Forum News Service reporting found there were multiple credible leads into Refugio Rodriguez's suspicious 2020 death that went unpursued by Montevideo, Minn., police investigator Carmen Beninga.
A 21-year-old woman was transported to a hospital in Benson after suffering non-life-threatening injuries in a three-vehicle crash Thursday morning on Minnesota Highway 9.
A Benson woman was transported to a hospital after suffering non-life-threatening injuries in a two-vehicle crash. The other driver and her infant passenger were uninjured.
A second-grade teacher at Benson's Northside Elementary School was arrested Friday by the Benson Police Department. Roger Ebnet is in jail pending a court appearance on an expected charge of second-degree criminal sexual conduct. The charge can involve a sexual assault on an adult or a minor.
Roger Joseph Ebnet, of Benson, a teacher for more than 30 years, is being charged with three counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, alleging he had sexual contact with three minor boys. Benson Public Schools said Ebnet is on paid administrative leave.