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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.

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Sat Feb 11, 2012

Post-Bulletin

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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Fri Feb 03, 2012

The Gazette

Will Shotfeel commented on the blog post Supreme Court overturns...

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.

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Fri Nov 04, 2011

KIMT

No Candidate Towns

The countdown is on! Election Day is this Tuesday - and local counties are getting ready for voters.

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Wed May 25, 2011

HendersonvilleNews.com

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, ...

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