Local photographer captures Twin Cities riots with camera and interviews
Photography and telling people’s stories is a passion for Tanner Schaaf. The 26-year-old man from Kingston who was also a student at New Century Academy in Hutchinson for a year has been ...
Chaska graduate drowns in Lake Minnetonka
Deputies of the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office Water Patrol received a report of a swimmer who had gone underwater and didn’t resurface at the Commons Beach in Excelsior on Lake ...
Soaring into the wild blue yonder
Otto “Woody” Anderberg will long remember Aug. 31. It’s not every day you’re treated to a lights-flashing-and-horns-blasting escort by the Hutchinson police and fire departments. The ...
Six local anglers will compete for national spot
When six Litchfield area high schoolers take to Gull Lake in Brainerd this weekend, they’ll not only be vying for top rankings in the Minnesota Junior Bass State Tournament – ...
SWIMMING AND DIVING: Tigersharks set sights on Section 3A Championship
Hutchinson’s boys swimming and diving team wrapped up an undefeated dual meet season last week, and now they’ve set their sights on the Section 3A championship later this month. The ...
SWIMMING AND DIVING: Tigersharks win section three-peat
Saturday was a day for making history at Jerry Carlson Pool in the Hutchinson Middle School. Not only did the Tigersharks boys swimming and diving team win the program’s 12th section ...
Hutchinson calls for air patrol, water funding
An update to Hutchinson’s legislative priorities includes a push for the state to invest in the Civil Air Patrol and the local water basin. The list of priorities, which was prepared by ...
Minnesota director heads to St. Cloud to film ‘My Town’ show this fall
Cory Hepola, an erstwhile Twin Cities television and radio anchor, is the program's director and host. The show positively portrays rural America and aims to accurately explain rural living, since so ...
‘None of them think of themselves as a hero,’ motorist says of 6 honored for his rescue in fiery I-94 crash
“None of them think of themselves as a hero,” Orbovich said of rescuers Michael Coy, Tesfaye Deyasso, Lacie Kramer, Tessa ...
Hutchinson’s Grace Hanson takes her shot at Tokyo
When Hutchinson’s Grace Hanson goes swimming, she’s used to being the fastest person in the pool. But after June 7, the seven-time high school state champion now knows how it feels to ...
Dragons open dual meet season with victory over Morris/Minnewaska
Litchfield won seven events, taking the top two spots in four of those, as it opened its dual meet season with a 53-47 win over Morris/Minnewaska Tuesday at the LHS pool. “Our girls gave ...
Sky high expectations: Sheriff’s office drone program has already saved a life
It didn’t take long to validate the Meeker County Sheriff Office’s latest investment in law enforcement technology. Just a few months after spending $30,000 to purchase equipment, the ...