City, BLCLA agree on $50,000 grant use
Subhead: EditorGary W. Meyer City officials and members of the Big Lake Community Lakes Association (BLCLA) reached agreement last Friday on an application for $50,000 in grant funds for lake...
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New way to pay city bills
Subhead: Staff Writer Jennifer Edwards LOGAN VANHOFWEGEN is an Eagle Scout candidate who recently completed his project, rebuilding a fire pit at the Saron Lutheran Church outdoor worship site....
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
Submitted LettersTO THE EDITOR:Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Voters of Big Lake.A school levy does not pass because of the work of a few, it passes because of the passion, heart, and desire of many....
View ArticleLocal tax rates up and down in 2016
Subhead: Staff Writer Ken FrancisWhile most local property tax rates in Sherburne County dropped in 2015, a report just released by the county auditor/treasurer’s department shows proposed rates in...
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Over 40 years of Lions Holiday Baskets
Subhead: Contributing WriterAleah Stenberg Chuck and Ginny Martinson packing holiday baskets at Coborn's with volunteers from the Big Lake Lions, Lionesses, Leo's Club, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Big...
View ArticleFriends of Sherburne NWR announces 'prairie restoration challenge'
Submitted ArticleThe Friends of Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge is pleased to announce the Prairie Resorations Challenge. Nearly 75% of the way toward the goal to raise $25,000 to furnish the...
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Chief Scharf proposes hunting in open sections of city
Subhead: EditorGary W. Meyer POLICE CHIEF JOEL SCHARF, presenting a plan for hunting on certain private properties in the city, at their workshop last Thursday. With him were Mayor Raeanne Danielowski,...
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Twelve BLHS choir students participated in St. Olaf Festival
Submitted Article BLHS students pictured from left to right (grades) are: back row: Alexander Prom (10), Britannia Wykes (10) (hidden!), Richard Holbrook (12), Hannah Schoening (11), Joey Lindberg...
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Families enjoy learning together at Liberty's Math Night
Submitted Article Tony Scales and daughter Anna Scales measuring the diameter of a bubble together. Sprawled out on the gym floor in clusters sat parents and students playing math games, solving math...
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Coborn's makes the holidays delicious
Subhead: Contributing WriterAleah Stenberg Brady Goedker asked Santa for a minion **** machine. Santa offered to bring his older brother, Brendan, an air freshener as part of his Christmas gift. (Photo...
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History Center gets broadband
Subhead: Staff Writer Ken Francis SHERBURNE HISTORY CENTER Director Mike Brubaker testing his laptop using the new wi-fi in the meeting room, along with Sherburne County IT Director Brian Kamman and...
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Veterans Memorial to take flight in 2016
Subhead: EditorGary W. Meyer THE JEFFERSON SQUARE PARK Veterans Memorial, proposed for construction near City Hall in Big Lake. Fundraising plans are underway, and bids are expected out soon for its...
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$44 Gov't Center expansion studied by county
Subhead: Staff Writer Ken Francis Property owners near Sand Dunes State Forest are concerned about DNR's plan to cut down areas of pine trees in the forest. (From left) Ron Geurts, Judy Geurts, Donna...
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Stay warm this winter at the Big Lake Library
Subhead: Contributing WriterMaggie Newman Pictured left is Terry Pfleghaar, the Big Lake GRRL Manager, and Jenni Dickinson an employee at Big Lake GRRL. (Photo by Maggie Newman.) Are you one of the...
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A commercial year in the city
Subhead: Staff Writer Gary W. Meyer Steve Westerberg It may have seemed 2015 was a quiet year around Big Lake - but it wasn’t. Plenty of construction took place - several new businesses built or...
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Gush'n out gas
Subhead: EditorGary W. Meyer Gas pump prices in Big Lake have been a very nice holiday gift over the past several weeks, stopping at $1.79.9 a gallon as 2015 went over the horizon and the new year...
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New Year, new hopes and dreams!
Subhead: Contributing WriterMaggie NewmanAre you pondering on what lies ahead in the New Year? One all think about the future, hoping and praying that the next year will be better than the last. Maybe...
View ArticleInitiative Foundation seeks VISTA host sites
Submitted ArticleFull-time, yearlong service members help nonprofits, government agencies build lasting programs to alleviate poverty in Central Minnesota.The Initiative Found-ation is seeking...
View ArticleSen. Mary Kiffmeyer's Column
Subhead: SenatorMary KiffmeyerOver the past two months, we have examined our Constitution’s first eight amendments. Each of them uniquely protects our existing fundamental rights, from speech to...
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County board busy to start the year
Subhead: Staff WriterKen FrancisIn its first meeting of 2016 Tuesday, the Sherburne County Board had a very full agenda. The first action by the Commissioners was electing Ewald Petersen as board...
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