The Iowa Goldstar Military Museum at Camp Dodge is open today and providing a free breakfast to continue what has become a tradition on Memorial Day. Museum curator Mike Vogt says several other things are planned. "Throughout the day, we'll have reenactors in period uniforms representing … [Read more...]
Memorial Day ceremony planned for Iowa Veterans Cemetery
Ceremonies are planned across the state Monday for Memorial Day. Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs spokesman Karl Lettow says they are hosting two pubic events. "Our official state of Iowa Memorial Day ceremony is out at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery. That'll be at 8:30. That's the Veterans … [Read more...]
National Veterans Golden Age Games open in Des Moines this weekend
A competition among veterans from across the country gets underway this Saturday in central Iowa. Local coordinator, Joni Osmundson, says this is the 37th year for the National Veterans Golden Age Games. "It features around 20 sporting competitions for veterans who are aged 55 and older. It's … [Read more...]
Senator Ernst: use Defense Department to cut fentanyl influx
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says she wants to increase the oversight authority of the Department of Defense as a way to stem the flow of fentanyl at its source in Mexico. "The DOD plays a leading role in the nation's counterdrug intelligence and monitoring operations. However, the lack of interagency … [Read more...]
More volunteers needed to help disabled veterans
Memorial Day is less than two weeks away, and while many Iowans talk about supporting the troops and veterans, volunteers are needed year-round at the Disabled American Veterans to help local men and women who served in uniform. John Kleindienst is a U-S Marine Corps veteran and the DAV's … [Read more...]
Springville native attends college graduation 80 years later
An Eastern Iowa native finally got to walk down the aisle in the graduation ceremony at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon this weekend -- eight decades after getting his degree in music. Fred Taylor he wasn’t able to attend his ceremony the first time because he left school to serve during World … [Read more...]
Christening date set for USS Iowa submarine
The U.S. Navy's newest submarine, a three-billion-dollar vessel named for the state of Iowa, will be christened next month in a formal event at the shipyard in Connecticut where it's being built. Tom Hudson, executive director of the USS Iowa's commissioning committee, says the hour-long ceremony … [Read more...]
Welcome ceremony planned Friday for eastern Iowa National Guard members
Nearly 80 members of the Iowa Army National Guard unit based in Iowa City will be welcomed home in a public ceremony Friday. The soldiers from the 209th Medical Company deployed to Poland in July in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve and NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence mission. Soldiers … [Read more...]
Honor Flight set to take off from Fort Dodge
Dozens of Iowa veterans, including a retired sailor who's more than a century old, will take part in this week's special honor flight to Washington, D.C. Ron Newsum, the coordinator for the Brushy Creek Honor Flight, says the veterans will be flying on a chartered jet from the Fort Dodge Regional … [Read more...]
Concentration camp rail car exhibit opens in Sioux City
A museum exhibit featuring a replica of a rail car used to transport Jews to concentration camps during the Holocaust of World War Two opened Wednesday in Sioux City. George Linblade designed the exhibit and said the tough part was finding a railcar. "First of all, you can't get a car that was … [Read more...]