Ever wonder how long it would take to drive about 30 mph from the Canadian border to New Orleans? The answer is about 30 days and it’s happening during October when the Military Vehicle Preservation Association, in cooperation with the Jefferson Highway Association, convoys the Jefferson Highway, a 2,500-mile stretch of road that dates to the 1920s. More than 30 privately owned vehicles are expected to participate.
Hutchinson Police Services responded to the following incidents: Sept. 12: Hutchinson Police responded to an assist call in the Hutchinson Police Department lobby where the reporting adult male had active warrants. The male fled from officers westbound on First Avenue Northeast but was detained by officers near the intersection of First Avenue Northeast and Main Street North. Preston Arvid Root, 19, of Hutchinson was taken into custody for his two probation violation warrants on original charges of two counts misdemeanor-underage consumption out of McLeod County. Root was transported to the McLeod County Jail. He has been formally charged with misdemeanor- fleeing a peace officer by a means other than a motor vehicle and misdemeanor-obstruct legal process-interfere with peace officer in relation to this interaction.
has a curiously shaped apple tree on his place, which is now in bloom, after having borne fruit this season for the first time. The tree is now full of blossoms as it was in the spring. Mr. Birkebek says he expects to gather the second crop at Christmas time.
What: Military Preservation Vehicles Association’s visit to Hutchinson. It’s part of the group’s 30-day convoy from Pembina, North Dakota, to New Orleans.
From Aug. 15-18, 232 youth from McLeod County showcased their learning and achievements in 4-H during the past year at the 2024 McLeod County Fair.
What was built by a dentist is back in the hands of another who appreciates its history in Hutchinson. Fallon (Macemon) Theis purchased the white art deco building at 107 First Ave.
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.
A Dassel man died Saturday from burns he suffered in a gas explosion. According to a Meeker County Sheriff’s Office news release, Jeffery Holmquist, 46, died from injuries he suffered when there was an explosion inside a fish house in the 70000 block of 178th Street in Collinwood Township.