veterans

I was just reading in the West Central Tribune about Marlyn Marquardt’s proposal to build a veterans cemetery on his property being refused by the Planning Commission in Kandiyohi County. He said he wants to provide a cemetery for veterans who “don’t have a place” to be buried....

On Oct. 25, the Chippewa County Pheasants Forever Chapter and the Two Rivers Chapter of Minnesota Deer Hunters Association in Montevideo co-hosted a veterans hunt at Heartland Hunting Preserve in Granite Falls. There were 43 veterans that attended as well as a large number...

The first 50 Kandiyohi County veterans to call the Veterans Service Office in Willmar will get a free ticket and bus ride to Saturday's Minnesota Twins baseball game. Nearly 30 buses from central Minnesota will be traveling to Target Field as part of the second annual Harmon...

WILLMAR — U.S. Navy Motor Machinist Mate 1st Class John E. Anderson of Willmar fought in the battles of North Africa, Sicily and Italy before giving his life for country at age 24 in the D-Day Invasion of Normandy. Seventy years later, a community and family will remember his sacrifice...

GRANITE FALLS — Veterans struggling with a return to civilian life could get the housing and training they need for a new career on the campus of a Minnesota West Community and Technical College. That is a proposal the Veteran’s Service officer for Yellow Medicine County is pursuing...