MAPLETON, Iowa (KTIV) - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a spill of diesel fuel into a Monona County creek. That crash happened Sunday northwest of Mapleton. The DNR said it ...

MAPLETON, Iowa - Jamy Garden's house began to rumble with the approach of a tornado that at one point measured three-quarters of a mile wide. Then the windows shattered, spraying her with glass. Using ...

MAPLETON, Iowa (KTIV) - The town of Mapleton, Iowa sits in rural Monona County and like many small towns, struggles to hire and retain local police officers. “We have the same crimes as the big cities ...

Mapleton Elementary School is a public school located in Mapleton, IA, which is in a remote rural setting. The student population of Mapleton Elementary School is 179 and the school serves PK-5. At ...

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 ...

Two western Iowa teens died and an adult male was injured early Saturday morning during a single-vehicle accident near Mapleton. The victims were identified as 19-year-old Michael Babcock of Odebolt ...

A devastating, quarter-mile wide Tornado tore through Mapleton, Iowa on Saturday night, demolishing more than half of its houses and buildings and completely flattening 20 percent of the city. The ...

It seemed like a Mapleton Miracle. A tornado with winds exceeding 130 mph barreled through this small Iowa town, flattening whole blocks and destroying 100 homes. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...

MAPLETON, Iowa | The 14th and final home on Tower Street in Mapleton is being finished during the first quarter of 2014. Once the home is done and occupied, a little piece of Mapleton history is ...

MAPLETON, Iowa -- Ryan Clark stood in a doorway of the large metal building that houses his family's solid waste collection business. The 75-by-125 foot structure, which CHN Garbage Services finished ...