tornado relief fund News

Residents of Wessington Springs, S.D., affected by a June 18 tornado have until Sept. 13 to submit an application for financial assistance. The Daily Republic reports the Wessington Springs Relief Fund has collected about $170,000. Linda William is the city’s …

A former Joplin, Mo., woman has pleaded guilty to her role in defrauding a relief fund set up to help victims of the May 2011 tornado that devastated the city. Thirty-two-year-old Herlana L. Latham, who now lives in Memphis, Tenn., …