EPIC stands for Encouraging Positive Influences and Choices. It’s a group of students at Big Lake High School and Middle School that have a common goal of making the community positive and substance free. They...
Norman Joe Johnson lifelong resident of Becker, MN, passed away on Sunday October 6, 2024.Services are not set yet and full obituary will follow in next weeks Patriot....
WOW...What a day!Two Saturdays ago, the Big Lake Beyond the Yellow Ribbon held their 8th Annual Ribs for the Ribbon BBQ competition at Lakeside Park. Mother nature did her part in providing a gorgeous bright, s...
Whenever life-long Clearwater area resident Tom Plaggerman needed to work on his vehicles, he had to take time out of his day to run to Monticello to get the parts. So when he decided to open a business, he knew...
The Sherburne SWCD has nominated Farm Friends Barn for Sherburne SWCD’s Community Conservationist Award for their positive impact to the community of Becker and Sherburne County as a whole. As a nonprofit organi...
The Sherburne County Board last week approved a total of $129,768.05 in ARPA expenditures.The first expenditure of $53,000 will fund a Security and Information Event Management (SIEM) in the IT Dept. SIEM techno...
Mayor Tracy Bertram was absent for the Tuesday, October 5, 2024 meeting of the Becker City Council. City Administrator Greg Lerud gave his update on the progress of the City Hall/Police Station project. “Footin...
On Sun,, Sept. 22, Becker Evangelical Free Church, during their Sunday morning service, formally recognized Stephen Clayton as their Preaching Pastor in what is called an Installation Service. Tim Tomlinson, fo...
Motorists traveling on Minnesota roads this fall should be aware of large farm equipment transporting crops to markets, grain elevators and processing plants, according to the Minnesota Dept. of Transportation. ...
