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 ...

Lisa and Taylor Olson are shown in their home at Mapleton, Iowa. The Olsons were out of the home during the spring and summer of 2011 after it sustained heavy damage in a tornado on April 9, 2011.

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 -- 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.