Memorial Day

Monday marked Memorial Day, and with that came the annual Faribault Memorial Day parade through downtown Faribault and program in Central Park.

I hope everyone is enjoying their Memorial Day, but let's not forget why we celebrate this day. The last Monday in the month of May is set aside as a day to honor the men and women who have died while serving in the military. Originating in the years after the Civil War, it was formally recognized as a federal holiday in 1971...

It was nice to see so many people at the Memorial Day program this morning at Central Park in Faribault. Memorial Day is so much more than a three-day weekend. Not that I am opposed to having fun, boating, grilling and families getting together, but sometimes the real meaning of Memorial Day gets lost...

What are your plans for this coming Memorial Day weekend? Perhaps you're going to kick off the unofficial start to summer with family and friends. Or maybe your packing up the family truckster and hitting the road for destinations known or unknown...

Representatives of the Kenyon Memorial Day observances will be on AM Minnesota today. Mike McDonald of the Kenyon Veterans Color Guard will be joined by Memorial Day program chairman Paul Senjem and Marty Budde to give us details about the plans for observances on Memorial Day in Kenyon...

There is not expected to be any total washouts of any day of the holiday weekend, but a chances of thunderstorms is in the forecast every day this weekend. According to the National Weather Service, there is a slight risk that some of the storms today could become severe across Minnesota and far western Wisconsin...

Rice County Central Veterans Association Commander John McDonough and Faribault American Legion Commander Glen Wegner will be on the KDHL AM Minnesota program at 9:30AM. We will get details about next Monday's Memorial Day Program at Central Park...