(Greenfield, Iowa) – Three of the four victims of Tuesday’s deadly tornado in Greenfield have been identified. Funeral announcements posted by Lamb Funeral Home in Greenfield said Dean and Pam Wiggins, and 74-year-old Micheal Jensen, all of Greenfield, died as a result of the tornado.
Dean and Pam Wiggins
Services for all three victims are currently pending at Lamb Funeral Home.
Micheal Jensen
MICHEAL JENSEN, 73, of Greenfield, died Tuesday, May 21, 2024, as result of a tornado that passed through Greenfield. A Celebration of Life service for MICHEAL JENSEN will be held 10:30-a.m., Saturday, June 1, 2024, at the Lamb Funeral Home in Fontanelle.
Friends may call at the Lamb Funeral Home in Fontanelle on Friday, May 31, 2024, from 2-until 7-p.m., with the family greeting friends from 5-until 7-p.m.
Burial in the Greenfield Cemetery will be held with Full military graveside rites will be conducted by the Greenfield American Legion Head-Endres Post No. 265 and V.F.W. Post No. 5357. A luncheon will follow the service at the Lamb Funeral Home in Fontanelle.
Memorials may be directed to the family to be established at a later date.
Online condolences may be left to the family at www.lambfuneralhomes.com.
DEAN WIGGINS, 78, & PAM WIGGINS, 77, both of Greenfield, died Tuesday, May 21, 2024, as result of a tornado that passed through Greenfield. Funeral services for DEAN and PAM WIGGINS will be held 10:30-a.m. Friday, May 31st, at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Greenfield. Lamb Funeral Home in Greenfield has the arrangements.
Open Visitation: Will be held at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Greenfield on Thursday, May 30, 2024, from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m; The family will greet friends at the church on Thursday, May 30, 2024, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Burial is in the Greenfield Cemetery. A luncheon will be held at the church following the services.
Memorials: May be directed to the family to be established at a later date.
DEAN and PAM WIGGINS are survived by:
Their sons – Todd (Nancy) Wiggins, of Urbandale, and Jeffrey (Tania) Wiggins, of Greenfield.
Their siblings – Gary (Nonie) Wiggins, and Diane (Bob) Edwards.
5 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; in-laws, other relatives and dear friends.
Online condolences may be left to the family at www.lambfuneralhomes.com.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold public town meetings in Atlantic and Glenwood on May 28, Corning on May 29 and Dakota City on May 30 as part of his annual 99 county meetings across Iowa.
Grassley says “Representative government requires continued dialogue between elected officials and the people we represent. I look forward to hearing directly from Iowans in Cass, Mills, Adams and Humboldt counties. Their insights will inform my work in Washington.”
Sen. Grassley (Radio Iowa photo)
This is Grassley’s 44th consecutive year holding at least one meeting in each of Iowa’s 99 counties. During the meetings, Grassley takes questions or comments on any subject. Iowans set the agenda.
Town meetings are open to the public. Details:
Tuesday, May 28
Cass County Town Meeting: 9:45 – 10:45 a.m.
Iowa Western Community College Cass County Center, 705 Walnut Street, Atlantic
Red Oak Tornado path looking southwest from E Nishnabotna River
Coburg Tornado path
Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
358 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024
…NWS Damage Survey for 05/21/2024 Tornado Event Update #2…
.Update…
After completing damage assessments across Adams and Adair Counties, including Greenfield, survey teams have identified damage consistent with EF4 tornado damage, with peak wind speeds of 175-185 mph. EF4 damage was located within the community of Greenfield and across rural portions of southern Adair County. Additional analysis of data will occur through the coming days and weeks, so further refinement of the tornado statistics are possible.
.Greenfield Tornado…
Rating: EF4
Estimated Peak Wind: 175-185 mph
Path Length /statute/: 43.98 miles
Path Width /maximum/: 1000 yards
Fatalities: 5
Injuries: 35
Start Date: 05/21/2024
Start Time: 02:57 PM CDT
Start Location: 3 SSE Villisca / Page County / IA
Start Lat/Lon: 40.8866 / -94.9571
End Date: 05/21/2024
End Time: 03:43 PM CDT
End Location: 4 ENE Greenfield / Adair County / IA
End Lat/Lon: 41.337 / -94.3825
EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:
EF0…..65 to 85 mph
EF1…..86 to 110 mph
EF2…..111 to 135 mph
EF3…..136 to 165 mph
EF4…..166 to 200 mph
EF5…..>200 mph
NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to change pending final review of the event and publication in
NWS Storm Data.
