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Clearview Student Wins Live United Essay Contest

Clearview fifth grader Jessica Olson received a surprise visit in her classroom from representatives of LIVE UNITED last Friday, when they arrived to inform her she was one of their 15 essay contest winners.   U...

Major Movie Star Part Of Feature Film Shot In Big Lake Last Weekend

The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive campaign of World War II, from December of 1944 to January of 1945. It commenced through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, F...

2016 Holiday Church Services

Becker Churches Becker Baptist Church Christmas Eve Candlelight Service: Sat. Dec., 24, 4:30 p.m. Sun. Dec. 25, Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. (No sunday School or ABF classes)   Church of Mary of the Visitation Ch...

Area Tree Farms Are Far More Than Just Harvesting A Christmas Tree

In a world where it keeps getting harder and harder to decipher things that look real as opposed to things that are real (ie., graphics on video games), it’s nice to see many families are still interested in tru...

County Accepts Bid For Elevator

The Sherburne County Board Tuesday awarded the contract to construct the elevator for the new courts building to Otis Elevator Co. at $1,560,540.   The price is $275,540 higher than the engineer’s estimate for t...

New Council Will Deal With Utility Rates

The Clearwater City Council has been debating for months whether to restructure a 2007 bond used to upgrade the wastewater facility.   Last week, the council tabled the issue again, so the next city council memb...

Brower Is Semi Finalist In Miss Minnesota Teen Usa Pageant

Becker High School 17-year-old junior Lauren Brower finished in the top 15 at the Miss Minnesota Teen USA Pageant last month.   Brower entered the competition with zero experience participating in pageants and s...