Swift County News

Sitting at the antique kitchen table in her equally old rural Murdock farm house, Marie Johnson listens intently to the Swedish church hymns coming from an under-the-kitchen-cabinet CD player.

Thunderstorms in western Minnesota produced numerous funnel clouds and possibly a couple of tornado touchdowns, but there were no immediate reports of injuries.

Congress has until May 15 to work out a plan to keep regional mail processing centers and rural post offices open.

KERKHOVEN, Minn. - A man has died at a construction company in Swift County. KSAX-TV reports the man was securing a load on a semi at Rothers Construction in Kerkhoven Monday when a part of the load fell off the trailer and pinned him to the ground.

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. - The man convicted of burning down Off Broadway Antiques in Alexandria was sentenced for 2nd Degree Arson Wednesday.