Albany Man Drowns In Lake Freemont

The body of an Albany man was recovered from a Sherburne County lake Saturday evening.  Joshua Roepke, 23, had been swimming and boating with friends on Lake Freemont in the city of Zimmerman.  Friends of Roepke...

Santiago Family Fun Festival

Becker Public Schools Open House

Clearview Elementary Open House

Correction

The current telephone number for the Sherburne County Veterans Service Office is (763) 765-3100.  An out-of-service number for the office was mistakenly published in last week’s edition of The Citizen.   ...

Cities Pondering Rebate From Sewer Authority

Last winter was one of the coldest on record in Minnesota, with more than 50 days registering sub-zero temperatures. Because of that frigid weather, many cities had problems with frozen water lines and asked res...

Board Approves Benefit Increase

It costs Sherburne County taxpayers more than $10,000 a year to cover health care premiums for each county employee. That’s the county’s 50% contribution for every employee under the Cafeteria Benefit Plan.   L...

County To Fund ‘Fix It’ Events

Residents of Sherburne County will get be able to have small items repaired at a new “Fix-It” Clinic event at Lions Park Center in Elk River. Last week, the county board approved a $5,204 SCORE Grant to the City...

Farm Friends Barn Project Aims High

A sporting clays fundraiser to benefit the Farm Friends Barn project will be held at Wild Marsh Sporting Clays in Clear Lake on Thursday, Sept. 4, with registration from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., and a “shotgun” start a...

Events And Services For Veterans Planned

A series of celebrations and events to benefit area veterans will be taking place over the next few weeks, according to Sherburne County Veterans Services Officer Gene Graff. Sat., Sept.6, a program will be held...