Governor Tim Walz has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff at state and federal buildings in honor of the three National Guard members killed in a helicopter crash.
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.
Steve Groening recounts the big Steele County news events of March-April 1916. Among the highlights are the Citizens Party sweeping Owatonna elections, as well as the city voting to become a wet city after two years dry; Minnesota National Guard Company I preparing for possible mobilization; and Steele and Dodge counties partnering to turn the Rice Lake area into a summer resort...