Swift County News

Last update: September 4, 2009 - 1:23 PM The Very Timely Huntdown Name: Jerry Koosman Claim to Fame, Minnesota: pitched for the Twins from 1979, when he won 20 games, through the middle of 1981, when he was traded to the White Sox for Randy Johnson .

Cooler, drier air swept across western Minnesota on Wednesday which was a welcomed relief to the many residents of Swift and Kandiyohi counties still cleaning up the mess left behind by Tuesday's tornadoes.

A tornado touched down in the west-central Minnesota town of Spicer late Tuesday afternoon, causing damage at a shopping mall, while another tornado also went through the small town of Swift Falls, where it destroyed a couple of turkey barns.

A 16-year-old boy is dead after a tragic motorcycle accident Sunday night. According to a press release, Swift County Sheriff's received a 911 phone call of a motorcycle accident.

Site of Swift Falls fire nearly clean, to become a park SWIFT FALLS, Minn. After years of work, a hazardous materials site in Swift Falls is nearly cleaned up, and officials are turning the three-acre site into a park along the Chippewa River.

Just as time and new grass can erase the signs of death on a battlefield, the same is happening in Swift Falls where a once hazardous site is becoming a park.

A highway project begins June 1 near Kerkhoven that will detour traffic for about a month.