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Monitor redesign is a commitment to the future of community news

The result is a ‘cleaner’ newspaper, designed to address the needs of the Swift County community....A free and financ

Benson School District’s referendum proposal denied

By Reed Anfinson, Publisher

October weather keeps warm trend of previous years

October 2024 saw just 6 hundredths, placing it in the record books as the third driest.

Council selects water tower color scheme

Six color scheme options were presented to the Benson City Council at its meeting on Monday night, with the council v

Newspapers Disappear As Misinformation Spreads

A Drop of Ink

By Reed Anfinson, Publisher

$1.6 million investment going into OHV park

Swift County voted 3 to 2 to proceed with a $1.606 million scaled down improvement project for the Appleton Area Off-

School district cleared...Investigation finds no wrong doing by school staff

To look into the complaints, the school district brought in an independent investigator.

School board decides against four-day school week

Support or Oppose 4-day school week

Historical Society Upcoming Events

November 13 (Thursday) Brown Bag Conversation – 12:00pm
Veteran’s Day 
Remembered

Women In Business

Hidden away on Kansas Avenue in Benson is one of the nicest downtown building restorations you probably haven’t seen

October is pork month

Why do we celebrate National Pork Month?

Patsy Cline, ABBA music coming to Benson PAC Sunday

Top quality entertainment at Benson’s Performing Arts Center continues with the music of Patsy Cline and music from t

NATIONAL 4-H WEEK OCTOBER 5-11, 2025 COUNTY AND STATE FAIR RESULTS/HIGHLIGHTS
Celebrating St. Pat’s Day (A week late)

With blizzard conditions expected Saturday, March 15, Patrick’s Pub & Grill made the tough decision of postponed

A record high of 75, and then a blizzard warning

By Reed Anfinson

Medicaid cuts would hit rural residents, healthcare hard

By Reed Anfinson
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