Hhs To Increase Daycare Visits

Sherburne County Health & Human Services (HHS) will be increasing its visits to licensed family childcare facilities.   The decision was made after the number of cases dropped over the past few years. That a...

Becker Legion Names Essay Contest Winner

The Becker Middle School Holiday talent show included a salute to U.S. Armed Forces personnel past and present with the naming of the winner of the 2014 essay contest sponsored by Becker American Legion Post 193...

Middle School Serves Up Holiday Variety Show

The Becker Middle School holiday talent show truly had something for everybody as it took the stage in the new BHS Performing Arts Center last Friday morning.  The poets, musicians, singers, dancers, mad unicycl...

Clearview ‘Sing’ Starts The Holiday Break

Clearview Elementary School students and staff headed for the gymnasium Tuesday afternoon for the traditional “School Sing” program of Holiday music that signals the start of the Christmas break each year.   The...

100 Families In Area Enjoy Christmas Dinner

More than 100 families in the Clearwater and Clear Lake area had a Merry Christmas thanks to the generosity of people and businesses in their community and the help of lots of dedicated volunteers.   The Clearwa...

Young Artist Blooms At Clearview

The dictionary defines the term “prodigy” as follows:  “A person, especially a child or young person, having extraordinary talent or ability.”     That word jumps to mind after viewing some of the paintings crea...

Becker Area Senior Center

Clearview Construction

Lions And Santa And Kids, Oh My!

A steady stream of kids and their parents stopped in at Bailey Ray’s last Saturday as Santa and Mrs. Claus made an appearance at the Kids Christmas Party there presented by the Santiago Lions Club. The children ...

Correction: Bowling Article Inaccuracies

In last week’s article on the area bowling team, the reporter identified the team as “Becker/Elk River” when in fact the team is referred to as “Elk River/Becker”.   Also, Coach Scott and his son, Scott Jr., wer...