“Unless when you come back and change something about your life, a mission trip like this can’t be life-changing.” That is the incredible wisdom from 16-year-old Maddie Janssen, who recently returned from a 10...
Three Xcel Energy employees at the Sherco power plant in Becker were injured in an incident Wednesday afternoon. Xcel Energy says the employees sustained non-life threatening injuries while working near a brea...
Becker High School students and teachers will start their fall classes with a new principal and assistant principal in 2017-18. Rick Toso has been hired as interim principal following the resignation of Sandy L...
A Becker man caused some excitement for the local authorities, leading them on a chase into Benton County, then back to the City of Becker before being apprehended Monday afternoon. The man, Binh Phuc Cao, 40,...
The City of Clearwater will be giving its fire department the ability to recoup some of its costs for service. Last week, members of the city council agreed to adopt an ordinance to establish charges for emer...
The Sherburne County Board last week approved a $44,500 contract with Switchboard Advertising to update the county’s logo, tagline (slogan) and the Sherburne County Economic Development and Parks & Trails lo...
The Becker City Council had a visit from a girl scout, discussed a racquetball court conversion at the BCC, witnessed the swearing-in of three new police officers and had a closed session to consider offers or c...
The Clear Lake Township Board awarded two road projects during their meeting Tuesday night, the first for seal coat projects and the second for 80th Ave. improvements. Caldwell, Allied and Astech (Asphalt Surf...
The Sherburne Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) along with the Benton SWCD, have begun conducting voluntary farm and property assessments within both counties. Through a Clean Water Fund Grant, the S...
Every Sunday for the last few weeks kids from 4-H have been getting together, along with their mini horses, as they being practicing jumping, showmanship, obstacle course, and costume classes to prepare for Sher...
