Big Lake Community Fair Today!

(The following submitted article was submitted to the Patriot by the Big Lake Chamber.)“We have an awesome event”, exclaimed Big Lake Schools Director of Community Education and Communications Allen Berg and cos...

Zones 1-4 at Marketplace gain access

Author (and dog) visits young students in Becker

Much loved Minnesota author, Mary Casanova, and her dog, Nellie, visited first and second graders at the Becker Public School’s PAC Mon., April 18. Casanova shared experiences and information about being a write...

BHS drama club to put on play

Next weekend, the Becker High School Drama Club will be putting on its production of Bad Auditions by Bad Actors. The play features a series of auditions for Romeo and Juliet, all of which are fantastically bad ...

BPD to receive “pepper balls”

During Tuesday’s meeting, the Becker City Council approved the purchase of a new type of weapon for Becker officers. The police department will soon be getting pepper balls. Pepper balls are the only law enforce...

BL Twp. aims to fix trails at Lions Park

During the recent Big Lake Town Board meeting, Supervisor Norm Leslie shared some photos of some paths in Bridgeview Park. The paths are created from gravel, but a heavy machine compresses the gravel to the poin...

Becker Twp., city to tackle solar farms, legion location

The Becker Twp. Board met Monday evening and made commitments to work with the City of Becker on a pair of issues that are of interest to both entities.Moving forward, the two bodies will create working groups t...

BL City approves BLFD roof replacement

During last week’s meeting, the Big Lake City  Council discussed the fire station roof replacement. City Engineer Layne Otteson presented the bids for the roof replacement work. The lowest bid came from a compan...

Road projects discussed at Clear Lake Twp. meeting

During their April meeting, Clear Lake Twp. Engineer Terrance Vander Eyk presented the board information on road projects determined during their 2022 road tour.Along with crack sealing and a number of smaller i...

BEF to honor outstanding community leaders

The Becker Education Foundation is holding their second annual Community Recognition Gala in a few weeks with the hope of drawing a great crowd to help the community in the Becker School District.The gala is hel...