July 2025

GLADYS HOMAN

 Gladys A. Homan, 78, of Hutchinson passed away on Monday, June 30, 2025, at Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday,…

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SHIRLEY HAHN

 Shirley A. Hahn, 78, of Hutchinson passed away on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at Guardian Angels by the Lake in Elk River. Memorial Service will be Wednesday, July 23, 2025, 11…

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BARBARA MICKA

 Barbara J. Micka, 90, of Hutchinson passed away on Monday, July 14, 2025, at Ecumen Pines in Hutchinson. Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, July 19, 2025, at 11 a.m.…

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WALLACE KEMPFERT

 Wallace “Wally” Kempfert, 87, passed away at Oak Park Place in Madison, Wis., on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, July…

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It turns out, government does valuable things

While all eyes have been on the Capitol Hill maneuvering around the 900-page bill carrying out President Trump’s agenda, something interesting has been happening in federal agencies: They’ve been bringing laid-off workers back. In fact, CNN reported late in June, they’ve been “scrambl[ing] to fill critical gaps in services left by the Department of Government Efficiency-led effort to shrink the federal workforce.”

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