Roger Joseph Ebnet, 61, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Swift County District Court to four felony counts of criminal sexual conduct for inappropriately touching male students in his classroom.
Jori Lynn Jones, 19, of Little Canada, died in the crash at the intersection of Highways 40 and 29 at 12:41 p.m. Sunday, according to the Minnesota State Patrol
Calvin Lee Woodin, 32, of Benson, was sentenced to 120 days in jail after he pleaded guilty in April to felony first-degree driving while impaired. Two other felony charges were dismissed as part of a plea agreement. He will serve five years of probation while a prison sentence is stayed.
The Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company began operations 25 years ago as among the first ethanol plants in Minnesota. It was launched as a pioneer of the Minnesota model: A farmer-owned cooperative producing value added earnings for corn growers.
Businesses tell U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar the first federal COVID-19 relief package helped but that needs continue. A Benson business owner used the opportunity of having the senator's ear to urge support for rural health care as well.
The remains of an Army Air Forces pilot from Benson have been recovered and identified in France. The pilot, 2nd Lt. William J. McGowan, was killed June 6, 1944, on D-Day.
A 62-year-old man is dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot while on the way to turn himself in on a warrant for a felon in possession of ammunition.
BENSON, Minn. 鈥� Built in 2007 as a unique method of creating electricity by burning turkey manure, wood chips and other biomass products, the former Fibrominn/Benson Power LLC facility will be demolished in the next few days.
BENSON, Minn. -- A western Minnesota man is in a Minneapolis hospital after he was injured earlier this week in an explosion at a rural residence east of Benson.The injured man was identified as Brian Orsten, 51, of Benson.He was initially taken ...
BENSON, Minn. - A man who punched his girlfriend in the head so many times she had to get staples was sentenced Wednesday, Feb. 28, in Swift County District Court to probation and a stayed prison sentence.
