Litchfield robotics club to compete in FIRST LEGO League championship
Litchfield Middle School’s robotics club has built a winner in just its second year of existence. The club secured two spots in the FIRST LEGO League Challenge State Championship in ...
Tiger Elementary students wrap up their year with a food drive
In the spirit of giving back, students at Tiger Elementary conducted their holiday food drive with all donations going to the McLeod County Food Shelf in Hutchinson. Second- and third-grade ...
LOOKING BACK
Mitt Hill reports that he sawed 13 cords of wood into stove lengths in three hours for Joe Telecky with his gasoline engine outfit. A carload of poles have arrived for the ...
New year, sweet new addition to downtown Litchfield
With a new year comes a new business in downtown Litchfield. Sweet Escape, the ice cream and gift shop at 226 Sibley Ave. N., announced Dec. 1 it would be selling to a new owner and the the shop ...
Hutchinson School Board reorganizes with Luthens as chair
The Hutchinson School Board made some changes in its members’ responsibilities during Jan. 8 meeting. Tiffany Barnard, who was chairman for two years, decided not to continue in that role.
Top reads for 2023
I have been accused many times of having my nose buried in a book. It’s true. Is there anything better than diving into a new book? It’s a jump into the unknown that offers adventure ...
Sermonette:’Joy to the World! The Lord is Come!’
I love this time of the year! It is that time between the holidays, Thanksgiving is past, and everyone has decorated for Christmas. The stores are filled with Christmas items and everywhere you ...
Sermonette: ‘(My) power Is made perfect in weakness’
As we enter 2024, it would seem that many of us are certain we need worldly power to make right what is going awry. In the next months hundreds of millions of dollars will be given and spent to ...
GIRLS HOCKEY: Tigers land fourth seed, open playoffs at home
Hutchinson will open its “second season” with a home game. The Tigers, seeded No. 4 for the Section 2A tournament, will play host to No. 5 Minnesota River at 7 p.m. Thursday at Burich Arena. The ...
Sermonette: The good news for a fallen world
We have just come through a holiday season. Let’s not forget the true meaning of Christ’s Nativity. It is not about Santa, or candy canes, reindeer, or Christmas lights, or even for ...
Sermonette: A tree grows best in winter!
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 The writer of the book of Ecclesiastes expresses in the third chapter that there is a season ...