During recent school board meetings, Big Lake School Board Business Manager Angie Manuel informed the board that the state legislature approved a change to compensatory funding for school districts. After crunch...
Xcel Energy employees, contractors and retirees, supported by the company’s Foundation, provided over $12 million and 10s of thousands of volunteer hours in 2024 to support charitable organizations and causes.Th...
U.S. Senators Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar (both D-MN) announced nearly 130 new clean energy projects across rural Minnesota. The $15.6 million investment will save farms and rural small businesses nearly $18.4 ...
Loralie “Lolli” Krueger of Third Rail Restaurant in Big Lake finally succumbed to the cancer she had been fighting for 13 years on Jan. 3, 2025. She passed away peacefully at the home of her parents.Lolli and ...
Mayor Mark Kolbinger took the oath of office to open the first city council meeting of the new year on Tues., Jan. 7. Kolbinger defeated Mayor Tracy Bertram in the November race. In a close election, Council m...
During their last meeting of 2024, the Clear Lake Twp. Board of Supervisors discussed a number of agenda items, including the new fire contract, a second phase to the park, and ordinances and resolutions. Roads ...
Calling all poets!! To celebrate National Poetry Month in April, the Sherburne History Center is once again hosting their annual Poetry Showcase. Poem submissions are being accepted NOW through March 15, 2025. O...
Several Monticello Cargill employees recently assembled a group that slept outside to raise money and awareness of homelessness. Over $3,000 was raised during the sleep out and Cargill is matching 50% of the fun...
The St. Cloud Area Board of Education considered a recommendation from the superintendent and district administration at Wednesday’s work session to reset boundaries for three southside elementary schools. To ba...
During their recent meeting, the Big Lake Town Board observed oaths of office of three re-elected board supervisors and held their reorganizational meeting.Oaths of OfficeRe-elected board supervisors Bruce Aubol...
