Photo: #Steve and Dana Gronau, and their daughter Kyla, were home when a tornado struck their north Minneapolis neighborhood nearly a year ago. The family's house, near the corner of 33rd Street and Irving Avenue N., still needs some repair work as of Thursday, May 10, 2012.
Photo: #Homes at the intersection of Irving Avenue and 33rd Street N. were damaged after a tornado swept through north Minneapolis on Sunday, May 22, 2011.
Photo: #After a tornado swept through north Minneapolis on Sunday, May 22, 2011, some streets like Irving Avenue N. between 33rd and 34th streets were blocked by trees.
Photo: #Homes and trees at the intersection of Irving Avenue and 33rd Street N. were damaged after a tornado swept through north Minneapolis on Sunday, May 22, 2011.
Photo: #The Gronau family home at the corner of 33rd Street and Irving Avenue N. was damaged during last year's tornado that struck north Minneapolis. Repair work remains to be done as of Thursday, May 10, 2012.
Photo: #A home on the 3200 block of Irving Avenue N. remains damaged and without a new roof Thursday, May 10, 2012, nearly one year after a tornado struck this north Minneapolis neighborhood.
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Steve and Dana Gronau, and their daughter Kyla, were home when a tornado struck their north Minneapolis neighborhood nearly a year ago. The family's house, near the corner of 33rd Street and Irving Avenue N., still needs some repair work as of Thursday, May 10, 2012. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson)
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North Minneapolis tornado - one year later

One year after a tornado swept through north Minneapolis, MPR News revisits the neighborhood to see how the recovery was managed, what gaps remain, and look ahead to what's next.

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North Minneapolis tornado - one year later

First person: One family's recovery

by Tom Crann, Minnesota Public Radio
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MINNEAPOLIS — MPR's Tom Crann talks with Dana Gronau, whose home was damaged in last May's tornado.

Dana and her husband Steve's house is a classic, sturdy four-square from the 1920s on the corner of 33rd and Irving — right in the path of the storm.

The Gronaus and their teenage daughter, Kyla, were in the house the afternoon the tornado hit. No one was injured, and their house fared better than one that was demolished across the street. That one has since been rebuilt, but for the Gronaus the work continues.

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