A request to add a detective sergeant to the Swift County Sheriff’s Office is a decision the county board of commissi

Correction: In our story last week with the headline “Not all farmers, rural residents pleased with MPCA Rivervie

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Monday Benson set a record heat index temperature and came 2 degrees away from tying the state record for the highest

Riverview LLP of Morris will not be required to go through the rigorous Environmental Impact Statement process for th

Minnesota’s primary election day is still nearly six weeks away, but voting is already underway for the candidates wh

To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, the City of Benso

Around 2 a.m., the storm moved through the area with winds gusting to 66 mph in the Benson area, Minnesota Public Rad

With chairs already lining the parade route for the Pioneerland Band Festival in Benson Friday morning as people rese

It was hoped that Benson High School could bring back home construction as a program to train students in the trades

Due to the POWER OUTAGE + BOIL WATER ADVISORY in Benson, the parade has been cancelled. 

Former Swift County Sheriff’s Deputy John Reigstad has filed for the four-year sheriff’s job, as has current Chief De

With School Board Member Gary Williams’ resignation from the District 777 Board of Education at Monday night’s meetin

Tweed promoted to vice president.

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Former Swift County Sheriff’s Deputy Steve Henriksen and his family will get to keep Red, the K-9 German shepherd tha