More than 200 art entries and dozens of live performances marked Friday’s annual Arts and Academic Showcase at Park Elementary School in Hutchinson. Photos by Jorge Sosa value="http://www.smugmug.com/ria/ShizamSlides-2007090601.swf?AlbumID=11894196&AlbumKey;=Ht2kR&transparent;=true&crossFadeSpeed;=500&clickUrl;=http://www#46;smugmug#46;com"> src="http://www.smugmug.com/ria/ShizamSlides-2007090601.swf?AlbumID=11894196&AlbumKe...;
Hutchinson's annual Citywide Easter Egg Hunt was once again well attended under blue skies Saturday at the McLeod County Fairgrounds. Kids up to age 10 raced to gather the most prize-filled eggs. value="http://www.smugmug.com/ria/ShizamSlides-2007090601.swf?AlbumID=11750786&AlbumKey;=YKwpq&transparent;=true&crossFadeSpeed;=500&clickUrl;=http://www#46;smugmug#46;com"> src="http://www.smugmug.com/ria/ShizamSlides-2007090601.swf?Albu...
After Thursday's Read Across America play at Park Elementary, Principal Dan Olberg and Assistant Principal Lori VanderHeiden were subjected to an "Ice Cream Toppings Attack." The sticky stunt was the students' reward for a successful Pennies for Patients drive in February. The school's annual fund raiser for leukemia research brought in $2,536.08, up from $2,116.83 last year. (Jorge Sosa is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leade...
In the most recent part of a multi-year restoration project, the main meeting room of the Acoma Town Hall — a former country schoolhouse — was returned to its former glory. For more on this story, see the Leader's March 11 print edition. Photos by Jorge Sosa value="http://www.smugmug.com/ria/ShizamSlides-2007090601.swf?AlbumID=11475034&AlbumKey;=807248534&transparent;=true&crossFadeSpeed;=500&clickUrl;=http://www#46;smugmug#46;com"> ...
The Crow River Wheelers’ first Central Minnesota Ice Races took Lake Byron by storm Sunday. The Gopher Campfire Conservation Club helped host the event and hopes the race will return next year. Looking for more hot action on the ice? The Crow River Wheelers will host a River Run starting 2 p.m., Feb. 27 from Roberts Park in Hutchinson to Cedar Mills and back again. See www.CrowRiverWheelers.org for more information. Photos by Jorge Sosa ...
The Hutchinson Middle School will present the stage production, “Honk Jr.,” this weekend. It’s a modern version of Hans Christian Andersen’s story, “The Ugly Duckling.” The play will be performed at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5, and Saturday, Feb. 6, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7, at the Hutchinson High School Auditorium, 1200 Roberts Road S.W. Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for students and can be purchased at the door. value="http://www.sm...
NuCrane is a new manufacturer being built in the 900 block of State Highway 7 West, between Hutchinson Manufacturing and the Best Western Victorian Inn. It is a partnership between Tom Daggett, owner of neighboring Hutchinson Manufacturing, and PaR Nuclear, a Shoreview-based division of Westinghouse Electric. The 51,000-square-foot plant will open early this year, making large cranes used worldwide in nuclear power plants. The plant could even...
Though housing starts dropped to a modern day record of only four homes in 2009, overall construction last year topped 2008's total. Several large projects, including an expansion at Faith Lutheran and the building of the NuCrane factory along State Highway 7 West accounted for much of the total. value="http://www.smugmug.com/ria/ShizamSlides-2007090601.swf?AlbumID=11082330&AlbumKey;=GPhsY&transparent;=true&crossFadeSpeed;=500&clickUrl;=htt...
Staff Writers Kay Johnson and Jorge Sosa welcomed musical guest Heartless Wench for this week's edition of "Six Minutes Over Hutchinson." Our video captures their performance of "Alright Tonight."
From red Merry Christmas signs to huge Frosty the Snowman inflatables, people continue to celebrate the holiday season with outdoor lighting displays. Here's just a sampling of what Hutchinson-area homeowners are creating this holiday season. To read about this year's outdoor lighting displays, see the print editon of the Hutchinson Leader for Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009. value="http://www.smugmug.com/ria/ShizamSlides-2007090601.swf?Album...
