The forecast of a severe storm recalls tales of heroism and tragedy amid nature's fury amid winter weather in Iowa.

Then the kids were dismissed. It was, after all, a national holiday, Armistice Day. This was in 1940, and matters were unsettled, worldwide. Officially, the U.S. was on the sidelines of gathering ...

It was unseasonably warm when Armistice Day now known as Veterans Day began Nov. 11, 1940. Area duck hunters headed out to their favorite spots along the upper Mississippi River, minus the ...

Jerome Christenson Daily News Nov 11, 2015 Nov 11, 2015 0 The forecast was wrong. As paperboys struggled against an increasingly fierce wind, the papers they lodged behind porch doors and ...

FARGO — The infamous Armistice Day Blizzard hit this region suddenly on Nov. 11, 1940, killing 154 people in the Upper Midwest. Among the dead were 49 Minnesotans, mostly bird hunters who froze ...

Nov. 11, 1940: Known as the Armistice Day blizzard, the storm killed 154 people in the Upper Midwest, including 49 Minnesotans, many of whom were bird hunters who froze to death after getting ...

FARGO — The infamous Armistice Day Blizzard hit this region suddenly on Nov. 11, 1940, killing 154 people in the Upper Midwest. Among the dead were 49 Minnesotans, mostly bird hunters who froze ...

As I sound-off to my dad, he returns volley. "The Armistice Day blizzard of 1940 was a lot worse than this," he says. Don Gallagher, of Storm Lake, Iowa, turns 90 on Monday. He was a high school ...

Bud Grant, right, during his high school days in Superior, Wis. Shown, from left, are his dad, Harry Peter Grant Sr., his younger brothers Jack and Jim, and his step-grandfather Joe Gagnon. (The ...

The National Weather Service is advising central Iowa residents to get ready for a potential blizzard later this week. Here's what to know about blizzards and how they've affected Iowa. It's ...