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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...


‘Thanksgiving’ Theme At First Grade Concert

Camera phones flashed and video recorders whirred as parents recorded the First Grade Concert performance at Becker Primary School Wednesday afternoon.  Music Teacher Erika Bakke brought her students together fo...


Brevity Rules In Haven

The Haven Township board moved quickly through their regular meeting Monday night, as they found themselves with no official new or old business on the published agenda as the session began.   The board did disc...


Veterans Day Essay Winners Named

Two Becker Middle School students were named as the winners in the annual essay contest sponsored by Becker American Legion Post 193 in honor of the observance of Veterans Day every November 11.  The 2015 contes...


Becker Man Injured In Two Vehicle Accident In Twp.

A Becker man was seriously injured last Saturday in a two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 23 and Co. Rd. 16 in Becker Twp.   Lawrence Higdon, 23, of Becker was traveling south on Hwy. 23 when a Dish Network van, driven...


Tween Girls Have A Hoot At Bcc Event Saturday

Hundreds of young girls from the Becker area descended upon the Becker Community Center last Saturday night for the annual “Girls Tween Night”.   The bumper-crop of youthful ladies aged 8-12 years old, were drop...


“Organized Chaos” Paves The Way For 500+ Shoeboxes For Christmas

The Friedman family gathered Sunday afternoon to finally pack their shoe boxes of the thousands of donated items for the Operation Christmas Child project.   Almost the entire clan — along with some extended fam...


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