Benton County, Minnesota

39 sources answered; nothing recent here.

Official Warnings

No official warning is in effect here right now.

1 source answered; nothing recent here.

3 sources answered; nothing recent here.

Coming Up

No meeting is on an agenda we read for the next seven days.

4 reports in the last 24 hours, none published as an event.

• Sports Spotlight with Foley volleyball coach Courtney Studenski · St. Cloud Live · 16 h ago Not Yet Confirmed
• Sartell, Cathedral, SJP, ROCORI soccer players receive All-State honors · St. Cloud Live · 18 h ago Not Yet Confirmed
• Girls tennis: St. James takes down Foley, 6-1, in Class A state team semifinals · St. Cloud Live · 19 h ago Published event
• Former VP Kamala Harris calls in to St. Cloud town hall for Chapin, Ellison · St. Cloud Live · 23 h ago Not Yet Confirmed

Wastewater site 1028: COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) level 1.9, within the usual weekly level for this site.

• Wastewater site 1028: COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) level 1.9 · within the usual weekly level for this site · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · Oct 17, 7:00 PM CDT
• Wastewater site 1028: influenza A level 2.29 · within the usual weekly level for this site · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · Oct 17, 7:00 PM CDT
• Wastewater site 1028: RSV level 1 · within the usual weekly level for this site · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · Oct 17, 7:00 PM CDT

• CDC wastewater data for mpox: 7 entries for this county · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · read 13 h ago
• CDC wastewater data for avian influenza A (H5): 7 entries for this county · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · read 13 h ago
• CDC wastewater data for viral activity level (SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, RSV): 6 entries for this county · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · read 13 h ago
• CDC wastewater data for RSV: 6 entries for this county · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · read 13 h ago
• CDC wastewater data for SARS-CoV-2: 5 entries for this county · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · read 14 h ago
• CDC wastewater data for measles: 5 entries for this county · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · read 14 h ago
• CDC wastewater data for influenza A: 5 entries for this county · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · read 13 h ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

5574: 2 customers out, within the usual daily peak in October for this county.

• 5574: 2 customers out · within the usual daily peak in October for this county · U.S. Department of Energy / Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ODIN) · 32 min ago

• U.S. Department of Energy / Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ODIN) outage map (utility-built): 1 entry for this county · U.S. Department of Energy / Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ODIN) · read 32 min ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

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Quiet

• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA): No reported accident or crossing collision here with a release, evacuation, injury or death in the latest data · Federal Railroad Administration · read Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT
• Gasoline prices (EIA): No weekly move of 10 cents or more · U.S. Energy Information Administration · read Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT

Background

• Gasoline prices (EIA)
  Regular gasoline, Minnesota, week of 2026-10-19: $4.180 a gallon, up 0 cents from the week before. U.S. Energy Information Administration
• Gasoline prices (EIA)
  Regular gasoline, Midwest (PADD 2), week of 2026-10-19: $4.145 a gallon, up 0 cents from the week before. U.S. Energy Information Administration
• Employment and wages (QCEW)
  Q1 2026: 16,618 jobs (16,492 a year earlier); $1,103 average weekly wage ($1,104 a year earlier). BLS (QCEW)

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. FRA posts about three months after an accident, so its lines are reported, not breaking. Last read: BLS (QCEW) Oct 12, 8:25 AM CDT; U.S. Energy Information Administration Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT; Federal Railroad Administration Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT.

Quiet

• Non-native species (USGS NAS): No new non-native species alert here in the last 30 days · USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) · read Oct 12, 7:04 PM CDT
• Bird flu in wild birds (APHIS): No detection in wild birds here in the last 30 days · USDA APHIS · read Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT
• Introduced species (iNaturalist): No introduced species newly recorded here · iNaturalist · read 1 h ago

Background

• Introduced species (iNaturalist)
  1 research-grade observation of introduced species here in the last 30 days. iNaturalist

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. Bird flu detections are reported in our words with a link to USDA APHIS; its records are not reproduced. iNaturalist observations are shown only under CC0 or CC-BY, with the observer credited; others are counted. Observations with an obscured location are never placed on a county. Last read: USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Oct 12, 7:04 PM CDT; iNaturalist Oct 29, 8:23 AM CDT; USDA APHIS Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT.

Quiet

• Historic places in harm’s way: No listed place here inside an active wildfire perimeter, warning area or flood zone · National Weather Service · read 18 min ago
• National Register nominations (Federal Register): No nomination here under review · National Park Service (Federal Register) · read 31 min ago
• National Register listings (NPS): No listing or removal here in the last 30 days · National Park Service · read Oct 12, 8:25 AM CDT

Background

• National Register listings (NPS)
  4 properties on the National Register in this county. National Park Service

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Sites whose location is restricted are never shown. A place inside a hazard area is our overlay of open maps, as of the hazard’s own time; it says nothing of damage. Last read: National Park Service Oct 12, 8:25 AM CDT; National Park Service (Federal Register) Oct 29, 9:00 AM CDT; National Weather Service Oct 29, 9:13 AM CDT.