LOOKING BACK
125 YEARS AGO: 1899 Hurrah for the Fourth! There will be 10,000 people in Hutchinson for the Fourth of July. Let us be prepared to take care of them in grand shape.
2024
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LINDA C. BLACK HOROSCOPES
Nancy Black, Tribune Content Agency TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (06/27/24). Let your heart guide this year.
Saving a piece of McLeod County history
A few years back, while filming my monthly episode of “History Quest,” the crew and I came upon an old “abandoned” cemetery over by Biscay. It was the Getchell Cemetery, and it was so overgrown with briars, brambles and trees that it scarcely looked like a cemetery.
U of M group seeks broader understanding of substance abuse
Having watched family members struggle with substance use disorders, recent University of Minnesota Twin Cities graduate Madelyn Blake wanted to change the way addiction is treated and discussed. Now, with three degrees and two national awards, Blake hopes her nonprofit, Brains for Change, will transform addiction education across Minnesota.
The Word of God is what transforms our thinking
Everyone has a life race to run. Some are shorter and some are longer. Either way,we are to do our best as “unto the Lord.” In a physical race or marathon, people train and stay hydrated by drinking water. Spiritually, we need the washing of the Word in our life. The Word of God is what transforms our thinking and washes away the things of the past.
Bursch Travel among Top Workplaces
Bursch Travel recently received Top Workplaces 2024 recognition in the Star Tribune Top Workplaces list. The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by employee engagement technology partner Energage.
Huskies in good spot with month to go
With roughly a month left in the regular season, the Hutchinson Huskies are in a familiar position — playing good ball and among the leaders in the Northstar League. The Huskies were scheduled to play two games with potentially big league impact this week, on the road Wednesday at the Loretto Larks, then playing host to the Buffalo Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m.
Social media should have warning labels, and more
The buzz over the U.S. Surgeon General’s New York Times op-ed calling for warning labels on social media apps and platforms is an important admission that Big Tech’s products are harming and killing American youth.
If a column could stop a show, might this one?
In the fury to grab our attention and keep it trained on them, folks have turned to superlatives. Now, I’m not saying superlatives are new. Snake oil salesmen have always relied on hype. What’s new, I would argue, is that superlatives are now regularly heaped upon the mundane and no one bats an eye. For example, have you noticed the trend of late to describe a thing as “a show stopper”?
pARTicipate Hutchinson hooks a winner
Phase 2 of the pARTicipate Hutchinson, A Community Mural Project has begun. Last year 13 murals joined the roster of the city’s public art collection.