2024

Nearly a year into tax collections on Minnesota’s new lower-potency hemp industry shows that the sale of hemp edibles, beverages and other products is a $130 million business, at least. According to numbers compiled by the state Department of Revenue, the 10% tax on cannabis product sales raised $1,217,450 in May from 1,873 tax paying businesses.

The decision to move is a very personal choice that is typically reached after considering a number of variables. Career opportunities, a better climate, superior schools, or a desire to be closer to family compel millions of people to move each year, and those factors underscore how unique each individual move can be.

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 320234-5656. The following schedule is for July 12-18: Friday, July 12: 9 a.m. Lunch and Lock Cruise; 9:15 a.m. chair yoga; 10 a.m. Knot Just Knitting, Connecting; 1 p.m. bingo, 500 and Hutch Bowl.

Hutchinson Police Services responded to the following incidents: June 21: Hutchinson Police responded to a two-vehicle accident near near the intersection of State Highway 15 South and South Grade Road Southwest. Both vehicles were northbound on Highway 15 South, just south of the South Grade Road Southwest. Lucille Minnie Pederson, 91, of Buffalo Lake, driving a 2008 Chevrolet HHR was directly in front of Thomas Donald Wirt, 81, of Hutchinson, driving a 1996 Ford Explorer. Pederson was stopped, but Wirt failed to stop and struck the rear end of her vehicle. No reported injuries. Both involved were wearing seatbelts. Wirt was issued a citation for petty misdemeanor for duty to drive with due care, speed greater than reasonable, misdemeanor for expiration of drivers license over 21, and petty misdemeanor for operating a vehicle with expired registration.