Shine light on unwelcome news and squash rumors
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March 2025
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POLICE REPORT
Hutchinson Police Services responded to the following incidents: March 4: Hutchinson Police responded to a report of a disturbance on the 500 block of Jefferson Street Southeast. Officers found no crime was committed during the disturbance but an involved party was found to have an active warrant. Officers located the wanted individual at Verizon. Roxanne Marie Mclain, 54, of Hutchinson was taken into custody for her failure to appear warrant on original charge of misdemeanor-theft out of McLeod County. Mclain was transported to the McLeod County Jail.
ARLE WALLACE SCHLECHT
Arle Wallace Schlecht, formerly of Hutchinson, died peacefully on March 7, 2025, at Willows of Arbor Lakes in Maple Grove. He was 91. A gathering for friends and family will…
Let’s talk about ‘Gunflint Falling’
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McLeod County adopts five-year highway plan
County Road 1 is major 2025 project
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A photo is worth a thousand words
When it comes to history’s mysteries, photographs without names are a hard puzzle to crack