Camp Dodge News

Two Ankeny chiropractors sent a message this month to military veterans: We've got your back.

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Posted on Dec 08, 2009 by Rod Boshart . Motorists make their way through Cedar Rapids on Interstate 380 this morning.

Gov. Chet Culver was opening the state's emergency operation center at Camp Dodge to coordinate the state's response to a severe winter storm blowing across the state.

The latest information from The National Weather Service shows Des Moines just on the back edge of the worst part of the storm.

The event commemorated the completion of renovations and an addition made to the facility at 11 E. 23rd St., Spencer.

The Iowa Department of Public Health reports 27 Iowans have died this year from the H1N1 influenza virus.

Furman William Johnson, 89, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Nov. 26, 2009, at Christian Health Care of Nevada.

Johnston residents living in newer parts of the community might want to think about providing maps to family members who will make first-time holiday visits.

Veterans Day honors American service members, past and present. The day was first known as Armistice Day, when on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month the armistice was signed which ended World War I. In the mid 1950s, following World war II and the Korean War, the day of observance became known as Veterans Day.

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.