News stories from Hutchinson, Minnesota

That football is a game of yards measured in inches was never more evident than in Mankato West’s 13-6 win over visiting Hutchinson in the Section 2AAAA title game Friday night.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty heads up the list of dignitaries who will speak at the official State of Minnesota Veterans Day Program 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov.

Noted motivational speaker Jermaine Davis will bring his inspirational message to Ridgewater College in November, and the public is invited to attend free of charge.

The Boy Scout statue at Boy Scout Park in Hutchinson was installed Friday, Sept. 25. Although the weather was overcast and very rainy, the workmen erected the statue without a mishap.

Leader staff writer Kay Johnson attended rehearsal last week for "The Curious Savage." Get a taste of this Hutchinson Theatre Company fall production opening tonight (Thursday, Nov. 5).

Fredrick "Fred" Albrecht, 91, of Hutchinson, husband of Florence Albrecht, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, at the Burns Manor Nursing Home in Hutchinson.

New author and speaker Kristie Verret will have her recently published first book, “Unforgotten Children,” with her when the Hutchinson Area Chapter of The Compassionate Friends host her Monday.

If you’ve been to Hutchinson High School lately, you’ve noticed the difference.

From Jim Conner
Hutchinson

By Chelsea Vilchis
Hutchinson High School Junior and FFA Chapter Treasurer

Cheers to Jim Popp of the Hutchinson Fire Department for ending our 10-hour, unwelcomed “smoke detector concert!”
Jim and Becky Felling, Hutchinson

Hutchinson’s newest downtown restaurant had a “soft opening” Wednesday night.

Julie Ivesdale, 51, of Bloomington, daughter of George and Lova Ivesdale, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, at her home.

Power Limited Training courses will take place in December at Ridgewater College’s Hutchinson campus. Both an eight-hour and a 16-hour option will be available. The eight-hour program is 8 a.m.

The Hutchinson SuperAmerica gas station at 1210 State Highway 7 W. has been hit by the what is apparently the same person stealing gas three times in recent weeks.

Monday’s announcement that the long-planned 500- to 600-megawatt Big Stone II power plant near Big Stone, S.D., will not be built should not leave Hutchinson residents without electricity.

Election Day 2010 is exactly one year away. You wouldn’t know it by the number of gubernatorial candidates who have visited McLeod County in recent weeks. We counted a dozen, and then lost count.

Residents of the 1200 block of Lewis Avenue Southwest have become increasingly frustrated by ongoing work being done to a home at 1209 Lewis Ave. S.W., owned by Steve and Cindy Wadsworth.

Election Day 2010 is exactly one year away. You wouldn’t know it by the number of gubernatorial candidates who have visited McLeod County in recent weeks. We counted a dozen, and then lost count.

From Rep. Ron Shimanski
District 18A, R-Silver Lake

From Kylie Jacobsen
Hutchinson

From Paul Thompson
Executive director, United Way of McLeod County

The biotechnology field continues to experience rapid growth and development as the science around healthcare, agriculture, and energy evolves.

By Nathan Winter
Extension Educator – Agricultural Productions Systems
McLeod and Meeker counties

Hundreds of Hutchinson-area children and their parents flocked to two Halloween events Saturday afternoon.

Hundreds of Hutchinson area children and their parents flocked to two Halloween events Saturday afternoon.

People who want to teach but don’t have the full credentials will have an opportunity to become certified as short-call substitute teachers under the Minnesota Limited Short-Call Substitute program.

The Hutchinson Police Department has been operating without a second-in-command since the retirement of Lt. Dave Erlandson at the end of June.

Bushmills Ethanol Inc. will pay a civil penalty totaling $425,000 for a variety of alleged violations at it's ethanol production facility outside of Atwater.

When Carreen Pierson and her husband were planning their move to Hutchinson two years ago from the Truman area she looked forward to the Crow River Arts Inc. shop at Hutchinson Mall.