Ahhh Summer!

Palmer Board Deals With 1951 Issue

At Monday’s board meeting, the members of Palmer Twp. discussed road maintenance, a license agreement, a driveway request and election judge considerations.   License Agreement Attorney David Meyers said an agre...

Bear Encounters Becoming More Frequent Lately

Reports of bears roaming the backyards of Becker residents continues to flourish as a “baby” bear was photographed near the patio of Cinda and Jaiden Foley’s backyard earlier this week.   Just last week, Kristin...

Clear Lake Resident Marks 23 Years As Dnr Volunteer

For 23 years, Clear Lake resident Bob Iten has been a volunteer for the DNR (Department of Natural Resources), monitoring the lake levels on Lake Long in Sherburne County. He has no plans of retiring.   Long Lak...

37th Clearwater Rodeo Starts Friday

The 37th Annual Clearwater Rodeo, hosted by the Silver Bullet Saddle Club, takes place next weekend, Aug. 19-21 at the rodeo arena on Co. Rd. 7 in Clearwater Twp.    The rodeo is the biggest annual event in the ...

Clearwater Crowns 3 New Ambassadors

Three new young ladies were crowned as the 2016-17 Clearwater Royalty Friday evening after the Heritage Days parade.   Emily Hoyer is the new Miss Clearwater.   Kendra Sladky was chosen as Junior Miss Clearwater...

Heritage Days Activities

Heritage Days were in full swing last weekend as locals lined the streets for the parade and festivities. ...

Heritage Days Has Successful Turnout For 2016

Father Backer Is ‘Jammin’ For Jesus’

Not long ago, Father Dennis Backer, priest at St. Luke’s Church in Clearwater, was feeling stressed and realized he didn’t really have any hobbies that would help. Instead of learning to paint or taking up golf,...

Low Turnout For Primary As Expected

Turnouts were low (as expected) at Tuesday’s primary election in Sherburne County as voters descended upon city halls and township halls to cast their votes to narrow ballot preferences for this fall’s general e...