Camp Dodge News

Lt. Jared Gledhill will be guest speaker at the Veterans Day program Wednesday, Nov.

About 50 people participated in discussions about updating the city's comprehensive plan, a blueprint for times to come.

The Mason City based 1133rd is on the last part of its mission. Their current destination is home on Wednesday morning.

If you walk down the 100-yard hall of the new armory at Camp Dodge, you'll see 13 replicas of the U.S. Army's highest medals hanging on the walls.

WATERLOO A call of duty for 3500 soldiers from the Iowa National Guard. Troops are being alerted for potential mobilization to Afghanistan.

About 3,500 Iowa National Guard soldiers from 31 communities are scheduled to be sent to Afghanistan later next year for a deployment that will touch families, employers and many other people statewide, military officials said today.

In one week Shenandoah native Keith Franzen will literally be taking the plunge by rappelling down Chicago's theWit hotel.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy and the Iowa National Guard will conduct a "Post Blast Investigations Course" at Camp Dodge, beginning Monday through Oct.

State officials have failed to learn the lessons of history. By refusing to disclose key information about the H1N1 flu virus, they are making the same mistake the government made during the 1918 pandemic.

The owners do not have to follow the city's subdivision rules as they build in an unincorporated area.

Five Eastern Iowa communities will learn more about flood recovery efforts on Wednesday.

It's been eight years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and Pentagon officials are still relying heavily on the National Guard for overseas combat operations.

State and federal officials will hold a flood forum in Johnston that will be broadcast live to sites in Elkader, Iowa City, Vinton and Waterloo.

The exhibits at the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum, located at Camp Dodge in Johnston, will be unavailable for public viewing from Sept.

The legacy of citizen diplomacy that led farmer Roswell Garst to invite Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to Iowa 50 years ago lives on in many ways, speakers told an international conference in Des Moines today.

The smoked chicken sandwich basket with baked apples and baked beans. Scene: Located in one of the many strip malls along Merle Hay Road in Johnston, Cactus Bob's BBQ Corral has been open about four years.

JOHN ZELLER is writer of Des Moines history and a hopelessly bad dancer. Contact: jzeller@mchsi.com * August 15, 2009 Laws regulating dancing in Des Moines have always seemed to be one step forward and two steps back.

'Are we ready for our returning soldiers? What are we Iowans doing to get ready?' The strong voice of Randy Omvig, father of Joshua Omvig, who took his own life after returning from Iraq, challenged the group at a presentation of 'Another Kind of Valor' community meeting, held July 25 at the National Guard Joint Forces Headquarters at Camp Dodge, ...

The Iowa Army National Guard is using Saylorville Lake to practice aerial firefighting starting Wednesday.

The half-dollar-sized lapel pin and accompanying certificate are pristine, rare and valuable.