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Incumbents Retain Seats At Becker And Clear Lake Twp. Elections

Tuesday, incumbents running for re-election at Clear Lake and Becker Townships were re-seated on  their boards with little contestation.   Annual meetings followed the elections as well as canvassing of the vote...

Few Changes At Township Annual Meetings

Voters sought few changes at the annual meetings in Haven, Palmer and Santiago townships Tuesday evening, with uncontested elections and most levy budgets staying in line with the previous year totals, with the ...

Area Libraries Plan Spring Events

Becker Public Library The Becker Public Library will host a “Recycled Robots Workshop” Thur., March 19.  Children age five to 12 are invited to take part in a 4 to 5 p.m. creative arts program using recycled mat...

Little Farm Hands Barn Moving Along

The Farm Friends Barn Committee got one step closer last week to their goal of building a 40’x80’ agricultural structure at the Oak Savanna Park in Becker.   The barn is the future home of the Little Farm Hands ...

County Brainstorms Broadband Solutions

More than 60 people gathered at the Friendly Buffalo in Big Lake Tuesday to brainstorm about expanding high-speed internet in Sherburne County.   The community visioning meeting was hosted by the Sherburne Count...

Big Crowd For Small Farms Day

More than 50 individuals turned out for the Small Farms Day program hosted by the Sherburne Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) at the Sherburne History Center in Becker last Saturday.  Event coordinator...

New Treasurer Sworn In At Santiago

The swearing in of newly-elected officers, approval of a bid for brush cutting work in the township and an annual report from the Becker Fire Dept. were among the items on the agenda at the regular meeting of th...

Alzheimer’s Project Launch A Success

A group of around 50 area residents joined the ACT on Alzheimer’s – Becker action team members for the group’s Kick-Off Dinner Tuesday evening at Grace Lutheran Church.  The program included several guest speake...

Brown Bill Opposes Transgender School Ruling

Becker Sen. Dave Brown In response to concerns from Minnesota families regarding the Minnesota High School Leagues transgender policy decision,  introduced the Student Safety and Physical Privacy Act (S.F. 1543)...