Hutchinson Police are looking for a suspect that grabbed about 10 bags of potato chips from the Subway restaurant on Highway 15 South and then ran away, as reported by KDUZ Radio. The incident occurred at about 10:30 pm Thursday, Aug. 14. Apparently, the suspect put on a black mask before going inside, helping himself to armfuls of Miss Vicky’s Buttermilk Ranch chips before running out the door. The suspect is described as a tall white male man, about 6′4″, wearing an orange tee-shirt, and black mask.

As soon as the Dassel City Council decided to go ahead with the museum expansion project, it hired Nordberg Excavating of Dassel for $12,000 last Monday.

The council had decided last month that the City of Dassel would act as its own general contractor for the expansion of the Universal Laboratories building, when the bids for the project came in too high. Kevin Compton of Compton/Anderson Construction will coordinate the expansion, which will include bathrooms, a lobby, small kitchen and a community room to the west side of the historical building. Continue reading ‘Work to begin on Ergot expansion immediately’

Liquor was stolen from a home at 750 Prairie Ave. SE, Cokato, according to Wright County Sheriff’s Lt. Dan Anselment.

Friday morning, residents awoke to find several incidents of property damage around town. Deputy Michael Kaczmarek responded to a home at 220 7th St. SW, in which two landscaping lights closest to the street were broken, and pieces of plastic and glass were scattered over the lawn and sidewalk. Lawn lights also were broken at 125 Johnson Ave. N., he said.

A vehicle was damaged south of The Marketplace, Anselment said.
In addition, vandals threw a block through a patio window at 690 Jackson Ave. SW, and plants through a window at 115 Pleasant Ave. NE, according to the Wright County Sheriff’s Office.