Norm Johnson of Norm’s Farm Dies

Norman Joe Johnson lifelong resident of Becker, MN, passed away on Sunday October 6, 2024.Services are not set yet and full obituary will follow in next weeks Patriot....

8th Annual Ribs for the Ribbon wows crowds

WOW...What a day!Two Saturdays ago, the Big Lake Beyond the Yellow Ribbon held their 8th Annual Ribs for the Ribbon BBQ competition at Lakeside Park.  Mother nature did her part in providing a gorgeous bright, s...

Clearwater Parts City celebrates 20 years of serving the community

Whenever life-long Clearwater area resident Tom Plaggerman needed to work on his vehicles, he had to take time out of his day to run to Monticello to get the parts. So when he decided to open a business, he knew...

Johnson, Farm Friends given SWCD award

The Sherburne SWCD has nominated Farm Friends Barn for Sherburne SWCD’s Community Conservationist Award for their positive impact to the community of Becker and Sherburne County as a whole. As a nonprofit organi...

Gorgeous Skies all around us...

County okays $130k in ARPA spending

The Sherburne County Board last week approved a total of $129,768.05 in ARPA expenditures.The first expenditure of $53,000 will fund a Security and Information Event Management (SIEM) in the IT Dept. SIEM techno...

Progress on City Hall and Police Station continues

Mayor Tracy Bertram was absent for the Tuesday, October 5, 2024 meeting of the Becker City Council.  City Administrator Greg Lerud gave his update on the progress of the City Hall/Police Station project. “Footin...

There’s a new Pastor in town

On Sun,, Sept. 22, Becker Evangelical Free Church, during their Sunday morning service, formally recognized Stephen Clayton as their Preaching Pastor in what is called an Installation Service.  Tim Tomlinson, fo...

MnDOT Asks Motorists, Farm Equipment Operators to Safely Share the Road During Fall Harvest Season

Motorists traveling on Minnesota roads this fall should be aware of large farm equipment transporting crops to markets, grain elevators and processing plants, according to the Minnesota Dept. of Transportation. ...

South Santiago Lutheran Church hosts pet blessing

South Santiago Lutheran Church hosted their 11th annual pet blessing service Sun., Oct. 6 with pastor Allison Peterson at the pulpit. This year, there were four dogs and one cat brought to church to for the annu...