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Becker Busing Steering Towards Safety

Becker Public Schools Transportation Department strives to provide great experiences for students and families and has a number of features, training, and procedures to ensure a successful trip to any location. ...

Colleagues Celebrate With Helmer Weiss

A big crowd of friends, family and school colleagues were on hand last Wednesday at Becker Middle School to celebrate the educational career of Nancy Helmer-Weiss, who retired at the end of last school year afte...

Cw Votes To Vacate Old Street

After a brief public hearing last week, the Clearwater City Council voted unanimously to vacate an undeveloped portion of Linn Street. The area lies between three properties and aligns with Co. Rd. 75 and the ex...

The ‘Fraudsters’ Are Out To Get You

I had an interesting - and unsettling - experience about the 8th of August.    I was going through a July  checking account report with a local bank,     I noticed the ending balance wasn’t nearly what it should...

Clearwater Man Critically Injured In Accident

A man from Clearwater was critically injured in an automobile accident on Hwy. 95 near Duelm last Saturday night. Allen Newman, 79, rear-ended a truck that was heading west on Hwy. 95 and making a left turn onto...

Native Wildflowers Adorn Wildlife Refuge

Twenty-five area residents gathered Saturday at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge for a two-hour wildflower tour led by volunteer Roving Interpreter Robin DeLong.   Created in 1965, the Refuge has 30,700 acres ...

Haven Twp. To Award Paving Bid For Sherwood West Project

During their meeting Monday night, bids were opened for bituminous work on Haven Twp.’s Sherwood West project. Bids were submitted from Knife River and MN Paving & Materials; Knife River had the low bid with...

Elk River Cleanup Oct. 5

  Each fall since 2008 the Sherburne Soil and Water Conservation District has hosted a cleanup event along the Elk River and some of its tributaries.  The cleanup locations span from Clear Lake down to Elk River...

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