C. Colbert, 18, of Big Lake, is charged with one count of Felony Assault-2nd Degree-Dangerous Weapon (609.222.1), one count of Misdemeanor Assault-5th Deg-Inflict or Attempt Bodily Harm (609.224.1(2)), and one c...
The arrival of a new year is a time of celebration for people across the globe. It’s customary to mark the occasion with fireworks, countdowns and champagne. For those who indulge a little too much on New Year’s...
The Orrock Township Board continued to define what a new agreement with the Lake Association at Ann Lake might look like going forward. Board Chair Anne Felber conceded during the December 17, 2025, meeting, tha...
Sherburne County has adopted an updated Tobacco Ordinance that will take effect on July 1, 2026. These updates to local tobacco regulations ensure alignment with Minnesota state law while incorporating important...
(The following article is from a post by the Associated Press on Monday, Dec. 29).Federal Homeland Security officials were conducting a fraud investigation on Monday in Minneapolis, Department of Homeland Securi...
With all members present, the Big Lake School Board certified the 2026 Property Tax Levy on Wed., Dec. 17, 2025. The total levy amount was $13,887,802.55, an increase of 4.6% over last year, or $605,295. It was ...
Last New Year’s Eve, readers met Tayla List and her son Ezekiel on the front page: a mother and child quietly redefining what celebration looks like. Instead of candles and cake alone or with friends, their birt...
In the final moments of Charles Dickens’ classic, “A Christmas Carol”, the narrator tells us this of Ebenezer Scrooge, “and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive po...
Christmas came to Clearwater a couple weekends ago, with the city celebrating several holiday events to kick off the holiday season.Over at the Clearwater American Legion, kids gathered for the Legion Auxiliary’...
Becker resident Mike Garland and his crew with Mike+You=Cure collected and donated a significant amount of food to the American Cancer Society Richard M. Schulze Family Hope Lodge Minneapolis last week. An estim...
