August 2024

Welcome to Hutchinson Middle School

At Hutchinson Middle School, we are looking forward to the start of the new school year and are eager to work with students, families and the community. Staff are preparing to have students back in their classrooms and are excited for the hallways to be filled with energy and enthusiasm for learning.

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LOOKING BACK

125 YEARS AGO: 1899 Sam Dewing is supplying his customers with some of the finest basswood honey ever brought to Hutchinson. The practice of calling the United States government “Uncle Sam” is very common, and it may prove of interest to some readers to know how the appellation originated.

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55-PLUS SENIOR ACTIVITIES

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 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at Hutchinson Event Center, 1005 State Highway 15 S. For more information, call 320-234-5656. The following schedule is for Aug. 2-8: Friday, Aug. 2: 9:15 a.m. NO chair yoga; 10 a.m. Knot Just Knitting; 1 p.m. bingo, 500 and Hutch Bowl.

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For the love of orange

Orange was the color of this past weekend at the McLeod County Fairgrounds. The three-day run of the Orange Spectacular, an annual salute to everything Allis Chalmers, brought thousands of visitors to Hutchinson.

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POLICE BEAT

Hutchinson Police Services responded to the following incidents: June 22: Hutchinson Police respondedto a one-vehicle crash at Masonic West River Park. It was reported that a 1998 Chevrolet GMT was being driven erratically on Les Kouba Parkway and crashed into some boulders along the roadway. The driver was an unlicensed juvenile male, who had three juvenile passengers at the time of the incident. No reported injuries. The vehicle was towed from the scene. Charges are pending.

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This thing with sharks has no teeth

I don’t know how much you think about sharks but I used to think I think about sharks the regular amount. Which is to say: I don’t think about sharks. Unless I’m at a natural history museum. Or the aquarium. Or I’m near a 3-year-old singing “Baby Shark.” Or I happen to be rewatching Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws.” Other than that, I don’t think about sharks. I don’t dream about sharks. I don’t daydream about sharks. I don’t have nightmares about sharks. Sharks are kind of an abstract thing that exist … someplace else, I guess. Sharks are someone else’s problem.

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