Prep Blog: Week 7, Previewing ‘The Big 4′
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – It’s getting to the best time of the year to be a high school football fan: Crunch time. There’s not much better action in prep football than in the final weeks of the regular...
View ArticleAuthorities Execute Search Warrant In Case Of Missing Man
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities executed a search warrant in Hutchinson this week in the hopes of obtaining more information in the disappearance of a missing Wright County man. Christopher Rossing...
View ArticleAuthorities: Case Of Missing Wright Co. Man Is Now A Death Investigation
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities said they are now treating the case of a missing Wright County man as a death investigation. According to Sheriff Joe Hagerty, authorities discovered evidence during a...
View ArticlePrep Blog: Previewing The State Football Quarterfinals
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Every high school football player that steps on the field in August has the goal of playing football in November. That means you’re in the state tournament, where anything is...
View ArticlePrep Blog: Previewing The State Football Semifinals
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Parts of Minnesota got a foot or more of snow earlier this week, and now we’re dealing with extremely cold weather for the middle of November. It’s the perfect time for another...
View ArticlePrep Blog: This Weekend’s Top High School Match-Ups
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – We’re heading into February, which means conference races in several high school sports are heating up as we approach the postseason. February and March always seem to bring out...
View ArticleHutchinson’s Blizzard Conditions Challenge Drivers, Delight Youngsters
http://media.minneapolis.cbslocal.com/CBSMIN_20150303192058927AA.mp4 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — There was nothing routine about a routine drive on Highway 7 in Hutchinson Tuesday. The strong wind blew fresh...
View ArticleState Patrol: Crash East Of Hutchinson Kills Man, 81
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — An 81-year-old Hutchinson man died Sunday morning in a three-vehicle crash on Highway 7 just east of Hutchinson, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Authorities responded to...
View ArticleVikings Player Donates Handicap-Accessible Van To Boy Injured In Crash
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Thanks to a Vikings player, a Minnesota town is helping a family when they need it most. Harley Carnes, 9, was in a serious car accident in March while on vacation with his mom in...
View ArticlePrep Blog: Previewing Last Year’s 4A State Football Field
The sounds of football are being heard all around the state this week as Minnesota’s high school teams hit their fields to start the fall season. It’s a very odd year as the high school football season...
View ArticlePrep Blog: Week 1, Previewing ‘The Big 4’
High school football is back. There isn’t a much better concept for football fans than watching their favorite prep teams under the lights on Friday nights. Except this week, it all starts on Saturday...
View ArticlePrep Blog: Week 2, Previewing ‘The Big 4’
It’s Week 2 in high school football and pretty much every team around the state is back in action Friday night after last week’s unusual Saturday start. To make it even more odd, most teams played...
View ArticleHutchinson Man Sentenced To 20 Years In Man’s Disappearance & Death
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Hutchinson man accused of killing a friend, and then covering up the crime, is going to prison. On Friday, a Wright County judge sentenced 28-year-old Robert Nuttall to 20 years...
View ArticleHutchinson Police Officers Shoot & Kill Suspect; Officer Injured
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Authorities say a suspect is dead after an officer-involved shooting west of the Twin Cities Sunday night. The Hutchinson Police Department responded to the 500 block of Harmony...
View ArticleInvestigation Continues Into Officer-Involved Fatal Shooting In Hutchinson
HUTCHINSON, Minn. (WCCO) — More information is emerging about the man who was shot and killed over the weekend after a struggle with Hutchinson police. A neighbor living in the same duplex as the...
View ArticleIdentities Released In Hutchinson Officer-Involved Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The identities of the deputy, officer and deceased suspect involved in Hutchinson’s fatal officer-involved shooting have been released. At about 4:13 p.m. Sunday, law enforcement...
View ArticleHutchinson Woman Sentenced In Christopher Rossing’s Death
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Hutchinson woman has been sentenced for her role in the death of Christopher Rossing. On Thursday in Wright County Court, Gwen Butcher received a stay of imposition, credit for...
View ArticlePrep Blog: Week 2, Previewing ‘The Big 4’
It’s Week 2 in high school football across Minnesota, and it’s the first week where a majority of the games are under the lights Friday night. For the teams that started out their fall season with...
View ArticlePrep Blog: Section Finals, Previewing ‘The Big 4’
Hello, November. The weather, with sunny skies and day-time highs in the 60s, feels more like mid-September. But it’s the first week of November, and that means the state football playoffs are just...
View ArticleWCCO Viewers’ Choice For Best Eggs Benedict In Minnesota
HUTCHINSON, Minn. (WCCO) — It’s one of the most popular, and indulgent, meals you can order for breakfast: Eggs Benedict is salty, savory and satisfying. So we wanted to find the best Minnesota has to...
