Shopping Local Helps Your Community

Sometimes last-minute shopping is just about the last thing you want to do this time of year, mainly because of the crowds, the travel time and the chaos.   Even if the crowds don’t bother you, finding parking o...

Sherburne County Selected As A Blandin Broadband Community

The Blandin Foundation announced today that Sherburne County leaders were successful in their application to become a Blandin Broadband Community, one of only 10 selected in the state. The announcement was made ...

Hospital Feeling Pinch Of Shortage Of Doctors

CentraCare-Monticello public boardmembers got a glimpse into the difficulties of doctor recruitment when they held their “annual meeting,” a two-hour session last Thursday evening.     The wheels of a successful...

Maintain Your Health Through Holiday Season

From Nov. 23 to Jan. 3, the Becker Community Center will be holding their annual Healthy Through The Holidays fitness challenge for people of all ages.   Their goal is to help people maintain their nutrition and...

Andrew Schmidt, Others Celebrated On Pks Awareness Day, Dec. 4

PKS (Pallister-Killian Mosaic Syndrome) Awareness Day is scheduled for Dec. 4.  Families and members of PKS have official proclamations and yearly events in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Minnesota and Michi...

Holiday Cheer In ‘Christmas Letters To Troops’

Schools, churches, businesses and individuals responded to the call again this year for the annual “Christmas Letters to Soldiers” program, with nearly 1,500 individual letters written by area residents for mail...

Musical ‘Cinderella’ Opens At Bhs Next Week

Cast and crew are buzzing with activity as they prepare for the opening night of the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic musical “Cinderella” at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4, which will be the first full-scale pr...

Scholastic Book Fair At Becker Intermediate

Bhs Robot ‘Gumdrop’ Retires With Honor

The Becker Robotics team (#4607 C.I.S.) competed in the final tournament of the 2014 season at the Minne-Mini Regional at Prior Lake Regional last weekend, with 36 teams from across the state and North Dakota on...

Becker’s ‘Black Saturday’ Full Of Holiday Fun

A host of Holiday-themed events will take place Saturday, (Dec. 6) at various sites throughout the Becker area.   One of the longest-running is the 21st Annual Cookie Walk to be held at the Becker Methodist Chur...