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Board of Education looks to make $631,900 in cuts

By Reed Anfinson
Publisher
Swift County Monitor-News

SCBHS moves toward affiliation decision

By Reed Anfinson
Publisher
Swift County Monitor-News

County board keeps $10 wheelage tax

By Reed Anfinson
Publisher
Swift County Monitor-News
 

Hendrickx elected county board chair

With Commissioner Ed Pederson, District 2-south Benson and Benson Township, resigning as chair at the county board’s

5 teachers denied early retirement payments

By Reed Anfinson
Publisher
Swift County Monitor-News
 

County landowners 93 percent compliant on buffer strips

June 30 is SWCD’s ‘unofficial’ deadline for compliance
 
By Reed Anfinson
Publisher

Gymnasts frustrated with lack of action

School board sympathizes, but says lack of funds and $26.3 building project a priority
By Reed Anfinson

Commissioners vote 3-2 to take next step on justice center

After an at times contentious two-hour debate the Swift County Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 to proceed with study

Polar Vortex brings record temps as lows fall to -35

Last week’s record cold left its mark not just on Minnesota, but the nation as it spread subzero temperatures to 22 s

DNR sets March 12 meeting for area aquifer discussion

In September 2017, Department of Natural Resources Region 4 Groundwater Planner Tim Gieseke and Area DNR Hydrologist

Benson to support Brightmark at PUC

Just when the City of Benson, Brightmark Energy and Xcel Energy thought they were past all the potential roadblocks a

Delivery of the Swift County Monitor-News delayed due to weather

With windchills forecast to be a dangerous minus 55 to minus 65 degrees, Swift County Monitor-News Publisher Reed Anf

2018 ends with winter snowstorm

13 inches of snow falls  between Wednesday and Friday

Rural areas now have less legislative clout

Metro area dominates DFL, state House

County passes 3.75 levy increase, approves budget

Swift County’s Board of Commissioners set the overall final gross levy increase at 3.75 percent for 2019 bringing the

Benson sends PUC letter favoring Brightmark project

By Reed Anfinson
Publisher
Swift County Monitor-News
 

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