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Traveling Wall fundraiser
Traveling Wall fundraiser
Traveling Wall fundraiser
The Traveling Wall Faribault group is bringing an 80 percent to scale replica of the Vietnam Memorial to the Rice County Fairgrounds at the end of August, and to support that endeavor, the group is hosting a five-band extravaganza and fundraiser on April 23.
Randolph Has a Big Heart
Randolph Has a Big Heart
Randolph Has a Big Heart
The Town of Randolph worked hard this holiday season, taking donations at the music concerts to purchase basic toiletry supplies and snacks to send to Jesse Johnson and all 200 men in the 10th Mountain Division out of Fort Drum, N.Y., stationed in Afghanistan...
A Look Back: Military Christmas
A Look Back: Military Christmas
A Look Back: Military Christmas
Don Matejcek of Owatonna reminisces about spending Christmas with, and away from, his family while he was in the military in the mid-1960s. New episodes featuring Rice and Steele county history are posted to the KDHL YouTube channel and kdhlradio...
AM MN: Traveling Vietnam Wall
AM MN: Traveling Vietnam Wall
AM MN: Traveling Vietnam Wall
Peter Van Sluis stops by the KDHL studio to discuss details about the Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall coming to Faribault Labor Day weekend 2016. A breakfast fundraiser is Sunday at the Faribault American Legion Post #43. The half-size replica of the original memorial in Washington, D...
Better Business Bureau Warns Veterans of Scams
Better Business Bureau Warns Veterans of Scams
Better Business Bureau Warns Veterans of Scams
On the eve of Veterans Day, the Better Business Bureau warns veterans to beware of fraudulent schemes. Whether fresh out of the military or long retired, veterans are often the targets of scammers. The BBB shares some tips to protect those who have served our country...
Church dedicates veterans wall
Church dedicates veterans wall
Church dedicates veterans wall
Gol Lutheran Church in Kenyon invited me to services Sunday to see the dedication of a veterans wall at their church. It's called Gol's Wall of Glory and the dedication service was in a word, fantastic. During the service in the church established in 1864 we sang "O Beautiful for Spacious Skies" and "God Bless America...
Cannon Valley Marine Corps League To Meet In Owatonna
Cannon Valley Marine Corps League To Meet In Owatonna
Cannon Valley Marine Corps League To Meet In Owatonna
If you're a Marine, former Marine, parent or sibling of a Marine or just plain interested, you're invited to a meeting of the Cannon Valley Marine Corps League. The meetings in Owatonna will occur every other month. Plans are for the meetings in Owatonna to be held the first Wednesday of every other month at the American Legion Club, 137 West Broadway in Owatonna...
Vet Receives French Honor
Vet Receives French Honor
Vet Receives French Honor
World War II veteran Arnold Hjermstad has received another honor, this time from France, for his service in the war. On Saturday, June 6, the 71st anniversary of the D-Day invasion of France, Christina Selander Bouzoina, honorary consul of France, presented Hjermstad, of Cannon Falls, with the Legion of Honor, according to Bob and Roslyn Hjermstad, Arnold's son and daughter-in-law...
Osprey Departs Owatonna Airport [VIDEO]
Osprey Departs Owatonna Airport [VIDEO]
Osprey Departs Owatonna Airport [VIDEO]
Refueled and ready to go, the MV-22B Osprey that landed at Owatonna Degner Regional Airport on Tuesday afternoon got held up by a brief thunderstorm Wednesday morning. About 30-40 people, many retired military members, gathered at the airport to watch the Marine aircraft take off...
MV-22B Osprey Lands at Owatonna Airport
MV-22B Osprey Lands at Owatonna Airport
MV-22B Osprey Lands at Owatonna Airport
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey landed at the Owatonna Degner Regional Airport on Tuesday afternoon to refuel and make an overnight stop on its way to its next military base. It will fly out sometime Wednesday. Airport manager Dave Beaver said it's the most expensive plane ever to have landed at the airport...

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