Students' concept for Mapleton's Main Street. AMES, Iowa -- On April 9, 2011, the lives of 1,224 residents in Mapleton, Iowa, were changed forever. That evening, a Category 3 tornado with winds up to ...

MAPLETON, Iowa | The July 4 parade in Mapleton features antique tractors, Cub Scouts, youth softball teams and various businesses, all in celebration mode. I rode in the parade last year with Laura ...

MAPLETON, Iowa (KTIV) - Cenex has chosen five finalists for its second annual Hometown Throwdown competition. The Hometown Throwdown competition promotes local pride by finding and funding the best ...

MAPLETON, Iowa - Rhonda Wiley hunkered down in a storm cellar with seven relatives and friends, reciting the Lord's Prayer and asking her long-dead mother for help. After the "jet engine" roar above ...

MAPLETON, Iowa (WOWT) - The City of Mapleton, Iowa will undergo a four-hour citywide electrical outage overnight between Wednesday and Thursday. The Monona County Sheriff’s Office says the outage will ...

ONAWA — A 45-year-old western Iowa woman has been sentenced for a crash that killed her uncle. The Sioux City Journal reported that Judith Krohn of Mapleton was given two years of probation Friday ...