2024

New sculptures for 2024-25

• “Fender Buck” by Tim Nelsen, Luce Line State Trail in West River Park • “Branching Out” by Gary Koehring, Luce Line State Trail in Riverside Park • “Flying Bike” by Victor Yepez, Luce Line State Trail and Law Enforcement Park • “Reaching” by Jon Kamrath, Main Street and First Avenue North • “Luring Waters” by Tim Adams, Luce Line State Trail and Pedestrian Bridge • “Beauty of Nature” by Vic Rouleau, historic Great Northern Depot • “Animal Realized” by Isaac Kidder, Main Street and First Avenue North (by Dairy Queen) • “Take It Easy” by Craig Snyder, Library Square • “The Scorer” by Gedion Nyanhongo, Main Street and First Avenue South (by Library Square) • “In The Mist” by Jim and Ryan Pedersen, Main Street and First Avenue South • “Phoenix Rising” by Mark Hall, Citizens Bank • “Ode to Seymour” by Addie Motzko, Main Street and Third Avenue South • “Catch the Wind” by Tim Adams, Ridgewater College .

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Good times for all

If evenings can be made to order, Monday night was perfect by all accounts. Library Square was the place to be for the annual kickoff of the Music in the Park summer concert series, as well as the launch of the 81st Hutchinson Jaycee Water Carnival.

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POLICE BEAT

Hutchinson Police Services responded to the following incidents: May 23: Hutchinson Police responded to a two-vehicle accident on State Highway 15 South, just south of the First Avenue Southeast intersection. Two vehicles were heading northbound on Highway 15. Carlos Ivan Bonilla Rodriguez, 31, of Hutchinson was driving a 2010 Chevrolet Equinox and was directly behind Robert Edwin Ward, 72, of Jordan, who was driving a 1970 MG. The MG was stopped for traffic when Rodriguez started moving ahead when the semaphore turned green, striking the rear of Ward’s vehicle. Allina Ambulance responded, no transports. No tows. All occupants were wearing seatbelts. Rodriguez was issued a citation for driving without a valid license for vehicle class or type.

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left a lasting influence

left a lasting influence.” Peterson used the experience of competing in last year’s state meet — he finished with the 11th-fastest time in the preliminaries and did not qualify for the finals — as inspiration and motivation to do what it took to return for another go this season. And it paid off in a big way.

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