An Iowa family has been reunited with their grandparents’ wedding photo after nearly 16 years. Hope Tompkins was scrolling through Facebook when she came upon an old photo of her grandparents. It had ...

PARKERSBURG - Standing atop the rubble of her home, Sue Hennings calmly recalled taking refuge in the basement with her husband and feeling the house shake, certain it would collapse. "We just held ...

An Iowa woman has recovered a sentimental treasure lost during a devastating tornado that swept through her town nearly 16 years ago. Last month, Marcia Mull's daughter, Hope Tomkins, happened to spot ...

AHEAD IN THE FULL FORECAST. THANKS. A NEW TONIGHT A NORTH IOWA FAMILY HAS BEEN REUNITED WITH A PRICELESS PIECE OF THEIR HISTORY. MY PARENTS WEDDING PICTURE TAKE A LOOK. NEARLY 16 YEARS AGO, AN EF5 ...

PARKERSBURG, Iowa (WKRC/KGAN/CNN Newsource) - An Iowa woman was miraculously reunited with a family heirloom recently that was believed to be lost forever. It's been nearly 16 years since an EF5 ...

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 ...

‘I was in so much shock when the picture popped up,’ said Hope Tomkins, who lost almost everything in a tornado that destroyed her Iowa home in 2008 Hope Tomkins lost almost everything in a tornado ...

PARKERSBURG, Iowa (KGAN) - Nearly 16 years after an EF5 tornado devastated an Iowa town, one family has recovered a priceless piece of their history that they thought had been lost to the storm. A ...

And yet, the body count is climbing. A truly violent tornado, like the one in 2008, is a cruel marvel. "It leaves absolutely nothing," said Miles Schumacher, a meteorologist with the National Weather ...

Residents recall record-breaking twister that left their community in ruins. Aug. 14, 2009— -- For the town of Parkersburg, Iowa, May 25, 2008, started out like any other Sunday. It was Memorial ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Brad Meester is one of hundreds of Ed Thomas disciples. Now the head coach at Mount Vernon, he passes on Thomas’ lessons. “(He impacted) everybody in that school (and) ...