Don’t Get Burned This Winter!

No doubt many of you reading this recall the extraordinarily high incidence of winter injury on confers revealed last spring with lots and lots of brown pines and spruces. Winter injury can happen on any tree sp...

Asian Stink Bug Triggers Pest Alert

The Asian brown marmorated stink bug (Latin: “Halyomorpha Halys”) continues to increase its habitat in Minnesota since being detected in Ramsey County in 2010, state agriculture officials say, with confirmed sig...

State Will Investigate Bee Die Off

The Mn Dept. of Agriculture is expected to hold hearings later this month that will examine the role of pesticides in the recent die-off of millions of honey bees in hives around the country.  In particular, the...

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Ebel Retiring After 20 Years As Director

Sherburne County will see the end of an era in a few weeks when Director of Health & Human Services (HHS) Ken Ebel retires. Ebel celebrated 20 years as director in May, but has actually served the county for...

Sherburne County

It’s been a pretty tough winter already, and there’s still a few months more to go before things start thawing out. But even with the cold and snow, the condition of the roads in Sherburne County has been pretty...

Heads Up! Important Roadway In Township To Be Shut Down

The Township of Becker intends to replace the culvert spanning the Snake River on 185th Ave. between Co. Rds. 73 and 4 in the near future.  The construction commencement has not been determined as yet because th...

Deli Plus Burglarized, One Juvenile Nabbed

A burglary occurred at the Becker Deli Plus early Friday morning and one suspect was apprehended while a second is at large. Becker Police Officer Sgt. Jason Lawson happened to be driving near the Deli Plus stor...

Local Soldier Welcomed Home On Christmas Eve

What better Christmas present is there to get than to have a son, brother, father, mother, sister or daughter come walking in ones door just days before Christ’s birth is to be celebrated? Like shepherds looking...

Christmas Dinner Brings People Together

A goodly number of area residents visited the Second Annual Christmas Dinner at Gily’s Bar and Grill in Becker Wednesday afternoon, where they enjoyed a meal, socializing and even a visit from Santa and Mrs. Cla...