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

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 ...

PARKERSBURG, Iowa — State and federal officials vowed Monday to bring help to residents struggling after a deadly tornado ripped through their northeastern Iowa communities. “There’s so much hurt here ...

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 ...

PARKERSBURG — Everyone remembers it in their own way, said Perry Bernard, mayor of Parkersburg. For Bernard, then a City Council member sitting in for his brother, May 25, 2008, was a humid, ...

PARKERSBURG — Thanksgiving 2008 will be especially meaningful for residents of Parkersburg who survived the May tornado. “I’m just thankful for the fact that we didn’t have more loss of life than we ...

PARKERSBURG, Iowa — Fred Everts held back tears as he surveyed a pile of splintered wood and metal scraps that the day before had been his and his wife’s home. Several yards away, a makeshift sign was ...