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T-storm brings tornado worries

A severe thunderstorm rolled through the region Friday, bringing a weak tornado to the area near Kiester and ...

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Funnel clouds reported

An off-duty Freeborn County Sheriff's Office deputy has reported a tornado has touched down between Conger and Alden. ...

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More funding for debris removal received

About a year after tornadoes struck Freeborn County, the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development has announced ...

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The path of the tornado

Supercell Y produced the destructive EF4 Editor’s note: The National Weather Service has documented the tornadoes of June ...

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Tornado Series: Resilience

One year ago today, as soon as the storms passed neighbors were out checking on each other, ducking ...

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Tornado Series: Survivors take new precautions at their homes

Patricia Gjersvik’s designated safe room was filled with more than 100 glass jars when the tornado hit one ...

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Tornado Series: Coping

Not a day goes by that tornado survivor Ron Woodside doesn’t think about what has happened.

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Austin recalls June 17, 2009

AUSTIN — Friday marks the two-year anniversary of a tornado that ravaged the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center, ...

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Tornado series: Lessons learned

Freeborn County Sheriff Bob Kindler recalls the night clearly. On June 17, 2010, Kindler — who was then a ...

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Tornado Series: Leaving their homes

Kevin Marshall was sitting outside his home eating peanuts and enjoying a cold beverage after just having finished ...

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Tornado Series: Rebuilding the farm

ALDEN — Doug and Staci Steele didn’t put much thought into what needed to be rebuilt first.

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Tornado series: Changed forever

One year later, the landscape tells the story.

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Gallery: Aerial images June 2010

Photographs from June 18, 2010 of damage caused by the tornado outbreak on June 17, 2010.

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Gallery: Tornado Outbreak June 2010

Photographs from June 18, 2010 of damage caused by the tornado outbreak on June 17, 2010.

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Editorial: Safety first during tornado season

Tornado season is here. You’ve seen the images of devastation in Joplin, Mo. You’ve seen the swaths of ...

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