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Iowa's Small City Near Des Moines Has A Lively Downtown With Museums, Historic Charm, And A State Park Nearby

This charming getaway in Iowa is John Wayne's hometown and highlights historic architecture, unique outdoor recreation ...
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New Bridge Church in Winterset hosts pancake breakfast following devastating storms

WINTERSET, Iowa — As the sun rose in Winterset, Iowa, a church prepared to serve people the food and warmth they needed in the wake of Saturday's devastating tornado. Winterset's New Bridge Church ...
KETV Omaha

Crews survey damage in Winterset, Iowa, after Saturday's deadly tornadoes

Crews are out Sunday morning surveying the damage in Winterset after severe storms and tornadoes tore through Iowa on Saturday. At least seven people were killed — two of them are children under the ...
USA Today

'We’re Iowans, that’s what we do': Neighbors come together to heal, mourn after deadly tornado

WINTERSET, Iowa – Betty Hope stood in the rubble of her home listening for the desperate whines of her missing cat. What remained of her worldly possessions – rugs, books, papers, family knickknacks – ...
KCCI Des Moines

Iowa couple hopeful for new home construction two years after tornado destroyed previous one

EIGHT NEWS AT FIVE. WHAT HAPPENED IN JUST MINUTES IS BEING FELT STILL TWO YEARS LATER. TOMORROW MARKS TWO YEARS SINCE A POWERFUL EF FOUR TORNADO SWEPT THROUGH WINTERSET, KILLING SIX PEOPLE ON CARVER ...
KCCI Des Moines

Winterset's Drake Knobloch represents all of Iowa in UA All-America Game

GIELN: IN JUST A FEW DAYS, FOOTBALL FANS FROM IOWA WILL MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN TO FLORIDA FOR BOTH IOWA AND WAIO STATE, D ANWHEN IT’S ALL SAID AND DONE, THEY’LL COME RIGHT BACK HOME. NOT EVERYONE. AS ...
The Sun

Iowa tornado Winterset deaths: Tragedy as boy loses toddler brother, sister, 5, & dad in storm as mom fights for life

A DEADLY tornado wiped out four members of the same family on Saturday - leaving a young boy without his dad, sister, and toddler brother. The wild weather left a path of destruction in Winterset, ...
WOOD-TV

Winterset, Iowa Tornado Rated EF4

The Winterset to Newton, Iowa tornado on Saturday, March 5 has been rated EF4 with peak winds of 170 mph. This was the first EF4 tornado in the state of Iowa since 2013. Last year there were only 3 ...
Des Moines Register

Iowans react to the 'severe' storm, tornado that hit Winterset: 'The scariest thing I've ever experienced'

The National Weather Service Des Moines reported a tornado touched down in Winterset, Iowa, Saturday evening. Upon initial investigation of the damage, the NWS initially classified the Winterset ...
Des Moines Register

The deadly Winterset tornado traveled nearly 70 miles, reaching 170 mph winds, forecasters say

Saturday's deadly tornado that killed six people in Winterset cut a nearly 70-mile swath northeast across central Iowa and the Des Moines metro, the National Weather Service reported Monday. It was ...
USA Today

8 family members huddled in a pantry as the Iowa tornado approached. Only 4 survived.

If warmth and love are as solid as wood and siding, Melissa Bazley’s dream house was built of both. Living out in the timber near Winterset, Iowa, Melissa had her large extended family over as often ...