On May 25, 2008, a powerful EF5 wedge tornado, with winds topping out at 205 mph, devastated parts of northeast Iowa. In Parkersburg, 280 homes were wiped from their foundations, and 22 businesses ...
PARKERSBURG, Iowa — The business community in this town of 2,000 blew apart a year ago. Some of the pieces in the financial mosaic blew away forever. The Pizza Ranch and the Hi-Way 20 Cafe disappeared ...
PARKERSBURG, Iowa (KGAN) - Nearly 16 years after an EF5 tornado devastated an Iowa town, one family has recovered a priceless piece of their history that they thought had been lost to the storm. A ...
Residents recall record-breaking twister that left their community in ruins. Aug. 14, 2009— -- For the town of Parkersburg, Iowa, May 25, 2008, started out like any other Sunday. It was Memorial ...