🌱 What Meeker County’s rising 2025 call numbers mean for Litchfield residents
Litchfield, Minnesota Patch AM: a 3 min readGreetings Litchfield! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- What Meeker County’s rising 2025 call numbers mean for Litchfield residents
- How Central’s opener against Litchfield slipped away despite more hits
Also on today's calendar: Fishing Opener Breakfast and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Partly sunny; breezy, warmer, with a high of 86 and low of 57 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 73, low: 38.
- Friday: Partly sunny; breezy, cooler, with a high of 61 and low of 36 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• MC Sheriff Cruze Releases Annual Report (klfdradio.com) — Meeker County Sheriff Brian Cruze’s 2025 report shows more calls for service and a significant remodel of the Justice Center and dispatch areas that directly affect how emergencies are handled for Litchfield residents. While assaults, domestic violence, and fraud reports increased, burglaries and disorderly conduct declined, and mental health-related calls continued to rise across the county. 
• Raiders defeat Panthers with big inning (hometownsource.com) — Central’s baseball team recently edged Glencoe-Silver Lake 7-5, but the story also revisits their season-opening loss to Litchfield, where walks and errors spoiled an 8-3 hitting advantage. Local fans can see how key Raiders players performed against Litchfield and what went wrong in that extra-inning defeat.
📸 Around Litchfield
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Royalton vs Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City
Kingery Field, Washington Ave W, Atwater
4:00 pm
Thursday April 23
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Other local events
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Fun Friday: Music Bingo
Minnesota Beer Company , 510 Atlantic Ave , Grove City
7:00 pm -
Family Movie Matinee: The Wild Robot
Bernie Aaker Auditorium , 114 N Holcombe Ave , Litchfield
1:00 pm -
Eden Valley-Watkins vs Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City
Atwater Cosmos Grove City School (5th - 12th Grade) , 27250 MN-4 , Grove City
9:30 am -
Heritage Preservation Commission Meeting
Litchfield, MN Calendar , 126 N. Marshall Ave. , Litchfield
6:30 pm -
Public Hearing - 231 N. Sibley Avenue Certificate of Appropriateness
Litchfield, MN Calendar Litchfield, MN 55355
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Litchfield Blood Drive | April 30th, 10:00am – 4:00pm
Ecumen Litchfield , 200 N Holcombe Ave , Litchfield
10:00 am -
Heritage Christian vs Litchfield
Litchfield Senior High School , 901 N Gilman Ave , Litchfield
9:30 am -
Fishing Opener Breakfast
Sportsman's Park on Lake Washington , 70493 229th St , Dassel
7:00 am
Friday April 24
Sunday April 26
Monday April 27
Thursday April 30
Friday May 1
Saturday May 9
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🗓 Events Nearby
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National Honor Society Induction Ceremony
Atwater Cosmos Grove City High School ,Theatre
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Baseball Varsity vs Royalton High School
Kingery Field -Atwater
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Softball:Girls Varsity vs Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City
Royalton High School
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Baseball JV vs Royalton High School
Kingery Field -Atwater
4:00 pm
Wednesday April 22
Thursday April 23
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- McDonald's posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Litchfield. Apply here.
- Army National Guard posted a job opening for 12B Combat Engineer - Construction and Engineering Specialist in Litchfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Litchfield here.
🗞 Nearby News
Hutchinson
- McLeod County Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes 4/7/2026 (glencoenews.com)
- Spaces That Set the Scene (minnesotamonthly.com)
- McLeod County Sheriff's Report 4-24 (herald-journal.com)
Paynesville
- Allan Solum (marshallradio.net)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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