Three separate zoning requests ate up a bunch of the agenda at Monday’s Palmer Township Meeting.The first was a side setback variance from Emily Schlangen, who is seeking permission to build a chicken broiler ba...
Last Thursday, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (Commission) required Xcel Energy to distribute $500,000 of their underperformance payment for service quality issues to low-income customers with overdue...
After a 40-minute discussion Tuesday, the Sherburne County Board tabled a request for an interim use permit for a haunted trail on a 5.97-acre parcel in Orrock Twp.The board decided there were still unresolved i...
EPIC stands for Encouraging Positive Influences and Choices. It’s a group of students at Big Lake High School and Middle School that have a common goal of making the community positive and substance free. They...
Norman Joe Johnson lifelong resident of Becker, MN, passed away on Sunday October 6, 2024.Services are not set yet and full obituary will follow in next weeks Patriot....
WOW...What a day!Two Saturdays ago, the Big Lake Beyond the Yellow Ribbon held their 8th Annual Ribs for the Ribbon BBQ competition at Lakeside Park. Mother nature did her part in providing a gorgeous bright, s...
Whenever life-long Clearwater area resident Tom Plaggerman needed to work on his vehicles, he had to take time out of his day to run to Monticello to get the parts. So when he decided to open a business, he knew...
The Sherburne SWCD has nominated Farm Friends Barn for Sherburne SWCD’s Community Conservationist Award for their positive impact to the community of Becker and Sherburne County as a whole. As a nonprofit organi...
The Sherburne County Board last week approved a total of $129,768.05 in ARPA expenditures.The first expenditure of $53,000 will fund a Security and Information Event Management (SIEM) in the IT Dept. SIEM techno...
