The “yellow jackets” seen in and around Clear Lake this week are not the buzzing and biting kind, but are rather environmentally-conscious volunteers who are taking part in an area tree survey with the City of C...
An attempted armed robbery at the Country Store in Santiago Township went awry when the clerk on duty refused to open the cash drawer when confronted by a masked gunman at around 11 a.m. last Friday morning. Acc...
Discussion of two proposed paving projects, a request for positive comment on a proposed Interim Use Permit (IUP) for gravel mining from the Knife River Co. and the status of a turn-back proposal for a county hi...
A group of 32 aspiring robotics team members took part in the first annual BHS “RoboCamp” program at Becker High School this week, according to robotics team coach Alex Jurek. The three-day camp was divided int...
An enthusiastic crowd was on hand Wednesday afternoon as the Sherburne State Bank in Becker took its turn at hosting one of the many Freedom Days celebrations in the city this week. The SSB event was billed as a...
The annual ice cream social at the Sherburne History Center has long been a popular event in the week-long Freedom Days celebration in Becker. The 2014 version attracted a larger-than-normal crowd Tuesday night,...
Two former Becker High School students were recently awarded scholarships at St. Cloud State University. Sophomore Tyler Sandeen and junior Riley Bertram each received a $1,000 Minnie Boese Depuis Scholarship la...
Road maintenance and snowplowing were the main topics of conversation during Tuesday’s Clear Lake Twp. meeting. The board reviewed bid forms for “snowplowing of town roads” and “hourly road maintenance services”...
The Clear Lake History Book project is underway and the committee is in need of volunteers for areas of development. Some of the opportunities available include someone to: • Conduct oral interviews; • Tran...
Council Member Rick Hendrickson presented a brand new scenario for consideration at Tuesday’s golf task force meeting, which was hailed as a great compromise by the committee — yet Mayor Lefty Kleis still voted ...
