While the annual Powder Puff game at Becker High School has in recent years been played in rain, sleet, snow and bitingly-cold winds, the 2014 version last Friday afternoon was blessed with the finest fall day M...
For Clearview Elementary School fourth-grade teacher Andrea Coulter, Tuesday was a regular day at school, with an assembly at the end to add a bit of variety to the schedule. As such, she was more than a little...
Read Down Your Fines Week will take place at all 32 branches of the Great River Regional Library during national Teen Read Week, October 13 to 18. During Read Down Your Fines Week, for each 15 minutes of reading...
Rep. Jim Newberger, R-Becker, issued the following statement following the release of the health insurance premium rates for the 2014-2015 open enrollment period. The Department of Commerce announced Wednesday t...
Xcel Energy hosted a breakfast for community leaders Wednesday to talk about Sherco, the nuclear power plant in Monticello and other issues related to the areas’ supply of electrical power. First up to speak w...
At an age when most people are retired or at least thinking about retiring, John McCooley, 73, is just “moving on.” McCooley has been the Sherburne County Law Librarian for more than 11 years. Earlier this yea...
Sherburne County is kicking off National 4-H Week (Oct. 5-11) with a number of different activities. Last weekend, they held the annual 4-H Open House to promote 4-H and offer people in the community a chance ...
The fall harvest is commencing and farmers from all around the area are gathering their crops on what looks like a very productive season. The USDA forecasts record-high corn and soybean production in 2014. Co...
Staff and students poured into the new performing arts center at Becker High School Thursday afternoon for the 2014 Homecoming Pep Fest, which included the crowning of a king, a queen, a prince and princess to r...
