Iowa astronaut Whitson to join elite group of space-faring honorees (AUDIO)

Iowa native Peggy Whitson will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame this spring, recognizing her near-four decades of work at NASA and her continued career at Axiom Space. Six-time shuttle astronaut Curt Brown is executive director of the Hall of Fame, based at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Brown says Whitson is […]

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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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