Swift

BENSON -- Swift County had a New Hampshire-like feel about it on Saturday night, when the DFL party reaped the benefits of being one of the first to hold its...

MONTEVIDEO -- As local governments look to trim recession-stressed budgets by slashing contributions to nonprofit organizations, one is making the rounds in search of support. The very recession that has...

BENSON -- The upcoming closure of the Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton will have financial implications for Swift County. This week the county received notice from prison owner Corrections Corporation...

KERKHOVEN -- The driver of a van involved in a two-vehicle, head-on crash around 10 a.m. Thursday east of Kerkhoven sustained serious injuries. The name of the driver is not...

WILLMAR - State roads are reported to be in difficult or fair driving condition throughout much of the state, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation's Web site: 511mn.org. Roads...

This year's corn harvest was one of the most challenging in recent memory, but it didn't stop nearly a dozen farmers with the Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company from accomplishing what...

BENSON -- Swift County will spend $430,000 to purchase 160 acres of land that will be mined for gravel and used for county highway projects. In a unanimous vote, commissioners...

APPLETON -- Corrections Corporation of America plans to close its Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton on February 1, 2010. Warden Tim Wengler notified the facility's remaining 125 employees of the decision this morning.

BENSON -- Police in Benson aborted a high-speed chase for safety's sake, but continued their pursuit with shoe leather instead of rubber and got their man when he picked up...

BENSON -- A three-year struggle to get a proper heating system working in a Swift County building has been resolved. The commissioners agreed this week to purchase an overhead heater,...