Becker News Archives

Last update: September 22, 2009 - 8:36 PM By John Millea I have been consistently inconsistent in my picks so far this season, with weekly records of 16-4, 11-9 and 14-6. My batting average is .684, which I and anybody named Mauer will take.

The H1N1 vaccine will be available to children and some adults at Sherburne County schools, but unlike schools in some other parts of the state, a parent must be present to give permission for the child to be vaccinated.

BECKER - An Elk River woman was in critical condition after a collision Friday evening in Becker, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

Mark and Sara Neill were deeply offended when a debt collector contacted them last fall over an unpaid $88 chiropractor's bill.

Rainy weather Monday forced the postponement of several prep athletic events. They are as follows: Girls tennis - Annandale at Melrose ; Becker at Sartell/Sauk Rapids ; Pierz at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle ; Parkers Prairie at Belgrade-Brootel-ELrosa .

The position of Director of Public Works remains open after the position was declined, according to the minutes of the city Personnel Committee.

Air Force Airman Justin D. Geertsema graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

Environmental groups are calling on the federal government to require Xcel Energy's coal-fired power plant in Becker to install better pollution controls to reduce haze over Minnesota's wilderness areas.

The following is a look at police activities in the St. Cloud area. It is not a comprehensive list, but rather a glimpse at what is going on in local cities.

Register by Friday, Sept. 11 to participate in the second annual Elk River watershed clean up, to be held Saturday, Sept.

A tractor trailer rig that tore down all six of the traffic lights Tuesday over the intersection of U.S. routes 19 and 62 in Mercer was just too tall, Mercer's police said.

As you've heard, Pres. Obama is offering a speech to students of the nation's school on Tuesday, backed by curricular materials from the Department of Education, and Obama dislikers are complaining loudly that they don't want the schools to show it.