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    June 29, 2016
    Republican state Reps. David Baker, of Willmar, from left, Tim Miller, of Prinsburg, and Bob Dettmer, of Forest Lake, meet Tuesday with local veterans during a town hall meeting at the American Legion in Willmar. Dettmer is chairman of the Minnesota House Veterans Affairs Division. (TOM CHERVENY | TRIBUNE)
    Veterans claim one legislative victory with pension exemption
    WILLMAR -- Lost amidst all of the talk about the unfinished business of the recent legislative session is one very big accomplishment for veterans....
    news/localJune 29, 2016 - 12:00am
    June 4, 2016
    Secretary of State Steve Simon visits Willmar
    Editor's note: This story has been updated to clarify when absentee voters may deposit their ballot directly. WILLMAR — As the presidential...
    news/localJune 4, 2016 - 12:07am
    May 30, 2016
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    No veteran forgotten - no matter how small the cemetery
    At 7:30 a.m. Memorial Days military veterans were at St. John's Lutheran near Pennock to begin their route through cemeteries in rural Kandiyohi...
    news/localMay 30, 2016 - 4:45pm
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    A solemn tribute on a sunny morning to county veterans
    The annual Memorial Day observance at Fairview Cemetery drew a large crowd in splendid weather and sunshine. Brig. Gen. ret. Dean Johnson gave...
    news/regionMay 30, 2016 - 4:41pm
    May 28, 2016
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    Long lost Sailor back home again
    Memorial Service and burial for Motor Machinist Mate John E. Anderson who died on D-Day off Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. Through the efforts...
    news/stateMay 28, 2016 - 5:10pm
    May 27, 2016
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    100 Flags over Kandiyohi County
    Veterans, spouses and friends of veterans turned out early Friday morning to raise The Colors at the Flags of Honor in Willmar along Business...
    news/localMay 27, 2016 - 4:54pm
    April 26, 2016
    Bahl retiring from St. Cloud VA system
    ST.CLOUD — After 40 years of federal service, Barry Bahl will be retiring as the director of the St. Cloud VA Health Care System. Bahl was appointed director of the Veterans Affairs health care system in 1999. Bahl leads a health care system which covers 27 counties and includes...
    news/businessApril 26, 2016 - 8:21am
    February 10, 2016
    Marv Garbe addresses nearly 100 people at a rally Tuesday afternoon at the American Legion post in Montevideo as Rep. Tim Miller, R-Prinsburg, and Sen. Lyle Koenen, DFL-Clara City, look on. Garbe urged legislators to support a veterans home project in the community. (TOM CHERVENY | TRIBUNE)
    Montevideo launches veterans’ home campaign
    MONTEVIDEO — Montevideo launched its effort to see a veterans’ nursing home built in the community shortly after the state Legislature approved...
    news/localFebruary 10, 2016 - 11:15pm
    January 8, 2016
    Program aids homeless Native American Veterans
    CASS LAKE — Homeless Native American veterans in northern Minnesota in Cass Lake and White Earth will receive help this winter to find housing. The Native American communities have been awarded $302,000 for permanent housing and support services for Native American veterans who...
    news/regionJanuary 8, 2016 - 10:57pm
    Alaska, “The Last Frontier,” offers beautiful scenery, wildlife and much more. It is the hope of author and outdoorsman Bob Erickson of St. Cloud that five regional veterans may experience that frontier in 2016, and that the Veterans to Alaska program become an annual event. (PHOTO COURTESY OF BOB ERICKSON)
    Concert at Willmar’s American Legion tonight to help fund Alaskan trip for area veterans
    In September of last year, Bob Erickson, a St. Cloud-based author, funded an eight-day tour of Alaska for three military veterans from Stearns...
    news/localJanuary 8, 2016 - 3:12pm
    December 6, 2015
    Finished statues by Neil Brodin were placed the last week of October at the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, Texas. The handshake represents the connection between the “young’’ military, represented by the statue on the left, and the “old’’ military, represented by the statue on the right. (Submitted)
    West central Minnesota residents serve as models for bronze art project honoring military service
    LITCHFIELD — Area residents with ties to the military say they are proud to have been models for five bronze statues placed recently at a new...
    newsDecember 6, 2015 - 11:53pm
    November 23, 2015
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    Video: VFW Post 1639 Willmar assembles Thanksgiving Day Meals for Area Veterans
    All the fixings for both breakfast and a turkey dinner were placed in boxes on Saturday for distribution to Kandiyohi County area veterans and...
    life/communityNovember 23, 2015 - 7:24am
    November 18, 2015
    Supporters of a proposed veterans’ nursing home in Montevideo wait in the rain for members of the state senate’s capital investment committee to arrive to tour the proposed site. An estimated 200 plus came to rally for the home Wednesday evening.
    Montevideo rallies for veterans’ home
    MONTEVIDEO — Montevideo offered a hero’s welcome to members of the state Senate’s Capital Investment Committee as they arrived to see where...
    news/regionNovember 18, 2015 - 11:59pm
    November 13, 2015
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    Video: Veterans recognized at Bethesda Heritage Willmar
    The 22 military veterans living at Bethesda Heritage in Willmar were recognized for their service during a Veterans Day program led by Rev. Mike...
    news/localNovember 13, 2015 - 12:00am
    November 11, 2015
    Video: Raising the Stars and Stripes at Flags of Honor in Willmar
    By 7 a.m. on Veterans Day, a record number of volunteers had showed up to raise the American Flag. By 7:30, Wednesday, the Flags were rippling in the morning breeze at the Flags of Honor on Business 71N in Willmar. To view video, click here: Raising the Colors at Flags of Honor...
    milestonesNovember 11, 2015 - 4:41pm
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