Articles Tagged: Iowa Derecho 2020

Before the Aug. 10 derecho, wood working artist Clint Plinthenik would get maybe five calls a week from people interested …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Not often does the most impactful moment of a football game take place before the opening kickoff. …

DES MOINES – The Federal Emergency Management Agency has made assistance available to public entities and nonprofits in seven additional …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Nicole Kooiker started her job as deputy superintendent of Cedar Rapids schools in the middle of a …

If you need a new roof because of the Aug. 10 derecho storm, don’t be surprised if your contractor tells …

DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Thursday she has extended a disaster proclamation for counties affected by the Aug. …

CEDAR RAPIDS – A month after the derecho ripped off roofs and thrust tree limbs through rafters, the quilt of …

Three months ago, Cedar Rapids’ Dallas Hobbs was just another college football player hoping this coronavirus pandemic wouldn’t affect his …

CEDAR RAPIDS – No mountains mark the city’s horizon. The Cedar River cuts through town, but the nearest ocean is …

CEDAR RAPIDS – More than 5,500 Mediacom and ImOn Communications customers still are without service almost a month after the …

CEDAR RAPIDS — Every year, Cedar Rapids nonprofit Matthew 25 holds Transform Week, sending teams of volunteers out into the …

Though most of us hadn’t heard the word ‘derecho’ before Aug. 10, earlier hurricane-like, straight-line winds have caused millions of …

CEDAR RAPIDS – In the hours following the Aug. 10 storm and leading into the next day, the Cedar Rapids …

The Gazette is inviting Iowans to tell their stories and share their pictures and videos from the Aug. 10 derecho. …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Elected officials pleaded Friday for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to bring 200 trailers to Cedar Rapids …