Wright County Fair Kicks Off Festivities!

5 K To Lead Off Heritage Days Fun

This year’s Clearwater Heritage Days activities on Saturday are limited compared to recent years.    But the annual 5k run/walk will be going on as scheduled.   The event originally started and ended at Sportsma...

Rejoice Celebrating Its 30th Anniversary

  Rejoice Lutheran Church in Clearwater is celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year. As part of its celebration, the church is hosting an evening of musical entertainment Thursday, Aug. 3 at 7 p.m. featuring F...

Vision, County Working On New Bus Facility

Vision Enterprises, the company that provides bus service for Big Lake Schools, is in the process of purchasing property in Zimmerman for a new bus facility.   At the July commissioners meeting, the board transf...

Wright County Names Its Outstanding Senior Citizens For 2017

The Wright County Outstanding Senior Volunteer Selection Committee in cooperation with the MN State Fair Board and the Wright County Fair Board recently named Lillian Sukut and Terry Marsh their Outstanding Seni...

Photographer Composes Military Keepsake

Becker native and  photographer, Erin Marie Kragt (Borst) has created a fervor across the country with a feature photo she composed for a military family in Sumter, SC, where Marie now resides. Kragt’s desire to...

Local Woman Tutoring Those Who Fall In The Gaps

Kaitlin Johnson of Big Lake is using her teaching talents and knowledge to tutor 15 kids for 20 minutes a day at Becker Primary School. Johnson just completed a year of service with the program at BPS under the ...

Open House For Recycler Ushers In Dozens Of Interested Citizens

Between 50-75 people gathered at an open house Wednesday at the BCC to soak up information and have questions answered in regards to a recycler’s goal of continuing business in Becker.   Employees and executives...

Bentley Boo Making Strides After Head Injury

In 2015-16, the Gohman family — Allie and Daniel —went through a treacherous episode when their two-year-old son, Bentley, fell off his grandparent’s spiral staircase and suffered major head trauma.   It all hap...

St. Cloud Airport Growth Benefits Many

Beginning Nov. 15, area residents will have another flight option close to home. Allegiant Airlines is adding nonstop flights from the St. Cloud Regional Airport to Punta Gorda (Fort Myers) Airport in southwest ...