Benton County News

Identities were released Saturday of the two women in their late teens who crashed their all-terrain vehicle into a tree in central Minnesota, leaving one of them dead.

A 19-year-old Foley woman died Thursday night after an all-terrain vehicle crash in Duelm, according to a report from the Benton County Sheriff's Office.

The Minnesota Department of Health is reporting that the number of abortions performed in the state fell for the second straight year in 2008.

More St. Cloud-area residents are seeking subsidized or free medical care as they lose their jobs and insurance in the recession.

The Tri-County Humane Society is bracing for a cat and kitten overload. The humane society could see as many as 1,800 cats and kittens during the May-October cat breeding season, said Vicki Davis, executive director.

Heavy rains carry more nutrient-rich runoff into lakes. Add increased sunlight and warm temperatures and you have the perfect growing conditions for blue-green algae, said lake expert Steve Heiskary with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

It's not his fault. This recession. The job loss that followed it. Virgil Euteneuer is grateful for his family, who remind him he is not responsible for getting laid off in January as a shipping and packing worker at a local manufacturing plant.

Hail and heavy rain swept across Stearns County's northern border as the season's first severe weather arrived Thursday evening in Central Minnesota.

Benton County Wide Horizons 4-H group members Tanner Nicholson, president Carly Schnepf, secretary Corey Czech, club adult leader Prescott Handley and club adult leader James Nicholson were on hand to donate hats knitted by the club to Anna Marie's in St.

Daniel Steck has spent the past 25 years trying to convince policymakers to take action to protect people from a deadly radioactive gas that they can't see or smell, and many don't know exists.

The trial of Frazee-area hog farmer Robert Briard on a felony charge of second-degree criminal sexual conduct began Tuesday at the Benton County Courthouse in Foley, Minn.

A $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and charging of the people who robbed a man Thursday morning in Benton County and left him with two stab wounds.

Jun 11, 2009 5:50 pm US/Central Reporting John Lauritsen 1 of 1 A Benton County judge sentenced Carrie Aasen to 100 days in jail.

A Benton County judge Wednesday asked Carrie Aasen to turn over copies of her business receipts so attorneys can determine how much she owes the more than 70 brides who never got wedding dresses or services for which they paid.

A 38-year-old man was stabbed twice this morning in Gilmanton Township, Benton County Sheriff Brad Bennett said.

The Foley Garden Club and Benton County Master Gardener Club will be holding a plant sale Saturday in the parking lot of Coborn's in Foley from 8 a.m. to noon or until all plants are sold.

State unemployment benefits claims from Stearns and Benton counties more than doubled in May, new figures show.

A number of Central Minnesota farms are among the 114 being recognized as 2009 Century Farms.

SAUK RAPIDS - An event for llama lovers and their animals is planned for Saturday.

Gusty winds and high temperatures brought down trees and made for dangerous conditions for fires throughout the area Wednesday.