Nitrate contamination took front and center at the Minnesota Legislature this session, following a November letter from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency urging the state to take action on contamination in southeastern Minnesota.
Hutchinson Senior Center is owned and operated by Hutchinson through its Parks, Recreation and Community Education Department. Activities for people age 55 or older are available g a.m.-3:30 p.m.
I’ve either been involved in or keeping an eye on American politics for over 60 years now. We’ve faced plenty of tough questions during that time, and though many of them have been resolved and we’ve moved on, some are tenacious — income inequality, racial equity, the ever-ballooning national deficit, climate change. But in all those years, the question I’ve found myself returning to again and again — and that I suppose we’ll never really resolve — is the one Lincoln posed at Gettysburg: Can a nation like ours, “conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal,” endure?
And it is still spring. Summer starts June 21 and the ritual continues.
The process of buying and selling a home includes many movable parts. North America has experienced historic trends in the housing market in recent years. Most notably, record-high prices have dominated the real estate market over the last several years. High prices are good news for sellers, who can probably anticipate receiving offers above listing price. This is good news for sellers currently looking to make an excellent profit on their properties. Sellers who don’t want to rely on the market alone to earn more for their homes can take various steps to get top dollar.
NEXT SEVEN DAYS THURSDAY, JUNE 13 CLIMB Theatre presents “Country Mouse and City Mouse: Adventures in the Suburbs,” 10 a.m. at the Hutchinson Public Library, 50 Hassan St.
Realtors and real estate agents have helped millions of people find homes over the years. Such real estate professionals wear many hats, not only helping people buy and sell homes, but also serving as sounding boards and calming influences when unforeseen, and sometimes frustrating, issues arise during the process of buying and selling a home.
It is a prime location for a sculpture, Hutchinson City Parks Maintenance specialist Randy Carter said of the spot at Riverside Jaycee Park where Hutchinson High School’s Welding 4 sculpture “Branching Out” will be for the next year. “We chose that name as our first sculpture because we are branching out to the community and out of our comfort zone,” said Gary Koehring, technology education teacher at HHS.
Janet “Jan” A. Klockmann, 79, of Hutchinson passed away on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at Stonebay Senior Living in Orono. Funeral Service was held Monday, June 10, 2024, 10 a.m. at Peace Lutheran Church in Hutchinson with interment in Oakland Cemetery in Hutchinson. Memorials preferred. Clergy Officiating: Pastor Gerhard Bode; Organist: Dr. Joan DeVee Dixon; Soloist: Dr. Joan DeVee Dixon “I Can Only Imagine”; Reader: Alex Klockmann;
A private celebration of Jerry’s life will be held at Bethlehem United Methodist Church in Hutchinson. Burial will take place in Oakland Cemetery, Hutchinson. Clergy Officiating: Pastor Randy Koppen Jerold Woodrow Wright, known to all as simply Jerry, of Hutchinson passed away peacefully the afternoon of Sunday, June 2, 2024, at his home following a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer not even two months prior. Jerry was a loving husband, father, grandpa, brother, and friend to many. Jerry was born at home on a farm in Preston Lake Township on January 6, 1944. He would be the second oldest of five children. Jerry attended two different country one-room schools, one near Corvuso and the second, District #40 in rural Hutchinson. He loved talking about these country schools and would begin his recount of memories with ‘back in the old country’. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1962. While still in high school, Jerry joined the National Guard. After graduation, he attended basic training in Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. Towards the end of his active duty stint, he was chosen as the single representative of his company for additional leadership training. Jerry took the meaning to the phrase ‘good work ethic’ to a whole new level. His punctuality, integrity, dedication, and willingness to go above and beyond was evident in any job he had. It was an honor for him to complete a task well and to the liking of whomever commissioned the work. He worked at a number of different jobs in his youth which included serving as a hired farmhand for two neighbors, hauling peas and corn for Green Giant, and as a semi-driver plying the roads between Duluth and the Dakotas. Eventually, he joined his father in partnership of the dairy herd in Hassan Valley while slowly building his own herd of cows. Jerry married Shirley Olson on July 1, 1967. Their marriage was blessed by one son, Paul, and one daughter, Trudy. Not long after his marriage, his father-in-law presented Jerr