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The UW-Stout baseball team earned its first win of the season Sunday, topping Millikin (Ill.) University 5-1. Justin Sedin ...

At the Benton School Board meeting on Monday, March 10,the board approved the resignations of Assistant Superintendents Stacy DeFoor, Craig Dupuy, Athletic Director Scott Neathery and the retirement o ...

Multiple fire crews responded to a structure fire in Benton, Illinois Sunday evening. According to the Franklin County ...

Authorities informed the public to avoid the area of Highway 34, Goldheimer and Cutler streets in Benton at the time a ...