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Katie Long-Piper has waited years to see grass growing around her house. Albeit, for mid-January, progress is slow. But for a while, she didn’t think she’d ever see life in her lawn again. What a difference tenacity and good neighbors can make. It took months, but work to replace and revive the dozens of lawns left devastated by debris from an EF3 tornado that struck north Naperville in June ...

On a typical summer day, Joe Zhou’s children would be running barefoot in their grassy Naperville back yard having water gun fights or playing games. But that was before an EF3 tornado struck the area near the Ranchview Drive and 75th Street on the city’s north side in June 2021, putting the yard off limits for any kind of use to ensure no one stepped on the glass, metal and other debris ...

Thanks to the persistence of tireless neighbors -- and $1.5 million in grants -- work has begun to replace dozens of Naperville yards severely damaged by the 2021 tornado that struck parts of the city.

Naperville families who live in the area of Ranchview Drive and 75th Street know to tread carefully, if at all, to avoid the glass, metal and wood embedded in their yards by an EF3 tornado that struck Father’s Day night two years ago. Relief could be on the way soon through $1.5 million in grants from the state of Illinois and city of Naperville that can be use to replace the soil where ...

Nearly two years after Naperville was hit by a devastating tornado, Councilwoman Jennifer Bruzan Taylor is calling on the city to develop short- and long-term natural disaster plans so it can be better prepared for future weather events.

The Naperville City Council is poised to provide a local nonprofit organization with up to $500,000 to assist with yard restoration for homeowners who suffered significant damage from the 2021 tornado.

Kristy Kennedy, co-founder of the Naperville Tornado Relief group, spoke at Tuesdays Naperville City Council meeting to request up to $500,000 in funding to help replace residential yards severely damaged by the 2021 EF-3 tornado.

Dangerous wood, metal and glass shards embedded in the yards of 70 Naperville homes by an EF-3 tornado on June 20, 2021, will be removed and the soil replaced.

Thanks to help from state Rep. Anne Stava-Murray, a group of Naperville residents and a nonprofit group secured $1 million in state funding to help homeowners repair significant yard damage caused by the 2021 EF-3 tornado.

Naperville Tornado Relief organizers are hosting a "Picture with Santa" event to benefit Naperville residents whose yards were severely damaged in last years tornado.