By Lorna Benson
Minnesota Public Radio

Friday’s announcement by the Obama administration that it will consider reducing the amount of ethanol in the nation’

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture plans to test 70,000 private wells in the state’s farming regions to measure

In the Oct. 30 Monitor-News it was reported that Pamela D.

Mayor Paul Kittelson easily won a 10th two-year term on the Benson City Council, but longest serving member of the co

A vote to raise District 777’s levy referendum passed with 55.7 percent of the vote 653 to 520.

Cargill’s plans for an agronomy center on the site of the former GTI trucking terminal just north of the Swift County

Fall back; spring ahead – an easy little saying to tell you what to do with your clocks and watches this coming Sunda

Minnesota 29 north of Benson could be blocked until at least 10 a.m.

The following letter was posted on the school's facebook page this morning, Wednesday, Oct. 23:

Soybean, pig and corn farmer Mike O’Leary hosts trade team

The annual BHS Student Council Food Shelf Drive is scheduled for Thursday night, Oct.

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

It was a celebration that will be talked about in Benson for years to come.

Every week during the growing season the United States Department of Agriculture’s Ag Statistics Service puts out a r