September 2024

RYAN M. LESKE

 Ryan M. Leske, 48, of Acoma Township, rural Hutchinson, passed away on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at his home. Private Family Graveside Service will be held at Swedlanda Lutheran Cemetery in…

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SHERYL M. LUCKEMEYER

 Sheryl M. Luckemeyer, 60, of East Bethel, formerly of Hutchinson, passed away on Saturday, September 21, 2024, at her home in East Bethel. Gathering of Family and Friends was held…

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JOYCE ANNE BEYTIEN

 Joyce Anne Beytien, 88, of Hutchinson, passed away on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at her home in Hutchinson. Memorial Service will be held Friday, October 4, 2024, 11 a.m., at New…

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Logging in to a record

By day, Mark Schmidt works as a manufacturing engineer at IRD Glass in Litchfield. After hours and on weekends, Schmidt fabricates light-colored toy logs at his rural Darwin shop that can create all kinds of structures — including one of record- breaking proportions.

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Congress has much to do, not much time to do it

Congress went back into session after its summer recess on Sept. 9 with a full plate of competing demands. With the fall elections less than two months away, members want to walk away with some accomplishments — but not spend much time achieving them. Or as Roll Call put it, they want “to get out of Washington as quickly as possible while doing just enough to avoid a government shutdown.”

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