Government & Public Safety

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

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

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.

Four people have been charged and two more face possible charges following an investigation into a burglary earlier this month at a Hutchinson home.

A 37-year-old man allegedly ran into a car outside one Hutchinson apartment while driving intoxicated and sexually assaulted a woman at another apartment building on Sunday afternoon.

The council reviewed four of the city’s enterprise funds during a workshop that preceded its Nov. 10 regular meeting.

The theft of fuel continues to plague Hutchinson gas stations.

A 47-year Hutchinson man was found unharmed in South Park Friday night after an almost five-hour search for him by dozens of emergency personnel from several agencies.

In July, Minnesota began a statewide ignition interlock program aimed to combat the issue of unlicensed DWI offenders continuing to drive — and drive impaired — following arrest.