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Farmers assess damage from violent storm

j.deyoung
Aug 26, 2020
Aug 26, 2020 Updated Aug 26, 2020

A tractor is covered in debris from the derecho that went through the northern half of Iowa Aug. 10. Farmers and rural communities are still picking up the pieces from the devastation brought by the storm.
Photo courtesy Denise Schwab

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Dean Frazer says his day started like any other Aug. 10 on his central Iowa farm, but later that morning, he began to follow a powerful storm headed his way.

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