Logan Schauer is pictured with a 18.25” walleye from Lake Reno last week.

Lake Reno gets the best of Fishing League during week #4

Friday, June 16, 2017
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The Swift Fishing League pulled Lake Reno from the hat for its June 8th event.  It was a sunny 84 degree evening at the 6 p.m. start.  Water temperature was 72 degrees with a light wind.  The league members were expecting a big night at the weigh-in table, since the bite on Reno had... + continue reading
Eric Hoium led the Braves boys tennis team in 2017 with a 13-8 record. He and Nathan Habben also both earned All-Conference this season.

Hoium and Habben All-WCC in tennis

Friday, June 16, 2017
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The Benson-KMS boys tennis team recently completed its season at the Section 6A Boys Tennis Tournament. The team was seeded eighth in the team tourney and fell to top-seeded Litchfield in the first round, 7-0.  The Dragons went on to earn the section title and went on to place fifth at the... + continue reading
Jon Tostenson, who has qualified to three-straight State Track and Field Meet, ran a personal best to place third at the State Track Meet, Saturday. Photo courtesy of Mike Milbrandt, Montevideo American-News.

Tostenson runs personal best to finish third in 800 meter run at State Track

Friday, June 16, 2017
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Jon Tostenson saved his best for last! Tostenson, a junior from KMS High School, had the ninth and final qualifying time in the boys 800 meter run prelims at the State Track and Field Meet, Friday, but during the finals, Saturday, Tostenson ran a personal best time of 1:58.42 to place third... + continue reading
Benson High School’s Marching Band performs in its new uniforms in the Memorial Day parade. It will lead off next Wednesday’s Pioneerland Band Festival parade.

30th Pioneerland Band Festival Wednesday, June 14

Friday, June 9, 2017
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Pioneerland Band Festival will celebrate its 30th parade in honor of Flag Day Wednesday, June 14, in Benson, starting at 6:30 p.m. Despite all the sidewalk, curb and street work going on in the community, the parade will follow its traditional route starting out on west U.S. 12/Minnesota Avenue... + continue reading
Logan Schauer is pictured with a 18.25” walleye from Lake Reno last week.
Eric Hoium led the Braves boys tennis team in 2017 with a 13-8 record. He and Nathan Habben also both earned All-Conference this season.
Jon Tostenson, who has qualified to three-straight State Track and Field Meet, ran a personal best to place third at the State Track Meet, Saturday. Photo courtesy of Mike Milbrandt, Montevideo American-News.
Benson High School’s Marching Band performs in its new uniforms in the Memorial Day parade. It will lead off next Wednesday’s Pioneerland Band Festival parade.

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Fibrominn, now Benson Power, under construction in 2005.

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While Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has signed the Jobs & Energy bill that included language that would see the City of Benson paid $20 million between 2018 and 2021 for economic development, there is still another hurdle to clear. Whether or not the deal proceeds depends on state Public... + continue reading
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, accompanied by his director of communications Ryan Furlong, met with Swift County Safe Avenues coordinator and Safe at Home application assistant Christine Thompson last Friday.

Secretary of State Simon stops by Benson program

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Safe at Home offers a secure space For those who have suffered mental, physical, or sexual abuse escaping from the person who has harmed them can be a real challenge. That is especially true in small, rural communities. But through the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, the... + continue reading
Fibrominn, now Benson Power, LLC, under construction in 2006. The plant would shut in the summer of 2018 if NSP/Xcel Energy buys it from investors.

NSP agrees to pay city nearly $23 million in compensation for losing power plant

Wednesday, 03/05/17
By Reed Anfinson Publisher Swift County Monitor-News Monday night the Benson City Council unanimously agreed to back Northern States Power’s (NSP) efforts to buy and likely close the Benson Power, LLC, electric generation plant in exchange for compensation that could total more than $23... + continue reading

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