When the Benson Golf Club approached the city council last year with its financial troubles, it pointed out that it e

The Swift County Soil and Water Conservation District has named Wentzel Family Farm as the 2016 Outstanding Conservat

By Reed Anfinson
Publisher, Monitor-News

Monday, August 29 was the first day of the 2016-2017 school year in Benson.
 

With the help of $103,938 in new state funding, Benson Public Schools is offering free preschool for all four-year-ol

The Benson Library played host to a 100-year old Letterpress Wednesday, August 17.  The letterpress was located outsi

Just what the impact of the Obama administration’s announced phase out of the federal government’s use of private pri

While the mercury has been abated from the floor in the Benson High School auxiliary gym, the headaches it caused for

Styron Bell (pictured), a wildlife manager from the U.S.

It was no surprise that voter turnout was very, very low in last Tuesday’s Minnesota primary election.

Letters have been sent out to 740 property owners in Swift County who own approximately 1,100 parcels of land that wi

JM Carlson Farms, of Murdock, has been named Swift County’s “2016 Farm Family of the Year” by the University of Minne

July 2016 will go down as the third wettest in history for Benson and was the 10th wettest month on record.

Members of the cast of Peter and Wendy, produced by the Missoula Children’s Theatre using local talent, put on two sh

With no clear direction on how to proceed with City of Benson or Swift County backing on an assisted living/memory ca

The Relay-for-Life is a great time for socializing, reminiscing, and rejoicing another year of life.  A total of 420