learning, loud and clear
As students head back to the classroom at Lake Ripley Elementary School this week, they might be hearing their teacher in a whole new — better — way. And some of the teachers might be speaking with new clarity — and less strain — as well.