Kash Patel had a roster of foreign clients. Their interests could clash with FBI he hopes to lead
Patel, 44, was not in Trump’s orbit when the Repubican was first elected to the White House. He had toiled as a public defender and Justice Department counterterrorism prosecutor before catching on ...
Learning an important leadership skill: pivoting
A good leader knows how to be flexible and adapt to change. That’s a lesson students in the Hutchinson Leadership Institute this year have learned first hand. “You did what great ...
Doors for worship services are opening once more
It was a rainy, gloomy Sunday morning May 24, but that didn’t seem to dampen bright spirits at the front doors of Riverside Church on Hutchinson’s west side. “We are a really lively ...
YOU, YOUR KIDS & SCHOOL: Hutchinson schools are still committed to quality education
This year will be like no other year. Things will sure be different. This year is just not going to be the same. How many times have you thought or heard one or more of these phrases recently in ...
Hutchinson City Council adopts new logo and tagline from branding initative
What do you think of when you think of Hutchinson? For Chandlerthinks, a Tennessee-based marketing and branding company the city hired to help with a branding initiative, the answer was “A ...
‘Humble leader’: Tim Wiebe retires after decades in Chaska public service
Sitting modestly on a chair, the outgoing fire chief turned slightly, so as to not directly face the dozens of people who showed up that day to honor him. After all, he said, that day wasn’t ...
Local photographer captures Twin Cities riots with camera and interviews
Photography and telling people’s stories is a passion for Tanner Schaaf. The 26-year-old man from Kingston who was also a student at New Century Academy in Hutchinson for a year has been ...
Litchfield, Hutchinson softball players end season second in state
Despite Mother Nature’s best efforts, the Crow River Fusion and Raiders softball teams met in Hutchinson Wednesday for their unofficial state championship game at Riverside Park. And despite ...
Hutchinson classrooms won’t look the same this year
Plenty could change by the time school starts Aug. 31, and even after as schools react to state mandates regarding the delivery of education in the face of COVID-19. But regardless of what ...
Hutchinson Public School administrators look ahead to an unclear school year
Minnesota schools are busy developing plans to deliver education in the 2020-21 school year – three, to be precise. The three plans aren’t new. They’ve been on the radar of ...
The Maiers Family Farm of McLeod County will carry on with fourth generation
When Tom Maiers’ grandfather Henry purchased his family’s 153-acre farm in northern Stewart back in 1919, it cost him $125 an acre. When the land was first purchased in 1868, it was ...
The Zetahs are telling a new story about Minnesota agriculture
Central Minnesota is filled with farms, and many have stories to tell that in some cases go back 100 years or more. But about 6 miles north of Hutchinson, a couple of farmers hope to write a new ...