Clearwater resident Heidi Hovis was recently named the new St. Cloud enforcement officer for the Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR). Hovis stepped into her new role Dec. 1, and is based out of the hum...
Eleven Becker High School band members and 11 choir members attended the Granite Ridge Honors Festival, Jan. 7 at St. Cloud State University. Each Granite Ridge High School selects their top instrumentalist...
Lisa Chernick’s days as a newly-wed back in Chicago were supposed to be happy days. But they weren’t. She experienced domestic abuse, threats and alienation from her spouse. She finally realized her life wa...
Sherburne County Sheriff Joel Brott attended the Clear Lake Township meeting Tuesday night to present the county’s 2016 Annual Report. Brott told the board there were 954 total contacts in the township for the...
Rep. Jim Newberger of Becker introduced a bill at the State Capitol Tuesday evening that would enable Xcel Energy to build a gas-powered power plant at Sherco to replace Units I&II due to decommission. New...
Despite snowy and cold weather, the Transportation Career Expo and Hiring event held at the Monticello Workforce Center in December was a success. Tim Zipoy, business service specialist with Central Minnesota ...
The Clearwater City Council is considering changing its Residential Growth Incentive Program. When the program started in mid-2013, it was designed to promote development by waiving water and sewer access cha...
Sherburne County Health & Human Services (HHS) is looking to establish a tobacco-free policy at the Government Center. “This is something that’s important to our public health area and the health of the pe...
During Becker’s Celebrate Becker event, Feb. 25, a Lamere Cycles 500 Fat Tire Blitz Bike Race is scheduled to run at Pebble Creek Golf Course at noon. The race will feature six laps around a five-mile, groomed...
A public hearing, changes to city zoning codes and support for a gas plant placement bill established by Rep. Jim Newberger were all part of the agenda at Tuesday’s Becker City Council meeting. Gas Plant in Be...
