Military

A historic promotion ceremony is taking place today in St. Paul.

The Minnesota National Guard has sent out notifications over to 500 soldiers who could be called to active duty for an overseas deployment in the fall of next year.

On this beautiful sunny day let us not forget, that 73 years ago, thousands of brave young men were landing along a 50-mile stretch of beach in Normandy, France, to secure our continued freedom. This was the beginning of the largest seaborne invasion in history and would eventually wrest control of Northern Europe from the Nazis and lead to an Allied victory on the Western Front known as D-Day or

The Vietnam Veterans of America are holding a town hall meeting in Faribault on Saturday, April 22, to discuss Agent Orange exposure during the Vietnam War. Maynard Kaderlik of Montgomery is the national chairman of the VVA effort to get the word to veterans and their families and will be on our KDHL AM Minnesota program Monday morning, April 10, at 9:30AM...

Rice County Correctional Officer Steve Tuma attended today's Rice County Board of Commissioners meeting to be recognized for his upcoming military deployment to Cuba. Tuma is going to Cuba for a one-year military activation at Guantanamo Bay for a security deployment...

Steve Groening presents the KOBK news for January-February 1917. On topic are the celebrations surrounding the return of Steele County’s Company I from Mexico, a report on the absentee rate at rural schools, and the fate of a proposed packing plant intended for Owatonna...

Country music has a longstanding tradition of supporting the troops, but these stars took it to another level.

Closing ceremonies were held Monday for the Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall on the Rice County Fairgrounds in Faribault. Vietnam veteran Wayne Staab of Faribault served in the U.S. Marine Corps. The sergeant served 13 months in Vietnam and was wounded in combat...

A good-sized crowd came out Wednesday to welcome the Traveling Vietnam Wall to Owatonna on its way to a weekend on display in Faribault. A sea of bikes and classic cars, many with American flags flying, already was in evidence on the Steele County Fairgrounds by 1PM Wednesday afternoon...

I swelled with pride as I stood across from the Rice County Veterans Memorial on Wednesday to watch the escort of the Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall arriving in Faribault. The street was lined with scores of people waving flags and the number of vehicles escorting the Wall was incredible...