Closure of Minnesota newspaper hits home

The newspaper of my youth is closing. I was born here in Washington County, but spent my elementary and early teenage years in Hutchinson, Minn., before returning as a junior in high school.Hutch is a town of over 14,000 people located about an hour west of the Twin Cities. It had a population of about 10,000 people when I lived there and was a great place to grow up. Its population growth has…