![](https://i0.wp.com/www.masoncountypress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Mason-County-Press-04-19-1972_thumbPage_01.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1)
Today’s winds are reported to be gusting about 39 mph. But, 52 years ago today, about 10:30 p.m., on Wednesday, April 12, 1972, the winds were much stronger as a tornado ripped through Riverton and Eden townships. The Mason County Press was a weekly newspaper that published on Wednesdays, so it was an entire week before the next edition came…