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Indoor pool supporters seek to see facility open again

Group offers financial help, but school board says it needs to study building options further

Day care discussions continue, but solution remains elusive

There are four options for adding day care for infants and toddlers to Benson Public Schools, Supt.

Hospital votes to build assisted living facility

After more than two years of studying and debating how to move forward with building an assisted living and memory ca

House, Senate pass Sunday liquor bill

Rep. Tim Miller votes no, Sen. Andrew Lang yes

Benson man charged with swindling over $63,000 from friend

Andy Lynn Jaeger, 51, Benson, has been charged with one felony count of theft by swindle for allegedly taking a local

Senator Lang immersed in his work during his first Legislative session

Seven weeks into his first term as a Minnesota State Senator, Andrew Lang is learning that serving the needs on the D

CRM products featured in SF and LA

Two products made by Custom Roto-Mold (CRM) of Benson have been featured in two very different ways in the past coupl

Two February record highs broken

DNR warns of thin ice developing on some lakes

Miller keeps a hectic schedule as he represents his constituents in St. Paul

One thing you will notice when you walk into District 17A Rep.

County Board approves Baker contract 5-0

Though Swift County’s Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 to hire Kelsey Baker as the new county administrator, they wer

City buying Loen Electric building for new police headquarters

Benson’s Police Department will be getting a new home with the city council’s unanimous vote Monday night to purchase

Immigrants are needed for rural Minnesota to grow

State demographer, U of M study both say immigration is key to population growth

Prairie 5 Rides is ending weekend service March 1

Prairie 5 Rides will stop providing weekend bus service in the City of Benson as of March 1.

Armory to be studied for new Benson city offices

Benson’s City Council approved spending $26,500 for a study that will develop a scope of work for turning the Amory b

Maintenance budget for schools being readied for February meeting

Over the next few weeks, the Benson Public Schools administration will be preparing its recommendation for priorities

Breen’s fountain sees booming business in its final days

The era of the ‘Big Brave’ comes to an end

County board votes 3-2 to offer administrator’s job to Baker

Swift County’s Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 in a special meeting Friday to offer the position of county administr

Four temperature records broken in the past week

After a bitter stretch of cold weather that dominated the first two weeks of January the temperatures have dramatical

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