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Minn. student dies after her van rear-ends bus
BYRON, Minn. (AP) — Byron Public Schools are offering grief counselors to students and staff after a 17-year-old student died when her minivan rear-ended a school bus. Olmsted County Sheriff's...
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Wed, Sep 05, 2012 - 2:48pm
Future of Swift Co. offenders program still up in the air after meeting
BENSON -- An abrupt adjournment to the Swift County Board of Commissioners meeting this week could signal the end of the county's 30-year-old sentence-to-service program. As the commissioners were discussing...
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Fri, May 21, 2010 - 12:00am
ND Gov. Hoeven set to announce possible Senate bid
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven plans to announce today whether he'll run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan. A North...
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Mon, Jan 11, 2010 - 8:12am
Auto dealer seeks ordinances to allow mini trucks on local roads
BENSON -- Kentt Habben is hoping his new line of mini trucks is a big seller in Swift County. But first he's trying to get an ordinance passed to allow...
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Sat, Oct 10, 2009 - 12:00am
Swift County still plans to join Minn.'s emergency radio system
BENSON -- Swift County is continuing to move forward with plans to join the state's 800 MHz emergency radio system. At their meeting this week, the county commissioners heard a...
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Thu, Oct 08, 2009 - 12:00am
Rains halt harvest
WILLMAR -- Recent rains have brought fall harvest to a sudden stop. Farmers had just gotten a good start on the sugar beet and soybean harvest when heavy rains last...
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Tue, Oct 06, 2009 - 12:00am
Swift County levy increases 1.8 percent
BENSON -- The Swift County levy will increase 1.8 percent in 2010. The Commissioners certified the preliminary gross levy at $7,948,417 at their meeting last week. The levy includes $747,207...
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Mon, Sep 21, 2009 - 12:00am
Swift County will buy wayside rest stop
BENSON -- Swift County will take over ownership of a wayside rest that's currently owned by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The commissioners voted last week to purchase the...
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Tue, Jul 28, 2009 - 12:00am
Appeal likely on valuation of Appleton prison
BENSON -- A $20 million difference of opinion in the market value of a privately owned prison in Appleton could end up in court. The Swift County assessor set the...
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Fri, Jun 19, 2009 - 12:00am
A 'multimillion-dollar' rain graces area farm fields
WILLMAR -- Just as the long dry spell -- and talk that compared this spring to the 1930s drought years -- was starting to make farmers edgy, a timely weekend...
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Tue, Jun 09, 2009 - 12:00am
Swift County nears turning hazardous site into scenic park
SWIFT FALLS -- Just as time and new grass can erase the signs of death on a battlefield, the same is happening in Swift Falls where a once hazardous site...
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Tue, May 26, 2009 - 12:00am
Swift County adjusts recount process; Meeker, Swift and Renville counties work their recounts
A spirited exchange between an official for U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman and the Swift County auditor took place Thursday morning as the recount of ballots for the U.S.
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Fri, Nov 21, 2008 - 12:00am
Republican volunteers keep an eye on ballots for recount
BENSON -- James Thelen spent at least two hours sitting on a hard wooden chair in the Swift County Auditor's office Wednesday quietly reading a copy of the "National Review"...
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Thu, Nov 06, 2008 - 12:00am
