Skip to main content

Hospital seeks county in-kind help with assisted living project

As Swift County-Benson Health Services tries to reduce the cost of building an assisted living/memory care facility o

County to invest $92,000 more in GIS

While Swift County personnel and departments have become active users of the Geographic Information System (GIS) pict

Gail & Steve Svor selected as band festival marshals

Steve and Gail Svor have been selected as this year’s grand marshals for the Pioneerland Band Festival set for Wednes

Monday’s snow may have broken a record

Benson tied its all-time May snowfall record when at least 2.1 inches fell early Monday morning.

Benson commits $10,000 annually toward daycare

Benson’s City Council agreed Monday night to commit up to $10,000 annually to support the daycare center for infants

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

By Reed Anfinson
Publisher
Swift County Monitor-News

County hurting for STS workers

Through the years Swift County Environmental Services has used people serving time in the county’s Law Enforcement Ce

County preparing for move to Lewis Drug

Swift County offices based in the courthouse will be moving to the Lewis Drug building on Atlantic Avenue downtown Be

Hospital receives $500,000 RSF grant

In what should become the first of many significant grants awarded in the community in the coming years by the Robert

Benson Power could be closing by summer of 2018

By Reed Anfinson
Publisher
Swift County Monitor-News

Large city roads project gets underway in May

Starting in May and lasting into the late summer the City of Benson will see significant street and sidewalk work aff

Benson’s assessed value increases by nearly $1.5 million

Each April the City of Benson’s Board of Equalization (the city council) conducts a public hearing at which property

They’re back . . . BHS choir students return from 6-day trip to New York City

Pictured are members of the Benson High School choir, who took part in last week’s six-day choir trip to New York Cit

A mild winter means ice goes off Minnesota’s lakes early

Warmer than average temperatures throughout the month of March meant some early ice-out dates on area lakes.

More options made available to buffer strip state requirements

More Buffer Law Options Available for Minnesota Landowners

Miller enters race for 7th District congressional seat

Less than six months after winning his second two-year term in the Minnesota House of Representatives, District 17A R

Subscribe to News

Sign up for News Alerts

Subscribe to news updates