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BHS trades class to build house this year

Though no one has committed to buying the Benson High School Trades and Industrial Carpentry class house this year, t

Benson schools seek lease of north civic center

Benson Public Schools is moving ahead with plans for leasing the north end of the Benson Civic Center.

Upgrading courthouse windows will add to cost

When Swift County’s Board of Commissioners approved the $3.573 million bid of Sussner Construction of Marshall for ex

Mae Gades never runs out of ideas for her new quilts

Photos and Story by Peggy Cameron
 

4-Hers take part in Clothing and Presentation Day

4-Hers take part in Clothing and Presentation Day
by Alyssa Wittnebel, Swift County 4-H Summer Intern

Citing labor intensive costs, Swift County ends drug court participation

Despite what looked to be a successful program in helping people turn their lives around, Swift County’s experiment w

RDA could see state funds freed for broader use

A one-time change in Minnesota law could help Swift County free up restricted funds for a broad array of economic dev

Collins files for mayor; Schreck, Smith join Evenson in council race

Benson City Council Member Teri Collins, who is currently in the second year of her first four-year council term, has

County will move ahead with second phase of CIP

Commissioners want to devise best plan for 6W, sheriff’s office renovations

Swift County's 120th fair set to begin Wednesday

Swift County’s 120th annual fair gets underway next Wednesday, Aug. 16, and continues through Sunday, Aug.

4-H Horse Show

Pictured: Rylee Erickson, a member of the Clontarf Haymakers 4-H Club, works with her horse, Sugar Cookie, during the

Construction on SCBHS senior living facility with memory care units may start in October

Swift County-Benson Health Services continues to move closer to building a senior living facility that offers indepen

Filings open for Benson council; close Aug. 15

Filings opened Tuesday morning for the Benson City Council and will remain open until Tuesday, Aug.

Road construction wrapping up

After a couple long months of road construction in Benson, the end is getting near.

Drought conditions creeping into western Minnesota; June, July both short of rain

Crops starting to show stress, yards turning brown, water levels falling in lakes and streams – all signs that the ar

Compass Creative Dramatics Theatre to present “Wizard of Oz”

After a terrible twister roars across the dusty fields of her beloved Kansas, accidental traveler Dorothy Gale finds

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