View ArticlePrep Blog: This Weekend’s Top High School Match-Ups
It’s early February, which means the winter high school playoff season is just around the corner. Less than a week, in fact. The girls hockey playoffs start next week, with more to follow before we hit...
View ArticleHutchinson Track Coaches Look Back At A 50-Year Partnership
HUTCHINSON, Minn. (WCCO) — If you’re going to do something for 50 years, it pretty much goes without saying that you better like doing it. And if you’re going to do it with the same person all that...
View ArticleState Patrol: 1 Dead In Motorcycle Vs. Semi Head-On Crash
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – One person is dead after a head-on crash involving a motorcycle and a semi-truck Wednesday night near Hutchinson. The Minnesota State Patrol said the fatal crash happened on...
View ArticleGoin’ To The Lake: Hutchinson (Day 1)
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — All summer long, we’re embracing lake life across Minnesota and western Wisconsin. In this week’s edition of Goin’ To The Lake, Frank Vascellaro and Mike Max hopped in the Mobile...
View ArticleGoin’ To The Lake: Hutchinson (Day 2)
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — All summer long, we’re embracing lake life across Minnesota and western Wisconsin. In this week’s edition of Goin’ To The Lake, Frank Vascellaro and Mike Max hopped in the Mobile...
View ArticlePrep Blog: Week 4, Previewing ‘The Big 4’
It’s hard to believe, but this week marks the midway point of the high school football season. Fall officially started this week, but it feels more like the middle of summer with temperatures near 90....
View ArticleHutchinson Veteran Receives France’s Highest Honor
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A World War II veteran from Hutchinson received a very special honor Saturday. Elvin “Speedy” Homan fought on the beaches of Normandy, France on D-Day in 1944. He was captured by...
View ArticlePassenger Killed After Driver Drifts From Roadway & Crashes; Alcohol Involved
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota State Patrol says alcohol was involved in a crash that resulted in the death of a 42-year-old Hutchinson woman early Tuesday morning. According to the state patrol, a...
View Article3 Hospitalized After Explosion At 3M Plant In Hutchinson
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities say three people were hospitalized, one with serious injuries, after an explosion at the 3M plant in Hutchinson on Thursday. Hutchinson police say there was a...
View ArticleMissing Vulnerable Adult In Hutchinson Found Safe
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Officials with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension say the vulnerable adult who hadn’t been seen since Saturday night has been found safe. Investigators with the BCA said...
View ArticleHutchinson Surveys Damage After Strong May Storm
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Storms continue to move across Minnesota and Wisconsin Tuesday night, bringing strong winds and heavy rain. West of the Twin Cities is a different story. Homeowners in Hutchinson...
View ArticleHutchinson High School Dedicates New Gym To Lindsay Whalen
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Hutchinson High School gymnasium, where Minnesota sports legend Lindsay Whalen played high school basketball in throughout the late 90s, looks a little different these days. It...
View ArticlePolice: Missing Hutchinson Teen Quinn Jacobson Found Safe
Police say a 17-year-old Hutchinson boy who was reported missing has been found safe in northern Minnesota Thursday night.
View ArticleHutchinson Boy, 11, Dies After Flipping ATV
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — An 11-year-old boy died after flipping an ATV that pinned him Monday afternoon. According to the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office, the incident was reported on July 29 at 4:13 p.m....
View ArticleBoy, 13, Faces Arson Charges In Hutchinson Walmart Fire
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 13-year-old boy faces arson charges after police say he started a fire inside the Hutchinson Walmart. Police and firefighters were called to the store Sunday afternoon because...
View Article2 Men In Custody In Connection To Fatal Shooting In Meeker County
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Two men are in custody in connection to a fatal shooting last week in central Minnesota. The Meeker County Sheriff’s Office says two 23-year-old men from Hutchinson were arrested...
View Article5 Teens Hurt After Pickup Rolls Near Hutchinson; 2 Victims Flown To Metro...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Five teenagers were hurt Wednesday morning when a pickup truck rolled in central Minnesota. The McLeod County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened shortly before 6:30 a.m. at...
View ArticleBaby Richard Thrives As He Breaks Guinness World Record
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A huge and happy update on a story about a premature baby who was given a zero percent chance of survival, but continues to thrive. Richard Hutchinson was born last June when his...
View Article1 Seriously Injured In Crash Near Hutchinson
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 73-year-old man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries Friday afternoon following a crash involving three vehicles near Hutchinson. According to the Minnesota State...
View ArticleHigh School Sports Rally: Sept. 19, 2014
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — We’ve arrived at the final weekend of the summer, but high school football is just heating up. If you weren’t able to make it to any of the great high school games Friday night,...
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