A June 1976 edition of the Des Moines Register reports on Minden's recovery effort after a devastating tornado. The town was hit and severely damaged again in April 26 storms.

An agreement to pay $25,000-plus to a Houston, Texas, couple in connection with a Minden police officer’s handling of ...

MINDEN, Iowa (WOWT) - It’s nearly been two weeks since an EF-3 tornado tore apart homes and businesses in the Pottawattamie County town of Minden. “We lost our water plant, 90% of our business ...

Minden, known as "the friendliest city in the South," is preparing to get a makeover from a new HGTV show titled Home Town Kickstart in 2022. More: Take a look inside one of the houses on the ...

The small town of Minden, West Virginia, has been contaminated with man-made cancer-causing chemicals called polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, for nearly 50 years. The documentary “Impossible Town” ...

MINDEN, Iowa — An EF3 tornado wiped out half the town of Minden. Now, four months later, they're making progress on the recovery. City leadership hired someone to help guide them in the ...

Based on last year’s spin-off called Home Town Takeover, we expect Minden to see a dramatic increase in tourism. Takeover’s featured town—Wetumpka, Alabama—saw a 600% increase in tourism ...

The Minden siren was installed in 1921 and sounded at noon and 6 p.m. for fire service emergency tests. Though never intended as a sundowner signal, the time of its blast nonetheless came to be ...

In 2019, Minden was finally named a Superfund site, one of 11 in West Virginia, and nearly 1,300 nationwide. Most Superfund sites are at current or former military bases and industrial facilities.

Minden’s town barn was mostly destroyed by a fire in the early hours of Sunday. (Photo courtesy Terry Potoczny); Inset: The town barn as it appeared in October 2022.

Outside Minden on Saturday, law enforcement officials blocked entry to the town as workers in neon-green vests walked the streets, clearing the mess left by the tornado. Though the storm damaged ...

MINDEN, Iowa (WOWT) - It’s nearly been two weeks since an EF-3 tornado tore apart homes and businesses in the Pottawattamie County town of Minden. “We lost our water plant, 90% of our business ...