‘It’s going to change us forever’: Resilient Grinnell rebuilds with grit after tornado

‘It’s going to change us forever’: Resilient Grinnell rebuilds with grit after tornado

Jewel Maier, Grinnell city administrator, had been on the job for three months when a tornado hit the small western Kansas town. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)GRINNELL — “Everything’s gone.” Grinnell City Administrator Jewel Maier is visibly shaken weeks later when she repeats the words her best friend said minutes after a tornado struck this western Kansas town. “She called me, and the first question out of her mouth was ‘Are you OK?’ I immed…