by Kay Henderson | Aug 26, 2018 | News, Politics & Government, Top Story
Former Iowa Congressman Leonard Boswell and his wife, Dody, were buried side-by-side on Saturday afternoon in Lamoni. Eighty-four-year-old Leonard Boswell died August 17 after a long battle with a rare form of cancer. His 82-year-old wife, Dody — a retired...
by Kay Henderson | Aug 19, 2018 | News, Politics & Government
The funeral for former Iowa Congressman Leonard Boswell will be held Saturday on the Graceland University Campus in Lamoni. Boswell, a Vietnam veteran who farmed in Davis City after retiring from the military, was a state senator, the Democratic Party’s nominee...
by Kay Henderson | Aug 17, 2018 | News, Politics & Government
Former Iowa Congressman Leonard Boswell, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, died in a Des Moines hospital early this evening at the age of 84. Boswell spent much of his political life representing southern Iowa in the state senate and then in the U.S. House...
by Kay Henderson | Jun 15, 2018 | News, Politics & Government
Democrats and Republicans will hold their state conventions in Des Moines tomorrow. Democrats will gather in downtown Des Moines and Fred Hubbell — the party’s nominee for governor –will reveal who he’s chosen as a running mate. “Of...
by Kay Henderson | Aug 30, 2016 | Military, News, Politics & Government
Former Iowa Congressman Leonard Boswell, a Democrat and Vietnam veteran, was the featured speaker today at the “Veterans Care Fair” Republican Congressman David Young and his staff organized in Des Moines. “There’s two things in my public life...
