Along a gravel road to the north of its namesake, the Grand Meadow Chert Quarry (or Wanhi Yukan as its known in the Dakota language) is surrounded by farmland - an oasis of prairie and overgrown oak ...

Benton's Bacon, now served in restaurants across the country, is proudly made in East Tennessee.But it wasn't always a success story. Allan Benton remembers the lean years when finding customers was a ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources plans to expand Carlton County's largest wildlife management area by another 495 acres. The DNR is working to acquire land formerly owned by lumber ...

Editor’s note: This is a continuation of a deep dive into Minneapolis’ Twenty-Ninth Street Railroad Depression. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad (CM&StP), also known as the Milwaukee Road, ...

BENTON COUNTY, Wash.–UPDATE 4:49 P.M.: James Sandall, 68, died as a result of the collision, according to a Washington State Patrol press memo. Sandall, who was driving with one passenger in the ...

Benton County Fire District 2 and the Benton County Sheriff’s Office shared the cost of the $72,000, 18-foot tunnel-hulled jet boat used for water rescues.

The Benton County Planning Commission will hold a series of public meetings on Coffin Butte Landfill’s expansion proposal beginning April 29. Members of the public can sign up to give verbal ...

Zach Golkowski, senior environmental compliance specialist with Minnesota Power, provides an update on the Northland Reliability Project to the Crow Wing County Board on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

A Milaca man was left injured after he fatally hit a black bear with his pickup truck in central Minnesota on Wednesday morning. The Minnesota State Patrol said the crash happened around 5:30 a.m. on ...

New York law enforcement: Minnesota man who was tortured, killed knew assailants Emily Baude KSTP Updated: February 21, 2025 - 3:08 PM Published: February 16, 2025 - 5:26 PM ...

Sam Nordquist, 24, of Oakdale, Minnesota, was found dead Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in a field in Benton, Yates County after being reported missing in Ontario County.

When Sam left Minnesota in September for a trip to New York, his loved ones had no idea they spoke to him for the last time. “Sam was amazing. He would give the shirt off his back to help anyone.