Iowa National Guard Colonel Adam “Ace” Carlson is the new commander of the 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City. Carlson, who is from Lawton, Iowa, enlisted with the 185th in 1999 when it was a fighter wing flying F16s. He returns after serving at the...
The first of 24 community send-off ceremonies for some 1,800 Iowa National Guard soldiers who are deploying to the Middle East starts today. Iowa National Guard Adjutant General Stephen Osborn says the possibility of deployment has changed since he joined the Army in...
The Iowa National Guard recognized the upcoming 250th birthday of the U.S. Army in a ceremony at Camp Dodge in Johnston on Thursday. With a little pomp and circumstance, and cake, soldiers and airmen of the guard gathered to hear Adjutant General Stephen Osborn talk...
A Vietnam-era military jet flew over Sioux City for the first time in years Wednesday with the help of two Iowa National Guard Chinook helicopters. The A-7 jet was moved from the old Martin’s Airfield to the 185th Air National Guard base, where it will be...
A House committee has unanimously approved a bill to set up a state program for psilocybin, also known as “magic mushrooms,” that would be similar to Iowa’s medical marijuana program. Representative John Wills of Spirit Lake, the third ranking...
