COAL CITY – On the night of June 22, 2015, the village of Coal City lost about 50,000 trees when an EF3 tornado ripped through town and tore trunks, limbs and branches apart. Many of those trees, particularly near Broadway Street, were decades old. What’s left of one such tree sits at Campbell Memorial Park…
Emergency fund launched for Meeker County tornado recovery
LITCHFIELD — The Southwest Initiative Foundation and its community affiliate, Litchfield Area Community Foundation, have started an emergency fund called Meeker County Tornado Recovery Effort Fund to provide long-term financial help to those who were affected by Monday’s tornadoes. In a news release, Nancy Fasching, Southwest Initiative Foundation’s community impact director, said “In times of…