The latest local news, weather and high school sports from the Heartland

Yesterday at 8:05 PM  Updated with new photos (Caution, graphic images), new video added; death toll now at 51.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Updated with video: Severe storms hit Midwest with snow, ice and damaging winds

Thursday, February 28, 2013  How a local farmer feeds his cattle during a snowstorm.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012  Superstorm Sandy rolls inland as East Coast assesses havoc that monstrous hybrid wrought

Thursday, October 25, 2012  Trick, no treat: Forecasters predict pre-Halloween freak hurricane-winter storm mix for East

Wednesday, August 29, 2012  Updated with video: Water driven by the large and powerful storm flooded over an 18-mile stretch of one levee in Plaquemines Parish south of New Orleans.

Thursday, June 28, 2012  Thousands displaced by Colorado wildfire wait as battle against flames rages

Tuesday, May 22, 2012  On the third and final part of her series, KTVO Meteorologist Vanessa Alonso looks ahead into the healing and rebuilding efforts in Joplin to be stronger than ever one year after the tornado.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012  On part one of her special series, KTVO Meteorologist Vanessa Alonso returns to Joplin, a city she once called home, one year after the EF-5 tornado leaves its mark. In this story, you'll read about the how the tornado formed and the first half of it's six mile path through the city.

Saturday, March 03, 2012  Massive thunderstorms, predicted by forecasters for days, threw off dozens of tornadoes as they raced Friday from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes.

Friday, December 02, 2011  Violent wind storm leaves path of destruction in California, other western states