A Becker man has been sentenced to pay more than $1.4 million in restitution and serve community service after defrauding the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2017 and 2018.
Xcel Energy's Becker area customers are going to be without power overnight Friday into Saturday morning. Xcel says they'll be moving their customers in that area to a newly constructed substation.
Touting the overall economic impact on the region, supporters of the Google Data Center project spoke to the Becker city Council Tuesday night. The council held a public hearing on Google's request for a 20-year tax abatement on the property.