Becker News

Wet conditions have lowered the fire danger and prompted the Department of Natural Resources to lift burning restrictions in all or parts of 32 Minnesota counties.

The end result was a collaboration of numerous individuals and agencies to create a buffer of vegetation to stabilize the banks of the Long Prairie River as it flows through the Morrison County city.

Junior Sam Labine shot a 79 to tie for medalist honors and to lead the St. Cloud Cathedral boys golf team to a win in a Granite Ridge Conference meet on Wednesday at Elk River Golf Club.

Several St. Cloud-area cities and counties are defendants in a lawsuit filed by a former labor attorney who is alleging that her driver's license data was accessed illegally.

Here's an addendum to Jennifer Vogel's story the other day about a rural Minnesota school extending the local food season by freezing produce grown by students: By using various means to extend the growing season in west central Minnesota, food growers can more than double what they otherwise could sell to local health institutions, University of ... (more)