Sherco Interns Tell Their Stories

As summer begins to wind down and school days draw near, the Xcel Sherco plant in Becker conducted what has become a standard “rite of summer” Wednesday afternoon: the “Leaving of the Interns.” This year, Becker...

Sherburne Swcd Honors Briggs Lake Association

The Sherburne Soil and Water Conservation District has named the Briggs Lake Chain Association as the 2014 Outstanding Conservation Cooperator, according to SWCD Water Resources Specialist Tiffany Determan.  The...

Economic Development On Santiago Agenda

A truncated board and a light agenda led to a short session at the Santiago Township Board of Supervisors meeting Wednesday night.   Sherburne County officials presented a report on the Economic Development Auth...

Palmer Board Supports Economic Development Plan

Approval of a resolution to support the county economic development plan, re-adoption of resolutions to extinguish a section of town right-of-way and a discussion of the recent court decision regarding an appeal...

Tentative Agreement Reached On Teacher Contracts

A tentative agreement on two-year contracts for the 2013-15 and 2015-17 school years has been reached by negotiators for the Becker School District and the Becker Education Association, reports Sup. Dr. Stephen ...

School Board Race Is All Incumbents

The Nov. 4 election to fill three terms on the Becker Board of Education appears to be a contest of unopposed incumbents, as no other candidates met the filing deadline for board candidacy which closed at 5 p.m....

Clearview Seeking Math Tutors

Clearview Elementary School in Clear Lake is seeking an individual interested in working with the Minnesota Math & Reading Corps – AmeriCorps Program for the coming school year, according to Principal Sheri ...

Turn Out Low For Primary Election

Voters turned out at the primary elections to select candidates for some races to be voted on in the November elections. According to preliminary results published by the Secretary of State’s office,  Republican...

2014 Session A Good One For Counties

The 2014 Minnesota Legislative Session went relatively well for counties and the state as a whole. That’s the conclusion of a report just released by the Minnesota Inter-County Association (MICA).   At Tuesday’s...

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