Iowa town’s first statue honoring female vets modeled after local hero
GILBERTVILLE, Iowa — The first female commander of Gilbertville’s American Legion post was the perfect model for a new statue that will honor women veterans in the tiny eastern Iowa community, a park...
View ArticleVeterans will get job help through grant
MUSCATINE, Iowa — Homeless and near-homeless veterans in Muscatine and five other counties will receive job training under a grant announced Tuesday by U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa. Goodwill of the...
View ArticleIowa veterans invited to march in June 30 parade
All Iowans who have served in the military are being encouraged to pull their old uniforms out of the attic and march in an upcoming parade in downtown Des Moines. The parade, titled, “A Salute to our...
View ArticleFlags at half-staff for Iowa Vietnam War veteran
DES MOINES, Iowa — Gov. Terry Branstad has ordered flags in Iowa be flown at half-staff from Friday to Monday to honor a Vietnam War airman whose plane was shot down nearly 50 years ago in Laos. Lt....
View ArticleMeditation, fellow vet help Colorado reservist heal
Luke Jensen was in bad shape when Jerry Yellin reached out to him last year. Jensen, a 32-year-old U.S. Army Reserve veteran of the Afghanistan war, was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder....
View ArticleIowa Attorney General seeks ban on telemarketers who lied about being...
A Polk County, Iowa, judge has ordered an Arizona company to stop telemarketing to Iowans after Attorney General Tom Miller alleged in court papers that the company made repeated false claims that the...
View ArticleIowans spruce up holiday with ‘Trees for Troops’
Army veteran Gary Harman will never forget being overseas in 1968 and experiencing a lonely Christmas Day in Heidelberg, Germany. “Christmas Day away was one of the longest days I’ve ever spent,” said...
View ArticleIn Iowa, veterans ID/driver’s license sparks concerns
Rex Eyestone is a Vietnam vet, “there’s sights and sounds that you’ll never forget.” He was excited to hear about a new law that would allow his driver’s license to have a veteran designation on it,...
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