While there haven’t been any team wins to celebrate, the Litchfield girls swimming and diving team is still finding success. That’s the message of coach Ashlynn Mattson, who said she’s seen improvement in several individual swimmers even though the Dragons have ended up on the wrong end of the final score.
Litchfield went the distance to in three matches as it powered past Wright County Conference neighbor Hutchinson for a 6-1 win Monday at Hutchinson. The Dragons needed three three-set wins to secure the win, which helped avenge a dual meet loss to the Tigers last season.
Litchfield’s boys, girls making strides Four meets into the season, Litchfield’s cross country teams have shown the kind of progress that gives coach Julie Dengerud a sense of optimistic anticipation. “It’s going to be a fun season,” Dengerud said last week.
Hutchinson Police Services responded to the following incidents: AUG. 29: Hutchinson Police responded to a property damage accident. Mixaela Gutierrez Gutierrez, 27, of Hutchinson, driving a 2009 Dodge Avenger was southbound on Merrill Street Southwest and turned west onto South Grade Road Southwest. The vehicle went up on the curb and hit a street sign. The vehicle sustained moderate- functional damage. No reported injuries. No tows. All occupants were wearing seat belts. Driver received a citation for petty misdemeanor for no drivers license in possession or fail to display upon request.
If you’ve followed media coverage of Congress over the past few years, it’s been hard to escape two impressions: Not much gets done there, and members spend a lot of their time tearing into one another. We can argue about the first — certainly, recent Congresses have been less productive than their predecessors — but now there’s hard evidence that the second impression is just plain wrong.The vast majority of members, it turns out, focus on substance and policy, not on personal attacks.
Kurt R. Birkemeyer, 69, of Litchfield died on Saturday, September 14, 2024, at the St.
125 YEARS AGO: 1899 An uncommonly large acreage of sorghum cane was planted this year and, as the crop is a fine one, people hereabouts can, if it comes to a pinch, snap a cane and sweeten their systems with sorghum and saccharine. A citizen begs the Leader to make “The hardest kind of kick” on the people who leave their wagons in the alleys, which he says are often so blockaded that it is next to impossible to drive through them with a load of hay.
The following schedule is for Sept. 20-26: Friday, Sept.
We’re already in the throes of a new school year. Children are eagerly, or not so eagerly, making new friends, learning new things, and growing up way too fast. It’s inevitable that throughout the year, those same children will be discovering more about who they are, what they like, and what makes them them.