New legislative maps reshape Litchfield, Meeker County politics
Minnesota’s future legislative district map released Tuesday by the Minnesota Judicial Branch shows a significantly changed political landscape for Litchfield and Meeker County. According to ...
New legislative district map shows big changes for Meeker County
Minnesota’s political landscape saw a significant shift last week. And nowhere was that shift more pronounced than Meeker County, which finds itself divided three ways by the new legislative ...
Scott Newman and challenger Amy Wilde bring vast experience to Senate District 18 race
There are problems with MNsure, but what is the source? That, and other questions, contrast incumbent Scott Newman, R-Hutchinson, and challenger Amy Wilde, DFL-Dassel Township. The two candidates ...
Opinion
EDITORIAL: New map shows radon’s threat
The Minnesota Department of Health delivered good and bad news to residents this past week. The bad: A map developed by the Department of Health shows how 40 percent of the state’s homes ...
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Local-local-local is where it’s at
If you do most of your shopping locally, we thank you. If you go elsewhere ? online or to the Twin Cities or St. Cloud ? to purchase items that you can buy in Hutchinson, you need to know the ...
120 years of experience in McLeod County
Between improvements to parks, the maintenance of equipment and the clearing of snowy roads, a lot of work has been done between three McLeod County men over the past 40 years. Parks director Al ...
AIS battle needs all hands on deck
Another local Meeker County lake was added to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources infested water list in 2021. The state agency confirmed zebra mussels were found in Lake Francis ...
READER LETTER: Highway bypass merits community’s discussion
I would like to address an issue that our Leader editors touched on regarding the possibility of a complete bypass around Hutchinson for commercial truck traffic. This is a great long-range ...
These local officials won’t appear on the ballot
The general election is still five months away, but changes to local representation are already assured as some local elected officials head toward retirement. Sen. Scott Newman, R-Hutchinson, did ...
Three vie for Litchfield Ward 2 seat
For a while, it looked like no one wanted the Ward 2 seat on the Litchfield City Council. That all changed within a matter of hours on the final day of the filing period, when incumbent councilor ...
Tax credit could alleviate buffer strip financial blow
Following the implementation of legislation championed by Gov. Mark Dayton, farmers in McLeod County and around the state took acres out of production, and planted vegetative strips along ...
McLeod County residents rush for vaccine as first clinic filled ‘within minutes’
McLeod County Health and Human Services reached a benchmark this past week in its efforts to vaccinate county residents against COVID-19. Early last month, health officials hoped to begin ...