Tornado flattens tiny Taopi in Mower County: ‘Half the town is gone.’
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 1 month agoTAOPI, MINN — This small farming town of about 60 people is now a demolition zone. Soggy debris covers much of the five-block area that make up the community that's been devastated ...
Southeast Minnesota communities hit hard by Tuesday night storm
Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn. via Yahoo News· 1 month agoApr. 13—TAOPI, Minn. — As the sun rose Wednesday morning, April 13, emergency officials got a better look at storm damage around Southeast Minnesota. Early ...
Taopi storm likely an EF2
Austin Daily Herald, Minn. via Yahoo News· 1 month agoApr. 13—NWS — One of five tornados so far in SE Minnesota, NE Iowa TAOPI — Taopi residents are picking up the pieces of their homes Wednesday ...
County nears end of its portion of clean-up in Taopi
Austin Daily Herald, Minn. via Yahoo News· 1 month agoApr. 19—TAOPI — Just a week after the tornado that struck Taopi on April 12, things have taken a major step forward for the community. Mower County Emergency ...
Sheriff: 10 homes lost in Tuesday tornado strike
Austin Daily Herald, Minn. via Yahoo News· 1 month agoApr. 14—Another four damaged A wider picture of the damage leveled on Taopi from Tuesday night's EF2 tornado is starting to become a little clearer Thursday. According to ...
County Board ratifies emergency declaration for Taopi
Austin Daily Herald, Minn. via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoApr. 27—The Mower County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday ratified an emergency declaration for Taopi. Originally drafted on April 14, the declaration frees up funds for ...
Woman killed by falling tree as storms hit Midwest, South
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA 20-year-old Arkansas woman was killed when a tree fell on her home as severe storms swept through...
No injuries reported after fire at hog confinement building
Austin Daily Herald, Minn. via Yahoo News· 8 months agoNo injuries were reported after a Tuesday afternoon fire at a hog confinement building in rural Taopi. According to Mower County Sheriff Steve Sandvik, Mower County dispatch ...
23 injured in Texas storms; more tornadoes forecast in US
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoNearly two dozen people were injured when tornadoes swept through central Texas as part of a storm...
Education Briefs
Austin Daily Herald, Minn. via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJan. 25—Riverland Community College Fall 2021 President's and Dean's List Grand Meadow Zachary Hoffman, Dean's List Lansing Piper Kellner, Dean's List Lyle Michael Attleson, President's List ...