In June, my wife and I traded in our used pickup for a brand new 2015 Jeep Wrangler. The Wrangler Terri picked out was a bright yellow four-door with less than 100 miles on it. Over the last several years, Terri...
I remember as a kid growing up on the Oak Park farm I was surrounded by guns. My father and brother, avid hunters, had .22 calibre rifles, 12 and 16-guage shotguns and the more powerful rifles for deer hunting, ...
Rep. Jim Newberger says this is a fight he did not start, but this really starts and stops with politics. In the Sherco hearing article and his weekly ads, he never misses a chance to bash, bad oboma, bad Dayton...
Mr. Carlson and Mr. Keeler's editorials from last week bring up good points. Use of public tax dollars, with little or no accountability, and creating unfair competition between the government and the private s...
To my surprise and horror, the city of Becker has no vision statement? How can that be? How can it be 2015 and the city of Becker still does not have a simple vision of where it intends to be in 10 years? How...
For the better part of this past year, I have listen to complaints about the golf course and how it is a money pit for the city of Becker. I have worked in Becker for the last 18 years and lived here for just ov...
Opportunity for good will, community building, fun, missed. Sept. 10, approximately 100 Becker alumni gathered for the annual All School Alumni Luncheon. We met, hugged, talked, laughed, remembered high school...
I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the many citizens of Becker and Big Lake for their support of the Beyond the Yellow Ribbon fundraiser that was held last Saturday afternoon at Tootsie’s in Big Lak...
As the saying goes, “It never rains on Palmer Day”. The weather could not have been more obliging last Saturday, with bright sunshine bathing the parade route and the festivities at Palmer Park all day long. ...
As we prepare to leave the area, we want to thank you. In 1989, I and later Marty found work in Becker which encouraged us to build a home in Santiago Township. Our son, Joshua, began attending Becker Schools wh...
