Despite 9.27 inches of rain falling in June, the month will only go down as the fourth wettest on record.  June 1952

Weather Watchers Day Camp set for July 8 at Ambush

By Kent Thiesse
Farm Management Analyst & Vice President MinnStar Bank Lake Crystal

Events leading up to Benson’s annual Kid Day celebration July 19 get underway this coming Sunday with the annual sele

Shortly after 4 last Thursday afternoon tornado sirens in Benson began to wail as multiple sightings of funnel clouds

The April to June precipitation record for the Benson area has not just been broken, it has been shattered – and ther

The Benson VFW baseball team split a pair of league games last week with Madison and Morris.  Benson, which is 2-1 af

Nick Collins (foreground) plays the tuba as other members of the Benson High School marching band perform in front of

Benson will spend $20,000 in the coming months to study options for reducing the public safety hazard and general inc

Late Thursday afternoon Gracie Lens took this photo southwest of Benson.

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER CHIPPEWA,
SWIFT AND YELLOW MEDICINE
COUNTIES THROUGH 915 AM CDT...

by Kent Thiesse, Farm Management Analyst and VP, Lake Crystal

Improving the quality of water in the Chippewa River Watershed starts with improving the ability of the land to preve

Plans progressing for filling former Kinder Morgan tanks by rail

By Dan Gunderson
Minnesota Public Radio