(Radio Iowa) – Many thousands of young Iowans graduated from high school or college in recent days, and they’re now prime targets for crooks who prey on job-seekers. If you’re hunting for employment, be wary for scams, as consumer protection expert Michelle Reinen says criminals will post fake job offers that really are too good to be true.
Reinen says a new scam offers to set up a home office for you, using a legitimate-looking check the scammers send through the mail. She says absolutely do your research before accepting an offer that just pops up in your inbox, promising easy money. Also, Reinen suggests using Google Maps to make sure the address to whatever company you’re considering actually exists.
(Radio Iowa) – Governor Kim Reynolds says more than 200 Iowa homes were destroyed by Tuesday’s tornadoes, including more than 150 in Greenfield.
Reynolds and the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency toured Greenfield this morning. “We can give them all the data, we can show them the destruction,” Reynolds said, “but to really be on the ground and see firsthand and to listen to the stories is really beneficial.”
Reynolds submitted a request to the White House this morning for federal disaster assistance for four counties, including Adair County, where Greenfield is located. “In Adair County alone we had 153 major destroyed homes,” Reynolds said. “Montgomery had eight, Polk County 26, Story County 15 — for a total of 202.”
That’s a tally of flattened homes. Reynolds told reporters there’s no count yet on damaged businesses. FEMA director Deanne Criswell, who joined Reynolds for a news conference in Greenfield, said the agency will process the governor’s request for federal disaster aid as quickly as possible.
“As much as I’ve been watching the videos and seeing the pictures of the tornado damage, it just does not do it justice when you’re here on the ground and you can see the homes gone,” Criswell said, “or you can talk to a member who lost their home and they share their story about how they just barely escaped death.”
Criswell thanked first responders for their life-saving actions on Tuesday and offered advice to storm victims.
“The best thing you can do right now is to take a lot of photos and document the damages to your home,” she said. “We want to be able to have that information both for your insurance company and if and when a disaster is declared here, we’ll have to have that information to process any other types of assistance that are out there.”
Power had been restored to about half of Greenfield by midday today, according to the governor.
“I was on the ground yesterday and I can’t even tell you the amount of debris that has been collected and hauled off,” Reynolds said. “In some of those streets, it looked like a different place.”
Reynolds said there are a few people using the emergency shelter in Greenfield’s high school, but most storm victims are staying with family or friends.
(Radio Iowa) – Republican Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Davenport says email obtained by a U-S House subcommittee shows the senior scientific advisor in the National Institutes of Health has made vile comments about women in medicine.
Miller-Meeks questioned Dr. David Morens during a congressional hearing about his email about the female director of the C-D-C, saying she wore a skirt and was considered the cat’s pajamas by another man.
Morens admits it was a misogynistic, snarky comment and he started to apologize during the hearing, but Miller-Meeks interrupted, saying it indicates how Morens views women.
(Des Moines, Iowa)- Iowa Auditor of State Rob Sand today released an agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Casey, Iowa, for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023. The agreed-upon procedures engagement was performed pursuant to Chapter 11.6 of the Code of Iowa.
Sand reported five findings related to the receipt and disbursement of taxpayer funds. They are found on pages 9 and 10 of the report. The findings address issues such as a lack of segregation of duties, journal entries not reviewed and approved and the lack of written policies related to the City’s credit card and gas card. 
Sand provided the City with recommendations to address each of the findings. The City Council has a fiduciary responsibility to provide oversight of the City’s operations and financial transactions. Oversight is typically defined as the “watchful and responsible care” a governing body exercises in its fiduciary capacity.
A copy of the agreed-upon procedures report is available for review on the Auditor of State’s website at Audit Reports – Auditor of State.
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