Board Rejects Road Bids
The Sherburne County Board voted Tuesday, 3-1 to reject all bids regarding bituminous overlays on Co. Rds. 6, 8 and 72, plus culvert modification on Co. Rd. 16. Over the past month, the board has debated how t...
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Red Balloon Sold, Smooth Transition Expected
Red Balloon Child Care Center will soon be under new ownership as Sandy Forster and Dennis Yoerg decided to put the business up for sale and got a bite. “It really happened quite fast,” said Forster. “We put i...
Local Woman To Be On National Tv This Weekend
This weekend, look for a local gal from Becker to be on National TV. Jen Callahan of Becker will be featured on the CMT program, Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge Sunday night at 8 p.m. “Broken Skull” is ...
Residents Request Road Name Change At Town Board
In a nearly three-hour meeting Monday, the Becker Twp. Board met to discuss a road name change, road issues, snow plowing contracts and speed zoning. They were also introduced to Marie Pflipsen, the city’s new c...
Major Recycling Company Could Be Coming To Becker
The Becker City Council met Tuesday night to discuss a bid acceptance, a dehumidification project, community forests management, the personnel policy, support for the relocation of a business and issues dealing ...
Area Schools Ranked As Top In Central Minnesota
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...
Early Warm Up Doesn’t Equal Early Planting
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...
Health Choices Not Often A High Priority
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...
Service Learning Grants Awarded To Clearview Students
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...
County Still Debating Road Construction Policy
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...
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