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Monitor redesign is a commitment to the future of community news

The result is a ‘cleaner’ newspaper, designed to address the needs of the Swift County community....A free and financ

Hope

View From A Prairie Home    
Hege Herfindahl

Benson School District’s referendum proposal denied

By Reed Anfinson, Publisher

SMAC awards $13,195 to local organization & artists

Three artists were awarded SMAC Artist Equity grants.

October weather keeps warm trend of previous years

October 2024 saw just 6 hundredths, placing it in the record books as the third driest.

Council selects water tower color scheme

Six color scheme options were presented to the Benson City Council at its meeting on Monday night, with the council v

View From A Prairie Home by Hege Herfindahl

My Birthday

Newspapers Disappear As Misinformation Spreads

A Drop of Ink

By Reed Anfinson, Publisher

$1.6 million investment going into OHV park

Swift County voted 3 to 2 to proceed with a $1.606 million scaled down improvement project for the Appleton Area Off-

School district cleared...Investigation finds no wrong doing by school staff

To look into the complaints, the school district brought in an independent investigator.

School board decides against four-day school week

Support or Oppose 4-day school week

Historical Society Upcoming Events

November 13 (Thursday) Brown Bag Conversation – 12:00pm
Veteran’s Day 
Remembered

New Support Group to offer caregivers a community/resources

In a move to support those who have primary responsibility for caring for someone with a mental difficulty - such as

Grief Support Group

Grieving is the most heart wrenching of all emotions. It is also part of the experience of being human.

Sacredness in our lives

Pastor Dale Degner
Trinity Lutheran Church, Benson
 

Women In Business

Hidden away on Kansas Avenue in Benson is one of the nicest downtown building restorations you probably haven’t seen

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