Palaces vs. Pavement Round 2 The hot topic for the past week has been the outrageous raises that Gov. Dayton gave to his commissioners - about $25,000 per commissioner totaling more than $800,000 per year. Min...
Secret handshakes. Resolutions made to not enter into another war in with Europe. Formal withdrawal cards. Swords. Societies with secrets. This is found in the Brothers & Sisters: Fraternal Organization...
Raises for bureaucrats In the last Biennium Governor Dayton and the DFL majority gave themselves the power to give state commissioners enormous pay raises. Each commissioner already earns a 6 digit salary! Thos...
MNfamilies who have owned their farms for 100 years or more may apply for the 2015 Century Farms Program. Produced by the MN State Fair in conjunction with the MN Farm Bureau Federation, the Century Farms Progra...
The Becker High School Robotics Team is nearing the end of the hectic “build season” with their 2015 competition robot. In addition to having the primary robot nearly ready, the team had also built and operated...
Members of the National Honor Society at BHS are currently inputting survey data for the ACT on Alzheimer’s – Becker projectm, reports NHS Advisor Missie Olson. Working with Olson on Thursday were Sydney Bus...
The Sherburne County Board voted unanimously Tuesday to begin conducting routine sampling of residential wells near the Elk River Landfill The zoning department first recommended testing the wells during a count...
In an effort to keep up with road maintenance, the Sherburne County Board Tuesday approved the expenditure of $483,000 for the purchase of two new tandem trucks for the maintenance department. The purchase is ...
It was the annual burst of creativity at Clearview Elementary School in Clear Lake last Friday morning as students showed off their ideas at the Fifth-Grade Inventor’s Fair. The devices on display ranged from ...
The Sherburne Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) will partner with the U of M, Anoka Equine and the MN Horse Council to hold a workshop for small farm owners, particularly those in the Elk River Watersh...
