Organizations hit by derecho tell their survival stories

It was barely covered by national media and federal funds were slow in coming, but Iowans, already battered by a pandemic that brought on a steep economic recession and an abrupt shift in business practices, mostly got right back to work after the country’s third worst natural disaster of 2020.

On Aug. 10, 2020, hurricane-force winds up to 140 mph marauded though a swath of Iowa, including a major portion…