in my home state of indiana, a town in northern indiana, la porte, abedin -- la porte, indiana, in la porte county, every year on july fourth has their big parade. the streets are filled five, six, seven, eight people deep for two and a half miles long, and every year the parade is led off by the vietnam veterans of la porte county. this happens all over our state. and when the parade starts off, everyone gets out of their chairs, everyone stands up, even those who have challenges and have difficulties, to applaud our men and women who were in vietnam, and for two and a half miles, they get an amazing standing applause the entire way. these vets are our parents, our brothers and sisters, our aunts and uncles, our grandparents, friends, neighbors and the folks who are sitting next to us at church on sunday. our vietnam veterans support and lead our communities as public servants, teachers, lawyers, nurses, business owners, factory workers, bankers. just about anything you can imagine, that's what our vietnam vets are doing to make our country a greater place. they're a generation of veterans who ha

county sheriff's office at 319- 892-6100. evansdale is facing several drug charges. la porte city police say they found meth in his vehicle yesterday morning. police say they later searched jones apartment in evansdale and found meth, marijuana, and drug equipment. he now faces charges of possession of methamphetam ine with intent to deliver, and possession of drug a judge has dismissed a wrongful termination lawsuit from a former superintendent at effigy mounds national monument north of macgregor. phyllis ewing filed the lawsuit after the national park service fired her several years ago. an investigation found that ewing and another person illegally built three million dollars worth of boardwalks, trails, and a maintenance shed. the work damaged the sacred american indian burial grounds along the mississippi river. the iowa hawkeyes are one step closer to smelling roses! yesterday afternoon, the football team started their journey to pasadena, california for the rose bowl. the team, along with athletic admins, boarded their plane at the eastern iowa airport just before tak

county. waterloo police tried to pull over the suspect's car off and drove down i- 380. the suspect eventually drove into a field and ran away near the la porte city exit. police do not believe he is armed and dangerous. pursuit. more than a thousand people packed into the veterans memorial building to hear what republican presidential frontrunner donald trump had to say on saturday. trump's campaign stop in cedar rapids was one of his first visits to republican debate last tuesday. trump talked about immigration, isis, and his coverage in the media. to hear more about his visit, for a full recap. trump is still dominating his competition in national polls - capturing ababt one third of voter support. but in iowa, trump and texas senator ted cruz have nearly split the last 7 polls -- cruz leading in 4, trump the other 3. florida senator marco rubio has been edging into 3rd place in many recent iowa polls, with dr. ben carson just behind him. democratic presidential candidates faced off for their third debate in new hampshire last night. hillary clinton, senator bernie sanders, and former maryland governor- martin o' malley started by focusing