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A Rice man is hospitalized after the motorcycle he was driving collided with a deer. The Benton County Sheriff's Office says the incident happened last (Sunday) night just before 7:30 p.m. one mile east of Highway 10 on Little Rock Road northeast.

A small plane was forced to make an emergency landing on a Benton County road yesterday (Sunday). The incident happened at about 1:45 p.m.

A Fort Ripley man has been arrested in Benton County, thanks to the help of an alert driver. The incident began at about 9:30 p.m. on Thursday when a driver called to report they were following another vehicle that went through two stop signs on Benton County Road 13.

The Benton County Sheriff's office has made it easier to see who is being held in the county jail. They've launched a new on-line Inmate Public Information page.

The Benton County Sheriff has released the name of the body found in east St. Cloud yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon. The Midwest Medical Examiners office says it's the body of 31-year-old Jamie Wylie of Foley.

The Benton County Sheriff's Department's Chief Deputy Troy Heck stopped by the WJON studios today (Monday) during the News @ Noon show. Heck says the department has about 80 total employees, about 30 of them are sworn officers.

The Benton County Sheriff's Department has arrested three people on various charges. Officials say they watched a vehicle leave a home on Golden Spike Road and stop in the Sauk Rapids Post Office parking lot at about 5:30 p.m. yesterday (Wednesday).

Fewer crashes are being reported in Stearns and Benton Counties compared to Monday's snowfall.

A man whose pickup truck was stolen helped Benton County deputies chase down the man who allegedly took it. Twenty-six-year-old Daniel Boggs junior is facing charges of motor vehicle theft, fleeing police, criminal damage to property, and tampering with a motor vehicle.

A Sauk Rapids man is in jail after leading deputies on a high speed chase in a stolen vehicle. The Benton County Sheriff's Department says the incident began at about 11:20 p.m. last (Thursday) night near the intersection of Highway 23 and Highway 95.