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[Alfredeneumann]

Former Waldorf President and Wartburg alum William Hamm named Wartburg Interim President...
http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2008/05/23/news/breaking_news/doc48371d1c90114625353690.txt

Also, congrats to Alfred E. Neumann for his recognition for 20 years of service to Wartburg.

THANK YOU! AEN Jr. was 5 weeks old when I started. He is now 1/2 way thru Wartburg. Yikes I'm OLD. Miss AEN graduated from W-SR today. Empty nest in  100 days, but who's counting.

Hope everyone stays safe with these storms going thru. It's passed Waverly so I'm back on line.  I heard pro-shop @ P'burg took major hit.

[Alfredeneumann]

More good news for WTF. 13 time state champ, Faith Burt from Cedar Falls is heading to Wartburg.

http://wcfcourier.com/articles/2008/05/24/sports/local/10363475.txt

[Walston Hoover]

Former Waldorf President and Wartburg alum William Hamm named Wartburg Interim President...
http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2008/05/23/news/breaking_news/doc48371d1c90114625353690.txt

Also, congrats to Alfred E. Neumann for his recognition for 20 years of service to Wartburg.

THANK YOU! AEN Jr. was 5 weeks old when I started. He is now 1/2 way thru Wartburg. Yikes I'm OLD. Miss AEN graduated from W-SR today. Empty nest in  100 days, but who's counting.

Hope everyone stays safe with these storms going thru. It's passed Waverly so I'm back on line.  I heard pro-shop @ P'burg took major hit.

More than the pro shop. Reports are out right now of the school being gone along with entire blocks of the town. Also rumored to be a few fatalities and lot of injuries. Not good.

[DutchFan2004]

Just heard the high school in Pburg was destroyed.  Pray that your family is safe Walston.  Sounds really bad.

[DutchFan2004]

Channel 13 just had pictures of Pburg on the TV.  Very bad looking.  Many homes flattened. 

[Alfredeneumann]

KWWL - Waterloo just said just about everything south of the HS is demolished.
The new housing addition around the new golf course is GONE.

Papers from P'burg found in Denver and Sumner.

[Alfredeneumann]

www.kwwl.com has live camera from P'burg - showing new housing addition

[DutchFan2004]

They just reported that Olwein had tax returns from Parkersburg found.  

[Alfredeneumann]

KWWL said 1 very serious injury and 5 serious from P'burg.

[Walston Hoover]

The video on 13 just made me sick to my stomach. My wife's family was down here with us for a graduation when it hit and my family was in extreme NE Iowa. Both our families live far enough out in the country that the homes are fine.

[Alfredeneumann]

FOR THOSE WANTING BETTER COVERAGE

whotv.com is BETTER than kwwl.com.

It looks like Charles City + Oelwein 40 yrs ago.

[Alfredeneumann]

FROM WCFCOURIER.com

"We have 14 patients so far," said Jim Waterbury, a spokesman for Allen Hospital, at 7:30 p.m. Patients have arrived from the Eldora, Grundy Center, Aplington and Dunkerton areas. He expected more people to arrive at the hospital.

"We have one that we know that is critical," Waterbury said, from Aplington. "Most of them have come in via ambulance, but some have come in private car."

[Alfredeneumann]

From dmregister.com


Tornado takes out Parkersburg high school By CYNTHIA REYNAUD • May 25, 2008

A tornado about a mile wide left behind extensive damage, injuries and possible fatalities in northeast Iowa early this evening, officials said.

The tornado ripped off the roof of the high school in Parkersburg and took out sections of the building, said Superintendent Jon Thompson.

The high school will never be used again, he said.

Houses to the south of the high school were also flattened, Thompson said.

The parking lot at the high school was turned into a triage center, and district officials this evening opened up the middle school in Aplington and an elementary school in Parkersburg as shelters.

The tornado moved between 5:30 and 6:15 p.m. from Aplington to New Hartford to the north side of Waterloo and then into Dunkerton, according to Miles Schumacher, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

Schumacher said more than one tornado probably touched down, but most of the damage was caused by the mile-wide tornado.

The Waterloo airport reported wind speeds of 93 mph, Schumacher said.

This storm system caused the most damage in Iowa so far this year. Tornadoes hit southern Iowa on April 10, causing damage but no injuries.

Gary Frank, an elder at First Congregational church in Parkersburg also offered up shelter.

"You can't even tell anything has happened here, but just two blocks up the street its total devastation," he said.

The major damage occurred on the south side of the town's main strip, Frank said.
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Downed power lines, roofless buildings and emergency vehicles filled the street this evening while residents remained inside.

"I think people are still in a state of shock," he said.

Power lines have also been knocked down in the area, leaving many residents without power.

This evening, Iowa State Patrol troopers are blocking the entrances to Parkersburg.

A dispatcher with the Butler County sheriff's department said authorities were investigating damage to a grain elevator that may have caused an anhydrous ammonia leak.

The Associated Press contributed to this article.

[Alfredeneumann]

Another line of storms w/ tornado warning in Grundy County.

[Alfredeneumann]

KWWL TV just report 2 confirmed deaths in Parkersburg and 1 in New Hartford.