ROLLINGSTONE, Minn. – Two houses were rendered uninhabitable in the Tuesday evening storm — one of them in the 100 block of Broadway Street near Holy Trinity Church, the other outside of town. No one was injured. A third house took a lightning strike, but a fire crew found no fire. On Highway 248 west of town, a light single-axle cargo trailer at the Mini-Mart convenience store was overturned at the gas pumps. A garage and a barn along Highway 248 were also damaged. Ben Klinger, the Winona County emergency management director, said his first assessment was that a “weak tornado” had passed west-to-east through town. Klinger was back in Rollingstone in the morning with inspectors from the National Weather Service for a detailed assessment. To be determined is whether the county qualifies for federal and state emergency recovery assistance.
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