100 Deadliest Days On Minnesota Roads

  Memorial Day through Labor Day marks the 100 deadliest days on Minnesota roads.   Preliminary numbers show the 100-day stretch last year accounted for 124 of the 381 fatalities, making up 33 percent of all the...

Middle School Bands Hold Spring Concert

  Musicians from Becker Middle School Bands entertained family and friends with their spring concert last week at the Performing Arts Center.   The evening of music began with the sixth-grade band performing six...

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Moving Tips To Make Unpacking Easy

  When it comes to moving, we usually focus on the process of getting organized and boxing up valuables. But we often forget about the debatably more stressful part of moving: unpacking.   In fact, Americans tak...

Feedback Sought To Reduce Emissions From Vehicles

  The Minnesota Dept. of Transportation, in collaboration with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the departments of Commerce and Agriculture, the Environmental Quality Board, and the McKnight Foundation, h...

Most Tax Increases Abandoned In State Budget Agreement

  I am pleased most of the tax increases proposed by Gov. Tim Walz and the House majority were struck down in the process of setting a new two-year state budget.   A brief special session took place Friday and e...

Seniors Return To Clearview For Annual Breakfast

  Last week Clearview Elementary hosted 22 graduating seniors at their 10th annual senior breakfast.    Seniors who ‘graduated’ from Clearview are invited back each year to reminisce, reconnect and visit their f...

Clearview’s Amity Interns Bid Farewell

  As the school year comes to an end, the Clearview Elementary community hosted a farewell picnic to thank this year’s Amity Interns and wish them well as they return to their home countries.    This was the nin...

Rejoice Wraps Graduating Seniors In Love Blankets

  Rejoice Lutheran Church in Clearwater recognized its graduating seniors during both services May 19.    During each service, Sara Miller, youth and family coordinator, invited the seniors and their parents up ...

The Future Is Bright For Clearwater/Clear Lake Graduates

  Clearwater/Clear Lake graduating seniors are ready and eager to start the next phase of their lives. With their talents, knowledge and drive to succeed, the future is bright for these young adults.    Sonja An...