What’s it take to succeed in the classroom? What about in athletics, or in fine arts? Hutchinson High School seniors Emma Trettin and Jacob Lipke have spent the past four years finding out, ...

Photography and telling people’s stories is a passion for Tanner Schaaf. The 26-year-old man from Kingston has been snapping pictures since he was 13. Today he works as a stringer for Live ...

Everyone is welcome to Silver Lake, even hummingbirds,” Duane Yurek said. “Father and son enjoying free entertainment provided by the Gopher Campfire Sanctuary, Hutchinson, ...

Airline travel can be stressful, especially when your flight is delayed. While it’s not the best conditions for making new friends, that’s exactly what happened between a 47-year-old ...

When it comes to the trades, McLeod County is home to champions. Earlier this month, Ridgewater electrician program students Emma Becker of rural Glencoe and Justin Frick of rural Hutchinson ...

Litchfield became home to Paul Perkins about a decade ago. The Kentucky native saw it as a good place to raise a family. Nothing has changed his perception of Litchfield during the past 10 years.

When it comes to postseason success, the Litchfield girls tennis program has seen plenty. What the Dragons did last week at the Class A State Tournament should rank among some of the ...

The water tower by Spirit Hill Cemetery will be getting a new coat of paint this summer. Built in 1970, the “Sunset Tower” is the oldest of Jordan’s three water towers. The water tower will ...

When Beth Kargas was startled, at 23 years old in her routine city staff job, by a directive from then city Administrator Bruce Miller, to take over as head of the sprawling Litchfield Cemetery, ...

NEWS FROM THE ISSUE OF AUG. 2, 2001 A spectacle other than Frances Johnson’s twine ball drew onlookers out of homes and businesses in Darwin Thursday morning. Crewmen from ...

For the past three years, mid-July to mid-August has been duck season Kira Fennell. No, she’s not a hunter, she’s an artist. Growing up in Hutchinson, Fennell can think of several ...

Litchfield High School’s gymnasium became a movie-worthy set Saturday afternoon as the school’s juniors and seniors participated in their prom grand march, which carried a Hollywood ...