After a very cool start to April, temperatures warmed up dramatically the past week allowing farmers to start spring

Swift County’s Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the sale of $7,805,000 of taxable general obligation tax a

Emerald Eve raises $50,000

Large snowflakes came down heavily early Thursday morning turning the ground white in the Benson area as kids headed

When it conducted its comprehensive survey this past summer on what residents of District 777 thought needed to be do

District 777’s Board of Education has developed a new facilities plan that is focused on maintaining and upgrading it

Monday night Benson’s City Council got an overview of how a Prairie 5 Rides bus works with its electronic tablet that

With Grant Herfindahl’s appointment to head the Minnesota Farm Service Agency, the two top positions in state agricul

Early last Tuesday morning a bus wove its way through western Minnesota picking up supporters of the reopening of the

When Swift County agreed to aid Federated Telephone Company with the expansion of broadband services to the eastern h

When Swift County agreed to aid Federated Telephone Company with the expansion of broadband services to the eastern h

The St. Patrick's Day Parade was held in Benson on Saturday, March 19.

Legislation has been introduced in the Minnesota House that would pave the way for reopening the Prairie Correctional

A $12.9 million ecosystem renovation of Marsh Lake is moving ahead with the commitment of $7.59 million from the U.S.

Kevin Wald (pictured) spends 100 days a year on the road.

Stephen Paulus’ Prayers & Remembrances won a Grammy Award Monday for Best Contemporary Classical Composition.

“The fair is kind of a way of life for me,” Elaine Mitteness of Benson said last week as the Monitor-News interviewed