The Becker City Council convened on Tuesday, Nov. 18, for a meeting that centered on two key topics: a request for the city to issue conduit debt for a senior housing expansion in Albertville and updates to pers...
The North Star Boys’ Choir will be hosting a Service of Lessons and Carols on Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. at Svea Hill Church in Big Lake. A free-will offering will be gratefully accepted at the door.The address to Svea H...
Restoration is underway at Bailey Ray’s Roadhouse in Santiago after the business sustained substantial damage due to a fire this past summer (early July, 2025.)Owners Pat and Rebeca O’Brien shared the following ...
You may eat a hot dog or hamburger on the Fourth of July or always have ham on Easter or Roast Beef for Christmas, but the meat isn’t the focus of the holiday like Turkey is for Thanksgiving. According to Ashle...
As you can imagine I like to attract different species of birds to my yard, so it should come as no surprise that I scatter some whole and cracked corn occasionally on the ground to feed my local flock of Easter...
(Editor’s Note: The following excerpt is taken from a post the Big Lake Fire Dept. issued on social media last Saturday).Trucks are washed, hoses are hanging, and our firefighters are back home with their loved ...
After an hour-long public hearing and discussion a few weeks back, the Sherburne County Board voted, 3-2 to amend the county’s tobacco ordinance.A number of people spoke in favor of the changes. Some business ow...
Tax rates in some jurisdictions in Sherburne County could be increasing in 2026.A report released by the auditor-treasurer’s office last week shows six of eight cities and three of nine townships in the county a...
Becker’s Beyond the Yellow Ribbon (BTYR) committee held its Turkey Bingo event last Saturday at Pebble Creek, and the results were a gobbling success.Ten games of bingo were called, with winners claiming a $50 p...
Charges filed recently in Sherburne County in the 10th Judicial District allege that three former employees of the City of Clear Lake defrauded the city of over $200,000 from late 2022 through 2023.The former em...
