The Sherburne County Board Tuesday approved a lease agreement with Tri-CAP for vehicle storage and office space at the county’s Jackson Street building in Elk River. Tri-CAP (Tri County Action Program) is a fe...
The Palmer Twp. Board Monday discussed a tobacco license renewal, three variance requests, a park suggestion and welcomed a visit from Marc Schneider of the Sherburne County Zoning Dept. County Zoning Topics S...
Joseph Prom, director of business services at Becker Public Schools, was recently awarded the Certified Administrator of School Finance and Operations (SFO) certification by the Association for School Business O...
Officials with Connexus Energy say a journeyman lineman remains in the intensive care/burn unit at Hennepin County Medical Center after being injured during storm clean-up in Becker Sunday. Thirty-five-year-o...
After a 25-minute debate Tuesday, the Wright County Board of Commissioners voted, 4-1 to adopt a 1/2% sales tax to help fund county road projects totalling more than $80 million over the next 15 to 20 years. M...
Sherburne County officials are re-thinking the county’s ordinance that governs solar farms. At a workshop Tuesday, Zoning Administrator Nancy Riddle asked the board to consider language changes to the ordinanc...
This week, I want to share some district-specific items. New Power Plant About one year ago, Xcel Energy announced that they would be closing two of the threecoal-fired units in Becker at the Sherco Power Plan...
Xcel Energy and the University of Minnesota Sand Plain Research Farm near Sherco have agreed to move the farm on one area of property to another. The move is being opposed by a couple area farmers and could ha...
The first-ever commencement ceremony for Clearview Elementary fifth graders was held Wednesday, as the school won’t be offering sixth grade next year. Principal Sheri Rutar welcomed the audience, and then intr...
