Throngs of area residents stopped at Norm’s Farm Market for the annual Fall Festival over the weekend, braving strong winds for the chance to pick a pumpkin, try some food and visit one of the many vendors who w...
During the recent Big Lake Town Board meeting, Eagle Scout Sebastian Gaida presented his completed project for town board approval. He built 12 “bee hotels” that were put up in Lion’s Park. These bee hotels serv...
Sherburne State Bank and Glenwood State Bank share a common purpose – to serve the communities in which they are a part. So, when Candice Hanson, Chief Operations Officer at SSB was asked by her ATM vendor if t...
The Santiago Township Board met last Wednesday for their October meeting, with the 59th Street agenda item taking up just over an hour of the 90 minute meeting.Ken Hanson, Pastor of the Becker Christian Center a...
EMR (Northern Metals Recylcing) and Spectro are running a collection for items of need to the folks in NC and TN – following the significant devastation in those states from the hurricanes. The coalition’s goal ...
During their recent meetings, Lynden Twp. Board of Supervisors discussed numerous agenda items, including plat requests from JCubed, a zoning review, and the LRIP grant awarded for repairs to 200th Street.JCubed...
Three separate zoning requests ate up a bunch of the agenda at Monday’s Palmer Township Meeting.The first was a side setback variance from Emily Schlangen, who is seeking permission to build a chicken broiler ba...
Last Thursday, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (Commission) required Xcel Energy to distribute $500,000 of their underperformance payment for service quality issues to low-income customers with overdue...
After a 40-minute discussion Tuesday, the Sherburne County Board tabled a request for an interim use permit for a haunted trail on a 5.97-acre parcel in Orrock Twp.The board decided there were still unresolved i...
EPIC stands for Encouraging Positive Influences and Choices. It’s a group of students at Big Lake High School and Middle School that have a common goal of making the community positive and substance free. They...
