A floating museum housed inside an 80-year-old warship is docked for the next several days on the...
Historic D-Day warship docks in eastern Iowa for tours
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Algona stop for American Revolution exhibit that’s traveling the US
A traveling exhibit called "The American Revolution Experience" opens Sunday at the public library...
ROTC cadets will continue to train on UNI’s Cedar Falls campus
The University of Northern Iowa's Army ROTC program has won a reprieve from a shut down order. The...
U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs visits V.A. center in Iowa
The U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs says more needs to be done to improve veterans' health...
Waterloo’s new VA office boasts more space to serve more veterans
A new Veterans Affairs office is opening this week in Waterloo. It promises to offer more room for...
Sioux City leaders urge three governors to lobby for new Iowa Air Guard runway
Community leaders in the Sioux City metro are urging the governors of Iowa, Nebraska and South...
Air Force Thunderbirds headline eastern Iowa air show
Tens of thousands of aviation lovers are expected to line the runways in Davenport for the Quad...
One of only two B-29s still flying lands in Iowa for tours, rides
Residents of Southside Des Moines are hearing an unfamiliar rumble in the skies. It's not...
Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall arrives in central Iowa
What's known as The Wall That Heals is being assembled today in the Story County town of Nevada....
Iowa Congressman Nunn’s bill escalates financial sanctions against Russia
A bill Iowa Congressman Zach Nunn is co-sponsoring would impose new sanctions on Russia as it...
Ernst says key bill has funds for new runway for Sioux City’s 185th
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says the Senate Armed Services Committee has advanced a bill that would...
ROTC programs at 3 Iowa universities shutting down
The Army will be shutting down Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs at the University of...
Hold off fireworks until the 4th to help Iowans with PTSD
Iowans who celebrate Independence Day early with fireworks may be upsetting some of their...
Ceremony marks new road to Iowa’s only national cemetery
A four-year effort to get the road to the Keokuk National Cemetery repaired culminated with a...
Iowa National Guard soldiers train in Louisiana
Nearly 4,000 Iowa Army National Guard soldiers are in the midst of three weeks of rigorous summer...
Grassley questions Army over rumored job cuts at Rock Island Arsenal
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is joining with other lawmakers from Iowa and Illinois in seeking...
New commander for 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City
Iowa National Guard Colonel Adam "Ace" Carlson is the new commander of the 185th Air Refueling...
Goldstar Museum hosting demonstrations on Vietnam war history this weekend
The Iowa Goldstar Military Museum is hosting its fourth annual Vietnam war living history event...
State agency seeks new editorial home for history journal ‘Annals of Iowa’
A history journal that's been produced by the State of Iowa for 163 years must find a new...
Iowa’s Civil War dead will be remembered on this Decoration Day
While Memorial Day was this past Monday, today marks what was once an important, similar holiday...
Soldier talks about deployment at Sioux City Iowa National Guard ceremony
Sioux City was the site of one of the Iowa National Guard sendoff ceremonies on Wednesday....
Two dozen community send-offs set for Iowa National Guard soldiers
The first of 24 community send-off ceremonies for some 1,800 Iowa National Guard soldiers who are...
Goldstar Military Museum marks 40 years of chronicling history of Iowa veterans
The Iowa Goldstar Military Museum at Camp Dodge in Johnston is celebrating its 40th anniversary...
Historian researches unmarked veteran graves
Fifteen Civil War veterans now have gravestones in Des Moines thanks to a group that works on the...
Iowa Guard Adjutant General talks about Memorial Day
The leader of the Iowa National Guard, Major General Stephen Osborn, talked about the meaning of...
Iowa National Guard celebrates the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army
The Iowa National Guard recognized the upcoming 250th birthday of the U.S. Army in a ceremony at...
34-year-old Navy veteran running for Iowa Secretary of State
A Bettendorf native who's a Navy veteran is campaigning to be Iowa's top election official....
Vietnam era jet takes flight over Sioux City on way to makeover
A Vietnam-era military jet flew over Sioux City for the first time in years Wednesday with the...
National Guard shows off new central Iowa Readiness Center
The Iowa National Guard marked the opening of its new readiness center in West Des Moines today...
Latest honor flight for Iowa veterans takes off tomorrow from Fort Dodge
Another group of military veterans from across northern Iowa will fly to Washington, D.C. to see...