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McGREGOR, Ia. An EF1 tornado tore through the small northeastern Iowa town of McGregor on Wednesday night, damaging several downtown buildings, according to the National Weather Service. McGregor, a town of about 870 people on the Iowa-Wisconsin border, was hit by the tornado at about 6:15 p.m. The tornado had winds up to 110 mph, said Peter Rogers, meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Most of the damage was concentrated in downtown area, Rogers said.

At least two buildings sustained serious structural damage, but others had lesser damage, he said. City Hall was among the buildings damaged. No injuries were reported, Rogers said. Elsewhere in northern Iowa, powerful storms damaged homes, buildings and crop fields. Wind gusts to 75 mph and heavy rain were reported Wednesday evening in several locations.

Residents and officials said trees and power lines were knocked down, leaving hun- dreds of people without electricity. Authorities said a semitrail- er was toppled on Interstate Highway 35 near Hanlontown, and a man was taken to a hospital in Waukon after his barn blew over, pinning him inside until rescuers arrived. Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a NICKI TELEGRAPH HERALD An EF1 tornado that plowed through McGregor on Wednesday night caused damage to several downtown buildings. McGregor is in northeastern Iowa, near the border with Wisconsin.

The Des Moines Page 3A METRO IOWA TWISTER TEARS INTO TOWN McGregor reeling after strike from EF1 tornado; no one hurt REGISTER STAFF AND WIRE SERVICES About 80 inmates at an Iowa maximum security prison could face disciplinary action in connection to a large fight this month, a far greater number of people than the state corrections department has publicly said were directly involved in the melee, the agency has told the Associated Press. The estimate could add weight to claims from a union representing correctional officers that the July 1 fight at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madisonhas been downplayed by the Iowa Department of Corrections. A corrections report about the fight obtained by AP also includes previously unreleased details about the disturbance, including that inmates ignored orders and challenged staff to fight. The incident in the prison yard is among the largest in Iowa since a 1981 riot that lasted 11 hours, involved at least 100 inmates, led to a hostage situation and left one inmate dead. By comparison, the latest fight was contained shortly after it started, according to the department, and resulted in only minor injuries for some inmates and no injuries to staff.

Officials responded by temporarily restricting inmate movements in the prison. The department has estimated publicly that about 50 inmates were directly involved in the incident. Corrections spokesman Michael Savala said in an email that the number re- mains accurate, and elaborate as to why 80 inmates could face discipline. number may go up or down based on the continuing he added. Savala also said in an email that suspected gang members were involved in the fight and that some inmates may be moved to other facilities.

He then insisted that information, and the details in the incident report obtained by AP, are confidential. He added that releasing such details would be a security risk for inmates and staff, but did not specify how. According to the incident report, some inmates suspected of being in the fight are part of so- called security threat groups that are described further in the report as racially affiliated gangs. Up to 80 Fort Madison inmates face discipline Number involved in fight higher than state originally disclosed BARBARA RODRIGUEZ ASSOCIATED PRESS order that law enforcement provide an inventory of records related to the 2015 accidental police shooting death of a Burlington mother is under review following a vote Thursday by the Iowa Public Information Board. the latest step in a controversial 2 1 2 -year public records battlein which the Iowa Department of Public Safety and the Burlington Police Department have been charged with violation of the open records law.

just one further that will delay an law judge getting to the merit of this said Mark McCormick, a former Iowa Supreme Court justice hired by the information board to prosecute the case, said Thursday during an appeal hearing on the matter. The case is about Autumn Steele, 34, who was fatally shot outside her home and in front of her toddler by Burlington police officer Jesse Hill while responding to a domestic disturbance. Steele had spent the prior night in jail after being arrested for allegedly assaulting her husband, and she was allegedly screaming and hitting him again when Iowa fights order to produce police shooting records JASON CLAYWORTH Autumn Steele TIM ALLEN ONSALETODAY 10 AM STEPHENS AUDITORIUM IOWASTATEUNIVERSITY 800.745.3000•TICKETMASTER.COM.