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Members of the honor guard firing detail stand at attention Monday during the burial of Army National Guard Spc. James Wertish at the St. Aloysius Cemetery in Olivia. Wertish, who was killed July 16 in Iraq, was honored with a rifle salute. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

Olivia soldier remembered as typical teen, dreamed of becoming a police officer

BIRD ISLAND -- Army National Guard Spc. James Wertish was remembered at his funeral Monday morning as a young man who "raised a little hell now and then" but was...

news / local / region Tue, Jul 28, 2009 - 12:00am

Commentary: Welcome home to Wertish of Olivia

U.S. Army National Guard Spc. James Wertish returned home to Olivia Thursday as community members gathered along U.S. Highway 212 in his honor. His family, a military honor guard, and...

opinion / editorials Sat, Jul 25, 2009 - 12:00am

Commentary: Welcome home to Wertish of Olivia

U.S. Army National Guard Spc. James Wertish returned home to Olivia Thursday as community members gathered along U.S. Highway 212 in his honor. His family, a military honor guard, and...

opinion / editorials Sat, Jul 25, 2009 - 12:00am

Patriot Guard member Brian Sams of Redwood Falls clasps an American flag Thursday as he awaits the arrival of the hearse carrying the body of Army Spc. James Wertish through Olivia on Highway 212. Sams, a Patriot Guard member for the past two years said, "It's an honor to stand the flag line for any soldier." Wertish, 20, left, was one of three Minnesotan soldiers who were killed in a rocket attack on their base recently in Basra, Iraq. A fourth soldier, Jabob Benson, 22, of Willmar was injured in the a...

A sobering reminder: Jame Wertish returns home to Olivia

news / local Fri, Jul 24, 2009 - 12:00am

Talk: Submit your comments for the family of Spc. James Wertish of Olivia, who was killed in Iraq on July 16

Submit your comments for the family of Spc. James Wertish of Olivia, who was killed in Iraq on July 16. Click on the link below.

news / region / state Mon, Jul 20, 2009 - 8:22am

Lt. Col. Michael Wickman of the 34th Infantry Division tells reporters Saturday that three Minnesota soldiers died in southern Iraq on Thursday. A fourth was hurt in the attack on a Basra-area base.

Arrest reported in soldiers' deaths

STILLWATER, Minn. - News reports from Iraq detail an arrest in a Thursday attack that killed three Minnesota National Guard soldiers and injured another. The Associated Press reported that the...

news / local / region Sat, Jul 18, 2009 - 1:03pm

Olivia's James Wertish is one of three soldiers killed in Iraq

Updated 7:45 p.m.

news / region Fri, Jul 17, 2009 - 7:33pm

Patriot Guard volunteers honored three area soldiers, two of whom were killed in Iraq, as part of their Remember the Fallen tribute Saturday. The cyclists visited the gravesites of Kyle Miller and Joshua Schmit in Willmar and Ryan Cain near Kandiyohi. Ron and Janet Mackedanz place flowers near Cain's headstone in St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery. Members of the Military Salute Project and volunteers from Bugles Across America and the Patriot Guard plan to visit the gravesites of 80 soldiers in Minnesota a...

Remember the fallen

Patriot Guard volunteers honored three area soldiers, two of whom were killed in Iraq, as part of their Remember the Fallen tribute Saturday. The cyclists visited the gravesites of Kyle...

news / local Mon, Jul 13, 2009 - 12:00am

Members of the Patriot Guard thanked the soldiers of Charlie Battery as they left the deployment program at the Morris Area Elementary School on Saturday. Photo by Morris Sun-Tribune

Guard troops, families honored at deployment ceremony

MORRIS - Supporters filled the Morris Area Elementary gymnasium Saturday for a send-off for local troops headed to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Some 560 soldiers with the Minnesota Army National Guard's...

news / region Mon, Mar 30, 2009 - 2:22am

Communities across the region planning send-off for hundreds of troops deploying to Mideast

MONTEVIDEO -- Gov. Tim Pawlenty will be joining hundreds of citizens from the area as during the upcoming two weekends for send-off events for local troops headed to Operation Iraqi...

news / local / region Fri, Mar 27, 2009 - 12:00am

Coast Guard continues search on Lake Superior for possible ice stranded victim

After searching through the night, the U.S. Coast Guard resumed its search this morning for what might be a person or people on a moving piece of ice about four...

news / state Mon, Feb 23, 2009 - 8:56am

While serving in Kosovo, Superintendent of Schools Mike Funk kept in regular contact with home via the Mac laptop computer now on his office desk. Its video camera allowed him to watch his youngest daughter's first steps from half a world a way. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Kosovo puts school day in perspective

OLIVIA -- Whether it's dealing with upset parents or grumbles from the lunch room, it all seems a lot easier for Mike Funk. He's back in his role as superintendent...

region Mon, Dec 15, 2008 - 12:00am

320 Duluth-based National Guard soldiers to deploy

DULUTH (AP) -- About 320 members of the Minnesota Air National Guard are headed to Iraq again. Guard officials with the Duluth-based 148th Fighter Wing announced the deployment Friday and...

news / nation / world Fri, Sep 05, 2008 - 11:31pm

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