Apr 3, 2012 | USA Today
Tornado risk is growing and spreading, study shows
A tornado funnel cloud touches down in Orchard, Iowa, on June 10, 2008, at 9:04 p.m. Iowa has had more tornadoes touch down per 100 square miles over the past two decades than all but two states - Florida and Kansas.
Judges side with Mennonites in steel wheel case
DES MOINES, Iowa - In a unanimous opinion filed last week, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that Mitchell County's road protection ordinance violates the Constitutional rights of Old Order Groffdale Conference Mennonites.
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The case pitted the religious practice of using steel wheels by the county's Mennonite population against a county ordinance banning use of the wheels on its paved roads.
The countdown is on! Election Day is this Tuesday - and local counties are getting ready for voters.
The Facts (and Fiction) of Tornadoes
JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF, JOHN SCHWARTZ, JUSTIN GILLIS, HENRY FOUNTAIN, KENNETH CHANG, DENISE GRADY, and ERICA GOODE Published: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 5:11 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 5:11 a.m. Q:  How bad has this year's tornado season been, relative to other years? A funnel cloud touching down in Orchard, Iowa, on June 10, ...