Minnesota has long been ranked in the top 10 states for quality education, and according to the GreatSchools website, six of the top Central Minnesota schools are here locally. GreatSchools is a nonprofit orga...
With the area’s early warm-up this spring, many people are already anticipating planting their gardens. However others are talking more about weather change. “We’ve had earlier warm-ups over the years,” said C...
The end of life is not a topic our society likes to either think about or talk about, but it’s important everyone do so and have their health care wishes in place. Vicki Morgan from Light the Legacy spoke on thi...
Recently a group of students at Clearview Elementary took on the challenge of writing two grants to help benefit their community. Last week they were excited to learn they had been awarded both. Their first gr...
The Sherburne County Board will be faced with some tough policy decisions in the next few weeks. In March, the board tabled awarding the contract for overlay projects on Co. Rds., 6, 8, 16 and 72 because of poli...
Patrons, staff, volunteers and members of the community celebrated the 15th Anniversary of the Clearwater Area Library Saturday. It was the second weekend of the celebration, which began March 29 as part of a ...
The Sherburne County Board will be making decision whether they feel the county needs to hire outside consultants to figure out how two departments can run more efficiently. Last week at a workshop meeting, Ad...
Nearly 100 delegates gathered in the Milaca High School cafeteria April 8 to endorse the DFL candidates for the Minnesota Senate and House of Representatives for District 15. The delegates endorsed Chilah Brown,...
After numerous discussions over the past six months, the Clearwater City Council last week approved a new ordinance regulating the use of golf carts and other specialty vehicles on city streets. Last November,...
The Historians poured wine, poured beer, bet on wine, perhaps beer, listened to the Bluegrass music, bet on other items, and had a pretty good night at the Carousell Works in Big Lake earlier this month. The o...
