The tornado --- already choked with debris from Parkersburg --- hit in earnest, ripping Kidd's home apart. The killer claimed eight lives in Parkersburg and New Hartford, including one of Kidd's ...

CEDAR FALLS -- The fundraiser for the Aplington-Parkersburg High School athletic program wasn't scheduled to begin until 4 p.m. But many showed up at The Hub in Cedar Falls more than an hour early, ...

PARKERSBURG (AP) — Ruth Haan and Janet Johnson want to keep the memories of their town alive. Memories fade — even those of the May 25 tornado that destroyed some 200 homes and businesses in the ...

NOTHING IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WE ALSO HAD NOW TWO TORNADOES CONFIRMED FROM EARLIER THIS WEEK. STORMS IN IOWA. IT’S BEEN A PRETTY SLOW YEAR FOR TORNADOES ACROSS THE STATE. I’VE GOT THEM ALL DRAWN HERE ON ...

PARKERSBURG, Iowa (AP) -- A disaster team that cleans up after hurricanes in the Southeast is pitching in to help tornado-ravaged Parkersburg. Disaster Recovery Solutions is a for-profit business, and ...

PARKERSBURG, Iowa Half of this small town lay in ruins or heavily damaged Monday following a deadly tornado that ripped apart a stretch of northern Iowa. The Sunday afternoon twister killed six people ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Sensing a “void of issues” facing the 2014 Iowa Legislature, an eastern Iowa lawmaker will propose a one-time $20 million appropriation to help schools and mobile home parks build ...