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, 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 ...

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 ...

Steve Meyer reports on an EF5 tornado in Parkersburg, IA, that left 290 of the community's 576 homes destroyed and another 120 damaged. Twenty-two businesses were destroyed; the Aplington-Parkersburg ...

A woman peers into a truck left damage by a tornado that hit the day before, Sunday, in Parkersburg, Iowa, Monday, May 26, 2008. (MATTHEW PUTNEY / Courier Photo Editor) Dave Hall, left, works his way ...

PARKERSBURG, Iowa (AP) _ An eighth person has died from injuries suffered in last month's tornado that hit Parkersburg and nearby towns in northeast Iowa. Eighty-five-year-old Bertha Eckhoff, of ...

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 (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 — 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 ...

PARKERSBURG — A triage unit has been set up in the town of Parkersburg to deal with injuries after a tornado swept through the southern half of the town. Witnesses reported that the southern half of ...