Lawson Departure

What A Welcome Sight: Gas Prices At $2 A Gallon Or Less

Drivers taking the road trip to see family this Thanksgiving and Christmas should see welcome signs throughout the state showing gas prices falling below $2 a gallon. And they are likely to head even lower.   M...

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Pks Awareness Event To Be Held In Big Lake

Lupulin Brewing of Big Lake and PKS Kids announce a “Night of Education, Awareness and Support” to take place at Lupulin Brewing, Fri., Dec. 4, from 5-10 p.m.   The event that Friday is part of the celebration o...

‘Emerald City’ Taking Shape

Saws are singing and paint brushes are slapping amid the rattle of tap shoes on the stage of the Performing Arts Center at BHS as rehearsals continue for the onrushing opening night of “The Wizard of Oz”, the fa...

Author Celebrates Birthday In Becker

A group of more than 60 avid area readers turned out to hear prize-winning author and long-time St. Paul resident William Kent Krueger speak about the craft of writing and the state of reading and writing in the...

Turkey Giveaway Winners!

Anderson Gilyard: Kurt Anderson, Becker   Food Pride: Bob Harren, Becker & Marianne Hoehn, Becker   Becker Super America: Julie Jarvi, Becker   Becker Screen Print: Miss Carla Berger, Becker & Teddy...

Local Tax Rates Up And Down In 2016

While most local property tax rates in Sherburne County dropped in 2015, a report just released by the county auditor/treasurer’s department shows proposed rates in 2016 are all across the board.   Some cities a...

Government Center Expansion Could Top $44 Million

“Sticker shock” was a comment made by a few members of the Sherburne County Board during a workshop meeting Tuesday.   That was the reaction after Patrick Sims, construction manager with Adolfson and Peterson, g...