It was the last one. The twelfth tree of the 12 Tim Scherber had to remove on his Palmer Township property this spring due to oak wilt. Over the years he’d cut down approximately 40 others because of the same pr...
The Sherburne County Board Tuesday approved the 2017 preliminary tax levy in the amount of $44,909,066. That represents a 4.64% increase over this year’s levy. Administrator Steve Taylor said more than half th...
The Clearwater City Council Tuesday adopted the city’s 2017 preliminary levy in the amount of $999,852. That represents a 4.58% increase over the 2016 levy of $956,060. The biggest line item increase comes i...
It’s that time of year again. Students of all ages, gender, size and ethnicity are gathering their backpacks, bookbags, textbooks and electronic devices and bracing themselves for another year of academics. ...
Vietnam-era military veterans from the entire region are invited to attend a 50th anniversary recognition at Becker City Park Saturday (Sept. 17). Becker City Park is on Co. Rd. 23 (Sherburne Ave.) just north...
Summer is over. Ugh. Or is it “yippee” for the parents? As Labor Day approaches and the Minnesota State Fair concludes their 12-day run in St. Paul, many area schools, students and staffs begin facing the fact t...
Along with familiar faces from last year, students at Clearview Elementary will be seeing a few new ones with the school welcoming eight new employees this fall. While some have been in the district for years, o...
A Ramsey County judge has ordered principle areas of a Minneapolis metal shredding facility to shut down because of pollution concerns. The company, Northern Metals Recycling, has been working with Becker city...
