FOOTBALL: Litchfield upsets Rockford in Section 2AAA opener
Garrison Jackman ran for a touchdown and kicked two field goals as Litchfield beat Rockford 12-6 in the opening round of the Section 2AAA football playoffs Tuesday at Rockford. The fifth-seeded ...
VOLLEYBALL: Dragons’ success this season has been a real hit
After losing several starters and shifting his lineup to capitalize on strengths of returning players, coach Darin Swenson expected the Litchfield volleyball team to go through an adjustment ...
SWIMMING & DIVING: Dragons earn five medals at Section 3A meet
It was a big day for the Litchfield girls swimming and diving team. Just not quite the day the Dragons had hoped for entering the Section 3A championship Saturday at Hutchinson Middle School.
County approves non-union compensation figures
The McLeod County Board took a hard look at wages, its pay scale and employee health insurance offerings at an Oct. 18 meeting. Approved unanimously was a 2.5% annual increase to all non-union job ...
Burley, Sebesta ready to go to work
Hutchinson voters chose Tim Burley as their newest City Council representative, and also kept Dave Sebesta during the Nov. 8 general election. Burley topped Morgan Baum 3,014 to 2,419 in balloting ...
CROSS-COUNTRY: Schmitz second in State Class AA meet
A strong favorite in every race she’s run this season, Hutchinson junior Isabelle Schmitz found herself in an unusual position during the State Class AA Cross Country Meet. Schmitz, the ...
Election results
Voters went to the polls in Meeker County and throughout the country Tuesday with many key races on the ballot for local, state and federal office. Litchfield voters saw races for mayor and three ...
Many choices ahead following mixed levy vote
Hutchinson Public School District 423 voters answered two funding questions this past week. Now the School Board has many others to ask as future legislation, enrollment and other factors could ...
Voters choose two new, one returning Hutchinson School Board member
Hutchinson Public Schools will have a new board starting in January. On a ballot where voters selected their top three candidates among six, school board member Erin Knudtson ran for reelection ...
Plan your weekend with the A&E Calendar
Wednesday, Nov. 23 It’s live music by the Parachute Pandas and food from Mario’s Italian Kitchen food truck at the Pre-Thanksgiving Party 3-10 p.m. at Bobbing Bobber ...
A&E Calendar
THURSDAY, NOV. 10 Tom Romaine will present “Gen. George Thomas and the Minnesotans” 1:30 p.m. at the Litchfield G.A.R. Civil War Roundtable. Admission is free with a Civil War ...
BACK THEN: Telephone service reaches 90 percent of Litchfield area in 1947
NEWS FROM THE ISSUE OF NOV. 28, 2002 The raid, arrests and prostitution charges that closed The Juice Bar in Cosmos less than a month ago were not enough to put the adult ...