Staff Writers Kay Johnson and Jorge Sosa welcomed musical guest The Sunday Night Live Band for this week's edition of "Six Minutes Over Hutchinson." Our video captures the band's performance of "Emmanuel." Click here to hear Kay and Jorge's interview with the band.
More than 220 sixth-graders at Hutchinson Middle School demonstrated the scientific method on Dec. 22 during the school's annual Science Fair. Parents and judges viewed the student's display boards, which explained their science projects. value="http://www.smugmug.com/ria/ShizamSlides-2007090601.swf?AlbumID=10729985&AlbumKey;=xEqr2&transparent;=true&crossFadeSpeed;=500&clickUrl;=http://www#46;smugmug#46;com"> src="http://www.smugm...
Tonight’s Hutchinson High School Holiday Concert will feature: the Victorian Singers, the New World Singers, Varsity Singers, Tiger Singers and the Concert Chorale, plus the Holiday Band. It takes place at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium, 1200 Roberts Road S.W. There’s no charge to attend and the public is welcome. value="http://www.smugmug.com/ria/ShizamSlides-2007090601.swf?AlbumID=10716534&AlbumKey;=C33CB&transparent;=true&cro...;
The Crow River Singers will work their holiday magic from 6:30 to 8 p.m. tonight (Thursday, Dec. 10) at the Hutchinson Mall, 1060 State Highway 15 S. There’s no charge to attend and the public is welcome. For more information, call the mall office at 320-587-5956. To read more about the Crow River Singers, see the print edition of the Hutchinson Leader for Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. (Kay Johnson is a staff writer for the Leader. Sh...
Hutchinson Middle Schoolers launched a campaign Thursday to bring the funk to town. They performed the first in what they hope will be a continuing series of "happy dances" at public places around Hutchinson. Their first dance, at the doors of the School District 423 Central Office, was a feel-good, freestyle frenzy of fancy footwork. Learn more about this story in the Leader's Dec. 8 print edition.
The Hutchinson area Disabled American Veterans chapter hosted its 15th Community Thanksgiving Fellowship Dinner on Thursday and served an estimated 300 people. (Terry Davis is a Hutchinson Leader staff writer. E-mail him at [email protected].)
Hutchinson native and reigning Miss North Metro Tiffany Gunderson shared her message about inner beauty and the importance of a healthy self-esteem with Park Elementary kids Monday. (Jorge Sosa is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leader. He can be reached at [email protected])
So you think cooking Thanksgiving dinner for your family is a lot of work? What if you expected 300 to attend? That is what Daniel Kenney, LeeAnn Karg and dozens of other volunteers preparing and serving today's Community Thanksgiving Fellowship Dinner face. They are shown preparing that meal this morning, Thursday, Nov. 26. The complete dinner, organized for 15 years by the local chapter of the Disabled American Veterans and its Auxiliary, wi...
Singers and musicians from more than a half-dozen Hutchinson churches brought their talent together Sunday at the Hutchinson High School auditorium for "Coming Together in Song III," a fundraiser for Common Cup Ministry. A few hundred residents enjoyed the music. value="http://www.smugmug.com/ria/ShizamSlides-2007090601.swf?AlbumID=10438243&AlbumKey;=tbYtP&transparent;=true&crossFadeSpeed;=500&clickUrl;=http://www#46;smugmug#46;com"> ...
Sixty-five Hutchinson Girl Scouts became Minnesota pioneers Saturday when they attended a six-hour decorative arts program organized by their Scout leaders and members of the Twin Cities Decorative Art Guild. The girls got exposed to a multitude of art mediums under the decorative art umbrella. The girls, from kindergarten through 12th grade, qualified as the first in the state to earn the new Paint with Us patch. The patch originated with a s...
BLHS Theater Department proudly presents Neil Simon's hysterical full length comedy, Rumors. The Deputy Mayor of New York has just shot himself, though only a flesh wound, and his wife is nowhere i...