It is a prime location for a sculpture, Hutchinson City Parks Maintenance specialist Randy Carter said of the spot at Riverside Jaycee Park where Hutchinson High School’s Welding 4 sculpture “Branching Out” will be for the next year. “We chose that name as our first sculpture because we are branching out to the community and out of our comfort zone,” said Gary Koehring, technology education teacher at HHS.
Janet “Jan” A. Klockmann, 79, of Hutchinson passed away on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at Stonebay Senior Living in Orono. Funeral Service was held Monday, June 10, 2024, 10 a.m. at Peace Lutheran Church in Hutchinson with interment in Oakland Cemetery in Hutchinson. Memorials preferred. Clergy Officiating: Pastor Gerhard Bode; Organist: Dr. Joan DeVee Dixon; Soloist: Dr. Joan DeVee Dixon “I Can Only Imagine”; Reader: Alex Klockmann;
A private celebration of Jerry’s life will be held at Bethlehem United Methodist Church in Hutchinson. Burial will take place in Oakland Cemetery, Hutchinson. Clergy Officiating: Pastor Randy Koppen Jerold Woodrow Wright, known to all as simply Jerry, of Hutchinson passed away peacefully the afternoon of Sunday, June 2, 2024, at his home following a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer not even two months prior. Jerry was a loving husband, father, grandpa, brother, and friend to many. Jerry was born at home on a farm in Preston Lake Township on January 6, 1944. He would be the second oldest of five children. Jerry attended two different country one-room schools, one near Corvuso and the second, District #40 in rural Hutchinson. He loved talking about these country schools and would begin his recount of memories with ‘back in the old country’. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1962. While still in high school, Jerry joined the National Guard. After graduation, he attended basic training in Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. Towards the end of his active duty stint, he was chosen as the single representative of his company for additional leadership training. Jerry took the meaning to the phrase ‘good work ethic’ to a whole new level. His punctuality, integrity, dedication, and willingness to go above and beyond was evident in any job he had. It was an honor for him to complete a task well and to the liking of whomever commissioned the work. He worked at a number of different jobs in his youth which included serving as a hired farmhand for two neighbors, hauling peas and corn for Green Giant, and as a semi-driver plying the roads between Duluth and the Dakotas. Eventually, he joined his father in partnership of the dairy herd in Hassan Valley while slowly building his own herd of cows. Jerry married Shirley Olson on July 1, 1967. Their marriage was blessed by one son, Paul, and one daughter, Trudy. Not long after his marriage, his father-in-law presented Jerr
Frank Loncorich, 82, husband of Bonnie, of St. Cloud passed away on Thursday, June 6, 2024.
Dave Wollan; Musical “Wind Beneath My Fay M. Fandrich, 74, of Hutchinson passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2024, at her home in Hutchinson. Memorial Service was held on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at 11 a.m. at Dobratz-Hantge Funeral Chapel in Hutchinson with interment at a later date in Carrington City Cemetery in Carrington, North Dakota. Memorials preferred to Heart of Minnesota Animal Shelter.
Christopher “Chris” Braun, 67, of Darwin passed away on Sunday, June 2, 2024, at his home in Darwin. Memorial Service was held Saturday, June 8, 2024, 4 p.m. at Cornerstone Church in Litchfield. Private Family Graveside Service will be held at a later date in St. Anastasia Catholic Cemetery in Hutchinson.
Bruce Bjerkelund, 85, of Hutchinson passed away on Sunday, May 26, 2024, at Harmony River Living Center in Hutchinson. Mass of Christian Burial was held Thursday, June 6, 2024, at 11 a.m. at St. Anastasia Catholic Church in Hutchinson with interment in the church cemetery.
Welcome to the new Hutchinson Station calendar. It features arts and entertainment events.
Isabelle Schmitz wins three titles, Parker Peterson one during Section 2AA meet Isabelle Schmitz will be busy this week at the State ClassAATrack and Field Meet. But that’s really nothing new.
Hutchinson High School’s 2024 graduating class celebrated diversity — a bond that grew out of their COVID pandemic experiences and the strength they achieved through it — as members prepared for their next odyssey during commencement ceremony Friday. This message of diversity began with class president Muhammad Dhanani’s opening address, during which he reminisced about those early days of COVID.