In annual address, Guard’s leader honors Iowa soldiers killed in Syria

Iowa National Guard Major General Stephen Osborn used this year’s “Condition of the Guard” speech to explain why Iowa Guardsmen are deployed to Syria and to honor the two Iowa soldiers killed there a month ago. “Even in this time of sorrow, we have witnessed something powerful,” Osborn said this morning, “the strength, unity, and […]

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Char Beekmann, 88, Pocathotas

Char Beekmann, age 88, of Pocahontas, passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2026, at the Pocahontas Community Hospital in Pocahontas, Iowa.

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