ROCHELLE – It was a long 17 months for Ava Mirtoska, owner of Grubsteakers Restaurant. The business she’s run for almost 12 years was destroyed by a tornado on April 9, 2015, the same storm that later tore through in northwestern DeKalb County, where it destroyed several homes and killed two people. After more than…
Baker’s tornado damage still being assessed
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — While cleanup continues in the aftermath of a tornado that hit the town of Baker, state officials say it’s still too early to put a price tag on the damage. The Billings Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/1ZVboe2 ) that the Sunday tornado in east-central Montana destroyed nine homes and damaged more than 50.…