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A look back on the one-year anniversary of tornado striking Iowa town
- Joan Mitchell, left, gets a hug from her neighbor Edith Schaecher in front of their tornado damaged homes, Thursday, May 23 ...
Greenfield Strong: Community marks 1 year since destructive EF-4 tornado killed 5 people
An Iowa community shaken to its core by an EF-4 tornado has risen from the devastation to rebuild, remember and move forward.
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Local 5 News anchor Samantha Mesa marks last day with TV station
Samantha Mesa has departed from WOI-TV's Local 5 News in Des Moines ... The Colorado native joined Local 5 from KVEO-TV CBS 4 Valley in Harlingen, Texas, on the border with Mexico.
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Beloved by generations of central Iowans, 'The House With the Magic Window' host Betty Lou Varnum dies at 90
Varnum, of Ames, began hosting "The House with the Magic Window" in 1954, when WOI, though a commercial station ... a witch who had turned herself into a crocodile; Gregory, a 4-year-old lion; and ...
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Salt Lake City planned to remove a mural from a west-side garden. Here’s why it changed course.
In a March letter from the Public Lands Department addressed to garden volunteer Tom King, city leaders had told volunteers at the Og-woi People’s Orchard and Garden, located in the west-side ...
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WOI-TV, two other Iowa stations sold to new company
Nexstar Broadcasting Group announced Monday that is has purchased three Iowa TV stations including WOI-TV in Des Moines.Nexstar said it will acquire stations in Des Moines, Rock Island ...