In 1962, President John F. Kennedy proclaimed May 15 as National Peace Officers Memorial Day and the calendar week in which May 15 falls as National Police Week. Established by a joint resolution of Congress in ...
Acting Chief Sam Olson of the BLPD has been working with the police department for more than twenty years, but is still excited to protect his hometown community every day.Olson graduated from Big Lake high scho...
Chief Brent Baloun of the Becker Police Department recently passed a major milestone with his 30th anniversary of working in law enforcement. Baloun has worked as the police chief for Becker for a little over ha...
(The following article was obtained from the International Association of Chiefs of Police).There are more than 800,000 state and local law enforcement officers (LEOs) in the United States. Officers that perform...
Sgt. Nabil Gubash of the Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office will be leaving for Florida later this month to participate as a torch runner for the Special Olympics. Gubash, originally from Lino Lakes and currently...
Both the Becker and Big Lake Police Departments have hired female officers in the last year. While it is not the first time female officers have served in the community, it has been some time since a female offi...
(Editor’s Note: The following release was sent to the Patriot by the Sherburne County Sheriff’s Dept.)The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the Anoka County Jail inmate who died Saturday morning a...
Eight candidates applied to be appointed to the two vacant seats on the school board. The seats were recently vacated by Connie Robinson and Sarah Schafer. Troy Berning and Pete Weisman (spelling of names uncert...
On Wednesday, April 27, Austyn Clemen, Carter Leither and Jazlyn Toedter were recognized for being Becker High School’s 2022 Students of Excellence at the ceremony coordinated by Resource Training and Solutions....
Monday afternoon, Becker Middle School students from Angie Schultz’s homeroom were treated to a fantastic field trip to Pebble Creek Grill. The outing is an extension of the students’ course of study, which incl...
