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By Krishona Martinson,
an equine specialist with University of Minnesota Extension

Two months after recommending on a 4-2 vote that the Hutchinson City Council grant a variance in the shoreland zoning district, the Hutchinson Planning Commission voted 6-1 Tuesday to recommend denial

"Travel Tunes" is the title of this year's concert at the high school auditorium, 1200 Roberts Road S.W. The concert is free.

There will be live music by George's concertina from 1-4 p.m., bingo from 4-5 p.m. and dinner at 5 p.m. Tickets are $13 for the entire day, or $7 for the meal only. Register by Nov.

This takes place at Crow River Golf Club, 915 Colorado St. N.W., Hutchinson. Call Mary Hodson at the Hutchinson Health Care Foundation for more information, (320) 234-5115.

Kathleen A. Olson,
a family relations educator
University of Minnesota Extension

Almost without exception, cooking fires are preventable, and yet cooking remains the No. 1 cause of residential fires in Minnesota.

By Kim Asche
University of Minnesota Extension
Regional Office, Hutchinson

The body of a novice pilot missing since Nov. 13 was found in the wreckage of his small plane Wednesday morning in a remote area of Clearwater County, southwest of Bagley.

Property tax levies will increase an average of 3.5 percent statewide if proposed local tax levies are adopted later this year, the Minnesota Department of Revenue said Thursday.