‘Leprechaun Chase’ Draws A Crowd

The early spring sunshine highlighted the bright green costumes worn by many of the runners as the annual “Chase a Leprechaun 5K” kicked off the St. Patrick’s Day celebration season at the Becker Community Cente...

Palmer Cartway Headed To Court

A closed session followed the regular meeting of the Palmer Township Board Monday night for the purpose of discussing the recent appeal filed in the matter of the Westby cartway that the board had approved in De...

Fund Adjustment On School Board Agenda

Discussion and approval of motion to readjust the FY 2016 general fund balance and to engage an outside consultant during consideration of potential staffing cuts was approved by the Becker Board of Education du...

Peter Pan In Progress

Act On Alzheimers

Author Urges Students To ‘See’ The Difference

Minnesota author Jonathan Friesen visited with students at Becker Middle School Wednesday, signing copies of several of his novels and speaking to them about the difficulties of growing up with Tourette’s Syndro...

Wide Variety At Bhs History Day

Students chose from a wide variety of sources to create their presentations for the annual History Day program at Becker High School Wednesday.   Among the static displays were presentations on atomic scientist ...

Company Withdraws Palmer In Asphalt Permit Request

The interim use permit (IUP) application filed by Hardrives, Inc. for gravel mining and an asphalt plant in Palmer Township has been withdrawn, Sherburne County officials confirmed Thursday morning.   Asst. Sher...

Mathison To Stay On As Twp. Clerk — For Now

Two weeks ago, the Citizen reported in a story on the Clear Lake Twp. that Clerk Mary Mathison announced she will be resigning her position with the township while an employment ad would run in the newspaper.   ...

Annual Meetings, Election Dates Near

Notices of annual meetings and sample election ballots for area townships have been published.  Election Day is Tuesday (March 10) with the majority of incumbents running unopposed this year.  Annual meetings ar...