Archive - Sep 2016

A driver facing charges in the April 2015 death of Glencoe resident Penny Verdeck in a car-bicycle accident has been convicted of careless driving.
District Judge Timothy Looby found her not guilty on two other charges — felony vehicular homicide and a misdemeanor charge of using a cellphone while driving.
Looby filed his findings on the case last week. The case went to a court trial, which is heard by a judge, rather than a jury, in late June.

Candidates for McLeod County commissioner expressed their views and opinions at a forum sponsored by the Greater Minnesota Republican Women Tuesday, Sept. 20.
Candidates included incumbent Paul Wright and Rob Raiche, running in District 3; incumbent Ron Shimanski, running unopposed in District 1; and, in District 4, Jeff Nies and Rich Pohlmeier, who both filed for candidacy, and write-in candidate Ane Fitzgerald.
The forum started with each candidate having a couple of minutes to introduce themselves:

A district court judge handed down his findings last week in the criminal case against Emily Givens, the driver charged in the car-bicycle crash death of Glencoe resident Penny Verdeck last April.
Givens was alleged to have been reading a text message when the accident occurred.
Many have expressed disappointment in the judge’s findings. He found Givens not guilty of criminal vehicular homicide and use of a cellphone in a vehicle. She was found guilty on a misdemeanor count of careless driving.

To the Editor:
Last April, proof was requested for the claims within the McLeod Trails Plan about the benefits of paved bike trails. To date, no response has yet been provided by either the city of Hutchinson or McLeod County.   

McLeod County Veterans Services and the St. Cloud VA Medical Center will present a veterans information fair and flu shot clinic Tuesday, Oct. 4, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the Hutchinson National Guard Armory, 1200 Adams St. SE, Hutchinson.