2024

LOOKING BACK

125 YEARS AGO: 1899 An uncommonly large acreage of sorghum cane was planted this year and, as the crop is a fine one, people hereabouts can, if it comes to a pinch, snap a cane and sweeten their systems with sorghum and saccharine. A citizen begs the Leader to make “The hardest kind of kick” on the people who leave their wagons in the alleys, which he says are often so blockaded that it is next to impossible to drive through them with a load of hay.

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Remember whose you are

We’re already in the throes of a new school year. Children are eagerly, or not so eagerly, making new friends, learning new things, and growing up way too fast. It’s inevitable that throughout the year, those same children will be discovering more about who they are, what they like, and what makes them them.

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SCOREBOARD

Becker 0-0 3-0 Hutchinson 0-0 2-1 Rocori 0-0 2-1 Willmar 0-0 0-3 Friday results Totino-Grace 21, Hutchinson 20 (ot) Becker 14, Holy Angels 0 Rocori 30, Benilde-St. Margaret’s 20 Princeton 28, Willmar 6 Totino-Grace 21, Hutchinson 20 Totino-Grace 0 7 0 7 7 — 21 Hutchinson 14 0 0 0 6 — 20 First quarter H — Manny Pearce 5 run (Pearce run) H — Brady Larson 65 pass from Graydon Rostberg (run failed) Second quarter TG — Strong 3 run (McNeil kick) Third quarter No scoring Fourth quarter TG — Keten 3 run (McNeil kick) Overtime H — Pearce 1 run (run failed) TG — Keten 3 run (McNeil kick) Individual statistics TOTINO-GRACE OFFENSE Passing: Jake Peterson 5-11-2 0; Rushing: Jake Person 5-9, Michael Strong 3-13, Landon Bizal 2-8, Marquel Keten 26-114, Syl Berg 8-30, Calvin McIntosh 2-20; Receiving: Josiah Young 1-9, Keten 4-31.

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Tigers pick up fifth win

Exceeds last season victory total Hutchinson/Glencoe-Silver Lake earned its fifth win of the season Monday, beating Rockford 3-1. The Tigers, 5-2-2, managed just four wins all of last season and has seven matches to play this year.

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POLICE BEAT

Hutchinson Police Services responded to the following incidents: AUG. 29: Hutchinson Police responded to a property damage accident. Mixaela Gutierrez Gutierrez, 27, of Hutchinson, driving a 2009 Dodge Avenger was southbound on Merrill Street Southwest and turned west onto South Grade Road Southwest. The vehicle went up on the curb and hit a street sign. The vehicle sustained moderate- functional damage. No reported injuries. No tows. All occupants were wearing seat belts. Driver received a citation for petty misdemeanor for no drivers license in possession or fail to display upon request.

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