Word came from Becker Public Schools Thursday that the Becker teachers union and Becker board negotiators had reached a tentative agreement for a new two-year salary and benefit package. The package is pending a...
It’s that time of year again as summer winds down, the days get shorter and the Great Minnesota Get Together appears on the horizon. It’s been a challenge for me to get my caricature business in order for this y...
The Lions website reports in 1917, Melvin Jones, a 38-year-old Chicago business leader, told members of his local business club they should reach beyond business issues and address the betterment of their commun...
While the Supreme and I enjoy foreign travel, our schedule of late has been somewhat limited to domestic destinations, often on solo missions such as her recent motor trip to Florida to visit our friend’s daught...
Wednesday just before noon, I pulled out from Rolling Ridge Road in Becker to Hwy. 10, heading east back to Big Lake. I cleared the intersection, heading to the “slow lane,” and after a quarter mile or so, viewe...
Several months ago, my wife and I embarked on a “healthy living” campaign to change our eating and exercise habits for the better. It’s been 21 weeks this weekend since we signed up for Isagenix and we have nev...
Cats are funny things. People either take to their high level of independence and seeming indifference to humans, or they don’t. Many prefer the easy affection and total devotion exhibited by dogs, who lord th...
“Family is more than the group we grew up with. We are also nieces and grandsons and cousins – and eventually great grandparents. We are descendants of those in fuzzy photographs and will be ancestors to those u...
A petition was mailed to us recently from the Briggs Lake Chain Association asking for our signature to form the Briggs Chain Lake Improvement District. We have been BLCA members for over 10 years and have suppo...
A message to Troy Malo and those suggesting the city does not allow him to do his job in the same manner as other department heads. Real leaders take the blame and give the credit – not the other way around. Kee...
