Determination runs deep for Minden Mayor Kevin Zimmerman. His small community in Pottawattamie County, about 30 miles outside of the Omaha metro area, took a direct hit from a damaging tornado on April 26, 2024. One man died. Millions of dollars in damage was left in the aftermath.
“We’re rebuilding, we’re coming back just as strong as we ever did, because there’s a lot of houses getting redone,” he said. “There’s gonna be more people moving back in here mid-summer.”
Zimmerman estimated that about 100 of the town’s 600 residents were originally forced to leave due to a lack of housing after the storm…