The scheduled start of a seven-month State Highway 7 reconstruction project was postponed until Monday, April 21, due to a winter storm predicted for McLeod County and much of central and northern Minnesota for today (Thursday, April 10) and continuing through Saturday morning (April 12).

Kelly Brunkhorst, a project engineer for the state Department of Transportation, said the project still has a November estimated completion date.

(Jorge Sosa is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leader. He can be reached at sosa@hutchinsonleader.com [1])