Big Lake News

A Northstar Commuter Rail train goes on a test run in advance of its Nov. 16 opening.

BIG LAKE - Authorities are warning Big Lake residents about a scam in which someone is calling residents to offer a free alarm system.

Of seven area school districts that asked voters Tuesday for more money, at least four convinced residents to cast ballots their way.

Sherburne County Swampbucks Minnesota Deer Hunters Association meets the first Wednesday of the month at the Friendly Buffalo on Highway 10, Big Lake, in the banquet room from 7 to 8 p.m. All members and interested parties are welcome.

Voters in Waite Park and South Haven will have the opportunity to choose new leaders today, and taxpayers in school districts around the area will decide whether to provide more money to support schools.

Sometimes the stories that are not printed in a newspaper can tell you more than the stories that are.

By T.W. Budig ECM Capitol reporter A double-fistful of local school districts have levies riding in next Tuesday's election, and Education Minnesota President Tom Dooher has strong opinions on which oval voters should blacken on the ballot.

The city of Big Lake will receive $15.5 million for improvements to its wastewater treatment plant.

The hottest ticket in town Saturday, Nov. 14, will be a train ticket. That's the day the $320 million Northstar Commuter Rail Line makes its public debut, offering free rides along the new 40-mile line that runs from Big Lake to downtown Minneapolis.

It took 12 years of haggling and still won't go nearly as far as its advocates hoped - yet.

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Minnesota's first commuter rail line is less than a month from leaving the station.

Now that plans for a housing and retail development have fallen through, the U.S. Army is getting ready to put 585 acres of Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant land in Arden Hills up for public auction.

Meeker County's former practice of strip-searching and sometimes photographing private body parts of all newly arrested people as they were booked into jail will cost the Minnesota Counties Insurance Trust $1.75 million.

5 and be completed near the end of the month. The Minnesota Department of Transportation is encouraging motorists to plan ahead and expect delays as crews begin to resurface Highway 25 just south of Sherburne County Road 14 to Highway 10 in Big Lake.

The Sherburne County Sheriffa s Office has released the names of the two deputies involved in the Oct.

28 until Oct. 5 the Sherburne County Sheriff's Office took 564 calls for service.

On Oct. 6 Public Health Director Vonna Henry updated the Sherburne County Board of Commissioners on the current efforts being put into making sure everyone receives vaccines.

ELK RIVER - The Big Lake man who died last Friday after a confrontation at the Sherburne County Government Center fired his gun first, according to a statement released today.

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