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 ...
Iran supreme leader criticizes proposed nuclear talks with US, upending push to negotiation
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader said Friday that negotiations with America “are not intelligent, ...
Opinion
COLUMN: Why go west for trout when they abound here?
Minnesota is a great place to live if you are a fishing fool. There are thousands of fishing lakes, a Great Lake, and streams all across the state teeming with panfish, bass, walleye, pike and ...
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 ...
Minnesota snowstorm forecast rapidly changing – what's happening?
The snow arrives in western Minnesota late Friday and reaches the metro by about midnight. Most of the snow will fall ...
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 ...
Bridging the urban-rural divide
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey visited Litchfield Thursday as state Rep. Dean Urdahl’s guest. Urdahl said he offered Frey a similar tour to one he extended to St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter this ...
A tale of two counties: McLeod and Meeker
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development provides snapshots each month of different counties across the state. Below are statistics for McLeod and Meeker counties. McLeod ...
County works to meet CARES Act deadline
With the deadline for disbursement of CARES Act funds quickly approaching, Meeker County Administrator Paul Virnig told the County Board Tuesday to expect “a lot of activity” in the ...
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 ...
At long last, U.S. Highway 212 expansion breaks ground
After more than a decade of planning, a 4.5-mile portion of U.S. Highway 212’s four-lane expansion has begun.Stretching from Cologne (Highway 36) to Carver (Highway 11/Jonathan Carver ...