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Despite the death and devastation left by a lethal EF4 tornado that tore through Greenfield in May, the city will still serve as the Day 3 meeting town for RAGBRAI on July 23, as announced in April, officials with the ride and Greenfield's RAGBRAI committee said Tuesday. “After careful consideration and many conversations with local officials and partners, we have decided to welcome the RAGBRAI community on this year’s ride,” Gina School, RAGBRAI Greenfield committee co-chair and a local business owner, said in a news release. The May 21 tornado, with winds of 175-185 mph, killed four people as it churned through the city of 2,000. It also left a woman dead after smashing her car north of Corning, about 35 miles southwest. As a ragbrai meeting town, Greenfield will play a key role among the seven cities through which the 20,000-plus riders will pass en route from Atlantic to Winterset July 23. It's at Greenfield, roughly the midpoint on the day's 82-mile journey, that teams and indi...

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