OTTAWA – Today marks four years since a deadly EF-3 tornado struck Ottawa and Naplate causing wide-spread damage. The storm system brought ten different tornadic events in an outbreak that began around 4:30 in the afternoon on February 28th of 2017. The largest of the twisters touched down near the LaSalle County Nursing Home and continued its path of destruction through Naplate and the south side of Ottawa. 76-year-old Wayne Tuntland and 31-year-old David Johnson both of Ottawa were killed when a tree was uprooted and fell on them in the 400 block of State Street. A look at Naplate today one year later can be seen here.
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