Becker Expo Trivia Contest Winners!
Congratulations to our Becker Expo Trivia Contest winners. Teresa Kukowski of Becker and Ginny Semelsberger of Monticello. Thank you to everyone who participated and stopped by The Citizen booth! ...
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Author Selected To Write History Book
Michael Keigan of Becker Twp. has been hired to author the Clear Lake history book. Keigan, 54, formerly of Aitkin and St. Cloud, was one of three authors interviewed by the Clear Lake history book committee r...
Nuisance Property Has 30 Days To Comply
Action on a nuisance property was on part of a list of items discussed Tuesday night at the Becker City Council meeting. Property Nuisance For several months, the city and the Becker Police Dept. have been dea...
Iwo Jima: “36 Days Of Hell”
The most ferocious battle in the Pacific theatre in WW II was fought on the volcanic island of Iwo Jima, the first of the Japanese “Home Islands” to be invaded by U.S. Marines in the campaign leading to the plan...
New Solid Waste Policy Will Protect Taxpayers
Sherburne County is one of the few counties in the state that has active landfills, and there is always a chance there might be future environmental issues associated with them. Earlier this month, the county ...
County Revises Road Turnback List
The Sherburne County Board last week amended its long-range transportation plan regarding turning back county roads to townships and cities. Adopted in 2007, the 90-page plan covered traffic volumes, crash rat...
Educator Is Focused On Teaching Coping Strategies
“First aid in suicide prevention” was how Tom Nitschke characterized aspects of the program he presented last Saturday morning at Becker High School. The content is a curriculum he designed after a career in edu...
Reading Therapy Dog Visits Becker Library
Area children had a chance to experience the fun of reading with a non-human partner last Saturday morning when Elsie, the reading therapy dog, paid a visit to the Becker Public Library. Elsie is a seven-year-o...
Rep. Jim Newberger (15 B) Legislative Update
It has been a busy week in St. Paul. The committee process is getting under way and we have already started to hear some of the first bills of the session. Here are a few highlights: Done: Tax Relief! I was pr...
Sen. David Brown Earns Guardian Of Small Business Award
The state’s largest small business group in terms of entities, the National Federation of Independent Business Minnesota, with 13,000 members statewide, today announced that State Senator David Brown (Becker) wa...
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