(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry Branstad has ordered all flags in Iowa be flown at half-staff from 5 p.m. on Friday, June 27, 2014, until 8 a.m. on Monday, June 30, 2014, in honor of Marine Corps Corporal Adam F. Wolff, 25, of Ottumwa, Iowa. Cpl. Wolff was killed following an attack with an improvised […]
“Hollywood in the Heartland” explores history of Iowa and Iowans in the movies Tom Arnold appearance, film series and related programming (DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds were joined at their regular weekly press conference today by Department of Cultural Affairs Director Mary Cownie to announce a blockbuster exhibition, […]
DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today commented on the Iowa Crops and Weather report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service. The report is released weekly from April through October. “With just sporadic rainfall last week crop planting proceeded quickly and now both corn and soybean planting progress is slightly […]
Plan will attract veterans to Iowa and match them with quality, high-paying jobs (DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad, joined by Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, today signed the Home Base Iowa Act into law at the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa. In addition, Branstad signed Senate File […]
The Adjutant General of Iowa, Maj. Gen. Tim Orr, cordially invites you to Camp Dodge for The Adjutant General’s Summer Concert Series at the historic Camp Dodge pool complex, 7105 NW 70th Ave., Johnston. The Tony Valdez Large Band opens the concert series on Thursday, May 22 with their signature Latin/Rock sound. The concert series, […]
Iowa will honor its Vietnam Veterans at the 2014 Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day Ceremony to be held Wednesday, May 7th, 2014, beginning at 11:00 a.m. at the Iowa Vietnam Memorial, located on the south side of the State Capitol in Des Moines. Mr. Robert Myers, President and CEO of Casey’s will be the guest speaker. […]
(DES MOINES) – Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds is joining nearly 40 of her colleagues in asking President Obama to support the U.S. National Guard on the eve of an important congressional hearing. National Guard Bureau Chief General Frank Grass is scheduled to testify to the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for Defense on the proposed reductions […]
(DES MOINES) – Tuesday, the Iowa House debated Senate File 2347 which funds the state’s education budget. This bill contains funding for Iowa’s community colleges, state universities, and the Iowa Tuition Grant, amongst other things. Rep. Guy Vander Linden (R-Oskaloosa) supported the bill which included the funding necessary to freeze tuition for in-state students at […]
More than 70 years after completing his 89th fighter escort mission, 1st Lt. Class Louis L. Longman is returning home to Iowa. Longman, a 26-year old Clinton, Iowa native serving with the 433rd Fighter Squadron, 475th Fighter Group, 5th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Corps, was last seen April 16, 1944 as his unit returned […]
(DES MOINES) – Reps. Matt Windschitl (R-Missouri Valley), Sandy Salmon (R-Janesville), Stan Gustafson (R-Cumming), Guy Vander Linden (R-Oskaloosa), and Quentin Stanerson (R-Center Point) welcomed Sergeant Bob Barnett, a Marine Veteran from WWII, to the capitol. Barnett is one of the last survivors of the battle of Iwo Jima and was recognized in the House on […]
