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Remains of Iowa native killed in Korean War accounted for and being returned to the state Image of Army Cpl. Eldert J. Beek from the DPAA (KWWL) — Iowa native Eldert Beek, an Army Corporal who was killed during the Korean War, has been accounted for and will be laid to rest in Iowa. Corporal Beek, from Sibley, Iowa, was 20-years-old when he was reportedly killed over 70 years ago in late 1950. His remains were accounted for April 14th, 2020, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA). Scientists from DPAA used anthropological analysis including c...

Apr 13, 2021 Beloved husband and father, Leslie Milton Graham, 95, of Marshalltown, IA passed away Sunday, April 11, 2021, at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at First United Methodist Church in Marshalltown. Visitation will be 9:30 a.m., until the time of the services at the church. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery with military honors provided by the Marshalltown Combined VFW and American Legion Honor Guard. Arrangements are entrusted to Anderson Funeral Homes of Marshalltown. Online condolences may be sent to www....

Former Fairbanks lawmaker Hugh ‘Bud’ Fate dies at 91 Former Republican Alaska lawmaker Hugh “Bud” Fate of Fairbanks died Thursday at age 91. Former Republican Alaska State Representative Hugh “Bud” Fate of Fairbanks. (Photo via the Alaska State Legislature site) Fate, a dentist and U.S. Army veteran, represented the Fairbanks area from 2001-2004 in the state legislature. He also served as president to the University Board of Regents and state Board of Dental Examiners. Fate was an Army Corporal during the Korean War, and was tasked with mapping the Alaska-Canadian Highway du...

Facing 2021: Notes to the Nigerian Left  Facing 2021: Notes to the Nigerian Left  The last paragraph of my last published article for the year 2020, titled “Study notes on state and state failure” (December 22) started with a number of questions to the Nigerian Left. Please note that, our wishes notwithstanding, we do not see or present the Nigerian Left, as of today, as an undifferentiated entity. Rather, we realistically see it as a movement of various segments and fighting vanguards united by a common history of successes and failures as well as commitment, faith and hope.   The qu...

• Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter. Harris’ body was found there on Dec. 19 with a gunshot wound to the head after local firefighters allegedly discovered him in a wooded area off a cul-de-sac during their “annual Santa ride through the township,” according to the Associated Press. "[Harris'] death is a tremendous loss for his loved ones, this division and our nation,” Brigadier Gen. Brett Funck, acting commander for Fort Drum and the 10th Mountai...