AGRICULTURAL AND FARM NEWS Farmers and private applicators that have their certification expire on March 1 have received a postcard in the mail from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. If you are ...

The Dakota Rail Trail now qualifies for state money. But should the county pursue it? That was the question in front of the McLeod County Board Tuesday morning. It came as a result of the trail ...

Six County Board candidates offered their vision for the future of McLeod County at a forum this past Thursday evening. Running for District 3, which includes southwest Hutchinson, Stewart, Lynn ...

There are problems with MNsure, but what is the source? That, and other questions, contrast incumbent Scott Newman, R-Hutchinson, and challenger Amy Wilde, DFL-Dassel Township. The two candidates ...

A winter storm warning has been issued for an area of central Minnesota ahead of up to 7 inches of snow through Saturday evening.

Headlines a few weeks announced that after more than three decades of unhealthy climbs, Minnesota’s obesity rate had dropped. Between 2014 and 2015, the rate dropped from 27.6 to 26.1 ...

Thousands of Americans give up smoking every day because they fear that it might eventually kill them. If you knew something seeping into your home was killing you, wouldn’t you want to take ...

Is there a drug problem here?” Ask the question in many rural communities and you may hear that drugs are a problem in bigger cities, or that the local problem is bigger than other places. The ...

Oh, my, have we slipped. Back in 2011, when the first County Health Rankings were released by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, our humble McLeod County was ranked best ...

NEWS FROM THE ISSUE OF JULY 22, 2009 Meeker County’s population fell by 230 people this year compared to 2007. Figures compiled by the Minnesota State Demographic Center were ...

If you do most of your shopping locally, we thank you. If you go elsewhere ? online or to the Twin Cities or St. Cloud ? to purchase items that you can buy in Hutchinson, you need to know the ...

The B117 coronavirus variant first identified in the United Kingdom has been identified in the Twin Cities metro area, state health officials confirmed Monday. As of Jan. 11, laboratory sequencing had ...