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THERE. MORE THAN SIX MONTHS AGO, THE CITY OF MINDEN, IOWA, WAS DEVASTATED BY THE APRIL TORNADOES AND RECOVERY EFFORTS ARE STILL UNDERWAY. IT MAY TAKE YEARS TO GET THINGS BACK TO NORMAL, BUT THE CITY IS TAKING STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. TONIGHT, THEYRE HOSTING A COMMUNITY VISION SESSION TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE CITY WHILE CELEBRATING A LOCAL BUSINESS. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVENS EDDIE MITCHELL HAS THE STORY. LOOK AT THESE PICTURES NOW AND LOOK AT HOW FAR WEVE COME. YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. ITS ITS PRETTY AMAZING INSIDE OF THE NEWLY RENOVATED MINDEN BOWL, YOU CAN FIND PICTURES OF THE DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY THE APRIL 26TH TORNADO. THATS MY HOUSE RIGHT HERE. YEP. BOTTOM LEFT, DYLAN SCHNECKLOTH, A HOMEOWNER AND THE BUSINESS MANAGER OF MINDEN BOWL, A COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACE FOR THE CITY OF 600 PEOPLE, WILL CELEBRATE THEIR REOPENING SIX MONTHS AFTER THE CAFE WAS DAMAGED IN APRIL. ITS FINALLY HAPPENING. ITS HERE YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW, ITS ITS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. ITS THE TOWN NEEDS IT AND EVERYONES EXCITED. SO WERE GONNA FILL THE PLACE UP. ITS GONNA BE GREAT. THE REOPENING IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH A COMMUNITY VISIONING SESSION, WHERE COMMUNITY LEADERS WILL MOVE RECOVERY EFFORTS FORWARD. THE NIGHT OF THE STORM, THEY SAID ITS NOW A MARATHON. ITS NOT A RACE, AND THEYRE NOT KIDDING. I MEAN, ITS A SLOW GOING. YOU GOT TO BE WILLING TO STAY IN IT. THE CITY HAS STAYED WITH IT. THEY WILL BREAK GROUND ON A NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT NEXT YEAR. THE CITYS NEW STREET LIGHTS ARE FINISHING UP WHILE THE MEAT MARKET WILL BE TORN DOWN. THIS WEEK TO BE REBUILT, WHICH IS AWESOME. AND THE BOWLING ALLEY COMING BACK AND EVERYTHING, ITS ITS REALLY ITS MAKING IT WORTH ALL THE WORK. MINDEN IS NO STRANGER TO MAJOR TORNADOES. THEY HAD A SIMILAR 1 IN 1976 THAT DEVASTATED BUSINESSES. THIS TIME AROUND, THE GOAL IS THE SAME REBUILD AND CONTINUE TO GROW AS THE CITY BEGINS TO BUILD NEW HOMES, DUPLEXES AND APARTMENTS. I THINK WERE GOING TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE FOR PEOPLE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO BE BACK TO OUR POPULATION, AND THEN GROWING SO ITLL BE EXCITING BECAUSE WEVE BEEN WANTING TO GROW FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS. THERES STILL A LONG ROAD AHEAD, BUT TONIGHT THE CITYS HUB IS BACK UP AND RUNNING. COME BACK AND ENJOY YOURSELF. AND GET BACK TO WHERE WE WERE SIX MONTHS AGO. REPORTING FROM MINDEN EDDIE METZEL KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN. AND COMING BACK STRONGER THAT COMMUNITY VISION SESSION IS JUST GETTING UNDERWAY. THERE WILL BE CUTTING A RIBBON FOR MINDEN BOWL, AND ANY RESIDENTS WH