MAPLETON, Iowa | The July 4 parade in Mapleton features antique tractors, Cub Scouts, youth softball teams and various businesses, all in celebration mode. I rode in the parade last year with Laura ...
MAPLETON, Iowa - Jamy Garden's house began to rumble with the approach of a tornado that at one point measured three-quarters-of-a-mile wide. Then the windows shattered, spraying her with glass. Using ...
MAPLETON, Iowa - Rhonda Wiley hunkered down in a storm cellar with seven relatives and friends, reciting the Lord's Prayer and asking her long-dead mother for help. After the "jet engine" roar above ...