Big Lake Girl Scouts attended the April 28 meeting of the Big Lake City Council, where they presented city officials the gift of Girl Scout co…
During March, Minnco Credit Union held its first Minnco’s March Match for Funds & Food, a collection drive for local food shelves that foc…
After being cancelled in 2020 and delayed from its usual occurrence in March, the Big Lake Community Fair is scheduled on May 8th from 10-1 pm…
Senator Andrew Mathews (R-Princeton) released the following statement in response to Governor Walz’s announcement of reopening plan today:
Big Lake schools moved to distance learning Thursday, April 29 and Friday, April 30 after a series of threats potentially put the safety of s…
Senator Mary Kiffmeyer (R-Big Lake) joined her Senate Republican colleagues at a press conference expressing opposition to any changes to the …
A 93-year-old Big Lake man with dementia who went missing Wednesday, May 5 was located at a gas station in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
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A Big Lake woman was seriously injured in a three-vehicle crash Thursday, April 22 near Foley.
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BIG LAKE - When it comes to being among the most supportive friends in the world, a group of Big Lake kids have made the “cut.”
The Sherburne County Historical Society is currently seeking candidates to fill open seats on the Board of Directors of the Sherburne History …
People in Big Lake were enraged Tuesday, April 27 after a student’s racist prom proposal went viral on various social media platforms, includi…
A grant from Walmart to the American Legion Auxiliary will provide funds to help Monticello veterans. Pictured are Katie from the Monticello W…
Beginning on May 24, 2021 the Wright County Highway Department, as part of its vegetation manage-ment program, will be scheduling some roadsid…
Big Lake Police Chief Joel Scharf is resigning after nearly 9 years as head of the Big Lake Police Department.
The Minnesota Senate State Government Finance and Policy and Elections Committee passed on a 5-3 party-line vote an omnibus budget bill on Apr…
Signs of spring come in many forms here in Minnesota. We at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service know that with the warmer temperatures comes th…
On Monday, Senator Mary Kiffmeyer (R-Big Lake) voted in favor as the Minnesota Senate passed emergency funding for law enforcement, as request…
In 1921 Chester R. Coborn opened a one-room produce store in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. During its first two decades, the grocer would expand in …
Xcel Energy has proposed to build Minnesota’s largest solar energy project near the Sherco power plant in Becker, Minn. The 460-megawatt Sherc…
Those who travel on Highway 10 between Xenia Avenue, south of the Lake Orono bridge, and Lowell Avenue in Elk River should plan to encounter s…
An armed carjacking in Station Street Apartments parking lot Wednesday, April 7 came to a peaceful resolution with the Big Lake Police Departm…
The residents of Big Lake elected Kim Noding Tuesday, April 13 in a special election for a vacant city council seat.
A Big Lake man accused of murdering his mother in July 2020 will not go to trial.
When Big Lake Mayor Paul Knier was elected to his post in the November 2020 election, he vacated his city council seat.
A county park reserve along the Mississippi River, across the Highway 25 river bridge from Monticello and southwest of Big Lake is slated to s…
In 1998 Eric Petersen and his partners opened McPete’s Sports Bar & Lanes.
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