Benson News

WILLMAR, Minn. - A rural Montevideo man has been charged with rustling a herd of Holstein steers from a western Minnesota feedlot and selling them as his own cattle.

Infinite Spirits, which made the vodka in Benson, Minn., has filed for Chapter 7 liquidation.

Houston County is batting three for three. For the third time in less than three years, a district or appellant court judge has ruled in the county's favor when it comes to their zoning ordinances and the practices county staff conducts when enforcing them.

TV reports investigators found the missing cattle, worth about $40,000, at livestock auctions in Pipestone and Benson, with Nelson's name listed as the seller.

The voluntary petition was filed in federal bankruptcy court by the Blaine-based company on Jan.

To reduce its natural gas use, a Benson, Minn., ethanol plant installed technology to gasify wood chips and corncobs.

The Postal Regulatory Commission has recommended that the U.S. Postal Service take another look at its approach to closing post offices, supporting many criticisms made by National Newspaper Association in its fall 2011 testimony.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals today revived a lawsuit challenging the state's law against gay marriage, ordering a district judge to take another look at the case just months ahead of what's expected to be a bitter fight over a constitutional ban on gay marriage.

This bald eagle enjoyed the warm weather for a little fishing on Pelican Lake last week.