A Clearwater Halloween

Clearwater was the place to be for youth looking for Halloween fun this past week.    Last Saturday, costumed characters filled the Clearwater Library for their “Spooky Storytime Party.” Kids enjoyed not-too-spo...

350 Kids Attend Area’s Trunk Or Treat Event

The Halloween holiday can sometimes be a scary experience — not just for kids and the fact that ghosts, monsters and clowns are lurking behind every bush — but the fact many parents and families don’t feel it is...

Wright County Adopts Ada Improvement Plan

The Wright County Board of Commissioners last week approved an American Disabilities Act (ADA) Pedestrian Facilities Transition Plan for county road right of ways.   The plan covers standards for pedestrian walk...

Cl Cemetery Receives Sign Courtesy Of The Lions

Right outside of Clear Lake,  just off Hwy. 10, the non-denominational Clear Lake Cemetery recently received the primary thing it had been lacking, a sign to identify it. “We didn’t have it marked visibly before...

Clearview Kindergarteners Enjoy Pumpkin Day

Clearview kindergarteners and their parents and other adult family members had a great time together during their “Pumpkin Day” celebration last Friday, spending the afternoon taking part in themed activities.  ...

Leaders Clear Lake Airport Stays In The Family

At nearly 85 years old, Bob Leaders is still at work every day at Leaders Clear Lake Airport with no plans of retiring. Leaders opened the airport in 1969 following a lifelong love of planes. “I always wanted to...

Dork Visits Dt Big Lake, Eludes Capture

Dork the Emu’s fame continues to grow as followers grow more and more concerned as the harsh Minnesota winters beckons to arrive.   Dork’s disciples earnestly follow his own Facebook page and the posts are becom...

Spring Street Park

Free Home Repair To Hit The Becker Area

Do you have physical or financial problems, or has the fact that you are not quite as spry as you used to be kept you from completing painting or other needed home improvement projects? Well, help is on the way!...

Two Becker Grads Return From Marine Bootcamp

Two former Becker High School students recently returned to the area after completing boot camp to become Marines and serve in the United States military.   Thomas James Gasperlin and Dylan Dean Gruba both knew ...