Earlier this year, Benson Public Schools asked our community an important question: What matters most as we navigate

Local grocery and hardware stores in Big Stone, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, and Yellow Medicine counties are team

Warm, dry and windy weather has combined to raise the wildfire danger for western Minnesota.

When economic developers, city council members, county commissioners, and school district board members are asked wha

A new round of grants for communities through the Blandin Foundation may be opening soon and the City of Benson wants

By Emily Payne 

Editor’s note: Riverview has large dairy facilities in Swift County, including Swenoda and its Dublin Dairy operation

Many people claim that millennials and Gen Z-ers don’t want to farm; that the work is too hard and dirty and that rur

The Tim Orth Memorial Foundation (TOMF) is excited to announce the player roster for the 2026 “Jam the Gym” Fundraisi

At 9:15 Friday morning, the Swift County Sheriff’s Office dispatch received a call claiming two suspects were attempt

Donations to help the two, who lost all of their possessions in the fire, can be made at First Security Bank in Benso

Just over $1 million in county taxpayer and state grant funds have been put into the housing trust fund in recent yea

Set clocks forward one hour.

Clean Water Legacy Partners Program open until May 19.

The newly expanded SNAP work requirements and the elimination of several exemptions are a part of the “One Big Beauti

A dying legacy

America’s aging farmers often don’t have a family member to take over the family farm.