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St. Patrick’s Day Parade Saturday

During 61 degree weather the annual St. Patrick's Day festivities were held Saturday in downtown Benson.

Avian flu claims 44,000 turkeys

Editor’s note: Associated Press writer Kia Farhang provided information for this story.

Blood drive has large turnout

The BHS National Honor Society hosted a Red Cross blood drive last Wednesday in the auxiliary gym.  Over 100 units of

City budgets $32,000 for next phase of rail crossing project

The City of Benson is taking the next step in developing a plan to address public safety concerns and traffic congest

Area residents air concerns about property taxes

Nearly 40 people showed up at the Swift County Law Enforcement Center meeting room Saturday afternoon to tell legisla

Cool temps will give way to a warm end of week

This afternoon it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 10.

Police calls, charges filed; both are going up

Benson’s police force has seen a significant increase in the number of calls it is receiving annually and in the numb

Farmers filing suits against Syngenta

Farmers in the area are likely to be invited to a meeting in the near future and asked to join a lawsuit against one

Amazing Race show premiere in Benson

Bergen Olson can’t tell you yet if he won the $1 million prize offered to the winning couple of the 26th episode of C

As corn prices fall, Minnesota farms worry

By Mark Steil
Minnesota Public Radio

First farm program deadline Feb. 27

The deadline to finalize decisions on base acre reallocation and updating payment yields at local Farm Service Agency

School to seek voter approval for $18.2 million bond

District 777’s Board of Education unanimously voted to seek voter approval May 12 for an $18.2 million facilities imp

Icy roads cause two-hour delay for Benson students

Benson schools started two hours later Tuesday morning due to icy roads throughout western Minnesota.

USDA creating more bird habitat areas on irrigated farmland

The Conservation Reserve Program now will encourage more bird habitats to be established in irrigated farmland region

Prairie 5 has rejected a request by the City of Benson

Prairie 5 Community Action Council has rejected a request by the City of Benson to consider taking over dispatching s

Facilities improvement project planning moving along

The District 777 Board of Education is set to meet again at 5:30 p.m., Thursday in the senior high library to continu

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