Half of the homes in Taopi, Minn., are gone. Tall trees stand no more. Volunteers moved Wednesday through muddy, cold ground made worse by light snow to clear out shredded walls, appliances and family keepsakes.
TAOPI, Minn. - Residents of a small farming community in southeastern Minnesota are working to recover from a tornado that destroyed half of the town'.
Surveyors from the National Weather Service confirmed at four tornadoes touched down during severe storms on Tuesday in southern Minnesota and northern Iowa.
Family and friends of an Ephrata firefighter who died after contracting COVID-19 last week remembered him as a kind-hearted and loving man who always cared about the people around him.