Across the country, the American Red Cross is reminding communities that March is Red Cross Month, first proclaimed in 1943 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. A blood drive takes places from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 13, at Peace Lutheran Church, 400 Franklin St. S.W., Hutchinson. T o make an appointment, call 800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767), or visit redcrossblood.org.
Knowing that hundreds of people would return to Hutchinson for Shalom Baptist Church’s 125th anniversary earlier this month, the planning committee looked for ways to link the past to the future. One idea was to encourage as much use of compostable materials as possible to reduce the amount of trash headed for the landfill. “We decided that for the event we’d look toward the future and take advantage of what Creekside (Hutchinson’s city-owne...
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AGRICULTURAL AND FARM NEWS By Nathan Winter Extension Educator – Agricultural Productions Systems McLeod/Meeker County The spring time weather will soon be heading our way. Prune apple trees, including flowering crabapples, mountain ash, hawthorns and shrub cotoneasters in late winter from February to early April. Spring or summer pruning increases chances for infection and spread of the bacterial disease fireblight. Autumn or early winte...
The Red Cross is hosting two area blood drives in the coming weeks. The first is from 1 to 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20, at the Grove City Community Center, 210 Atlantic Ave. The second is from 1 to 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, at First Baptist Church, 395 Broadway Ave. N., Cokato. To donate, call 800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767), or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information.