In Thursday’s Leader: Harvest going much better, Tigersharks head to State Meet

Here’s a preview of stories found in the print edition of the Thursday, Nov. 19 Leader:

• Recent warmer temperatures have allowed farmers to get almost all soybeans and corn out of the fields.

• A McLeod County budget committee will investigate how a combined auditor/treasurer’s office could be structured.

• 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.

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

• First-time hunters Paige Wiehr and Cullin Lickfelt, both age 10 and from Hutchinson, bagged big bucks this deer season. Read about it on the Outdoors page.

• In Sports: Tigersharks Abbey Machtemes and Katelyn Roepke will swim for the final time this weekend when they compete in the Class A state swim meet.

• From rock ’n roll to traveling tunes, this weekend’s local concerts offer a smorgasbord of options. Singer-songwriter Elizabeth Hunnicut and local artists, the Keep and the Project, will perform at Shalom Baptist Church. Read about it in Extra!

(Doug Hanneman is editor of the Hutchinson Leader. He may be reached at hanneman@hutchinsonleader.com)