November 2024

Ready to pack your shoebox?

With the Halloween snowfall, it was beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Now, as we countdown the days to Thanksgiving, Christmas music is playing on the Muzak, and email inboxes are packed with offers of “buy now” for “deals and steals.”

If you’re looking to give something more meaningful this year, consider packing a shoebox for Operation Christmas Child. It’s a project of Samaritan’s Purse that delivers gift-filled shoeboxes to children around the world.

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City Council reviews dairy’s expansion plans

As a dairy farming operation on the city’s outskirts prepares for significant expansion, Hutchinson City Council reviewed the proposal during its meeting Tuesday.

Skyview Dairy, which is located within one mile of the city limits on the east side of Hutchinson, already operates the largest feedlot in McLeod County. A conditional use permit application submitted earlier this year seeks to increase its capacity from 2,540 to 3,520 animal units.

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MILO ZIEMANN

Milo Ziemann, 99, of Stewart passed away Thursday, November 7, 2024, at Buffalo Lake Health Care Center in Buffalo Lake.

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