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Get ready for the growing season

February 19, 2010 - 7:00am
Get ready for the growing season

Looking for a reason to think spring? The eighth annual Hutchinson Area Home, Landscape and Garden Show opens today at the McLeod County Fairgrounds. Hours for the free show are 2 to 8 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Read more about the show in the Feb. 18 print edition of the Leader.



State funds area water quality improvement


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Several area water quality projects have been chosen to receive grants and loan money from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.



City to suck up your leaves


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Hutchinson city workers will clean up the town of leaves starting the fall of 2010.



Spruce Ridge landfill recognized for wildlife management


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The nonprofit Wildlife Habitat Council last week certified Spruce Ridge Landfill as a home for wildlife.



Battling emerald ash borer on the countywide front


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The McLeod County Board Tuesday (Nov. 3) gave Hutchinson city forester Mark Schnobrich the go-ahead to help the county’s nine municipalities fight back against emerald ash borer.



Use caution when hunting from tree stands


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A recent death of a Wisconsin man after falling out of a tree stand while bear hunting has officials with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources urging caution as the state’s hunting seasons



Hutchinson ash trees threatened by EAB


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Two and a half decades after seeing its stately boulevard elms devastated by Dutch elm disease, Hutchinson will have to prepare itself for the potential loss of most of its more than 3,000 ash trees to the emerald ash borer, or EAB.



Fall horticulture preparations for winter


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By Nathan Winter
Extension Educator – Agricultural Productions Systems
McLeod/Meeker County



Can collection to fight domestic violence


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The McLeod Alliance for Victims of Domestic Violence is displaying a can-do attitude toward fundraising this month.



Litchfield lands $14.9 million for water/sewer projects


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The Minnesota Public Facilities Authority, or PFA, has presented another round of financing for improvements to drinking water and wastewater plants in several small Minnesota towns and cities.



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