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, N.D. - Sonny South wore a lifting belt for his bad back and a brace on his replacement knee as the 64-year-old picked up pieces of splintered wood and twisted metal Tuesday on the Jay and ...

MAPLETON, Iowa -- Knowing firsthand how devastating a major tornado strike is, the people of Mapleton have great empathy for what Joplin, Mo., residents are experiencing. Colleen Sulsberger of ...

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.

MAPLETON, Iowa (AP) — It seemed like a Mapleton Miracle. A tornado with winds exceeding 130 mph barreled through this small Iowa town, flattening whole blocks and destroying 100 homes. When the storm ...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa --- A group of local radio stations, including one in Cedar Falls, is asking its listeners to raise money for the residents of tornado-stricken Mapleton. A mass radio-a-thon will be ...

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 ...

Students' concept for Mapleton's Main Street. AMES, Iowa -- On April 9, 2011, the lives of 1,224 residents in Mapleton, Iowa, were changed forever. That evening, a Category 3 tornado with winds up to ...

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 -- Couldn't help but think of the movie "Groundhog Day" during a visit to Mapleton on Wednesday. The 1993 film starring Bill Murray features a weatherman reliving Feb. 2 over and over and ...