Afghanistan

An excerpt from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States . By The Associated Press On the anniversary of the war in Afghanistan: This week marks the eighth anniversary...

LITCHFIELD -- Jonathan Yanney was a good student and baseball player who was well-liked by his teachers and classmates. "He was a happy-go-lucky kid that everybody liked," said Don Forrest,...

A soldier from Litchfield has died in Afghanistan, the U.S. Department of Defense announced today. Pfc. Jonathan C. Yanney, 20, died Aug. 18 in Arghandab of wounds sustained when an...

Most people are united in a show of support for our troops. We see yellow ribbons on trees and on light posts. School children help pack boxes for our troops...

A Grand Rapids woman says her son was among four Americans killed when two U.S. helicopters crashed in northern Iraq. Ruth Windorski of Grand Rapids says she learned Monday that...

A tornado that hit in the early evening hours of July 11, destroying several homes south of Willmar, was the region's top news story in 2008. A criminal vehicular homicide...

One of the chants to come from the Vietnam anti-war movement was the memorable "make love, not war." That sentiment has resurfaced in a different but equally stimulating context, thanks...