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A "Beyond the Yellow Ribbon" training session was held Tuesday at the Willmar City Auditorium for anyone interested in assisting military members and their families. Steven Glaeser, left, and Jeffrey Gay, both with the Minnesota Military Family Assistance Center in Marshall, manned one the numerous booths set up for the event. For more information about Beyond the Yellow Ribbon ... your Fort Minnesota, visit www.beyondtheyellowribbon.org. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

news / local Wed, Nov 11, 2009 - 12:00am

Program to coordinate assistance for vets, families kicks off Tuesday

When Kammy Nelson's son Jayme was deployed to Iraq in 2007, Nelson witnessed the toll it took on her new daughter-in-law, forced to juggle parenting and work without the aid...

news Wed, Nov 04, 2009 - 12:00am

Vets information event scheduled for Saturday

Local members of the nonprofit Disabled American Veterans will present a veterans information seminar at 10 a.m. Saturday at the American Legion Post #167 in Willmar. The seminar is free...

news / local Tue, Oct 20, 2009 - 12:00am

Ruth Nygaard, 13, of Litchfield, pins a wheelchair bag in preparation for sewing Saturday at the fourth annual Sew-A-Thon. The event was sponsored by the Fabric and Textile Warehouse. About 40 volunteers made wheelchair and walker bags for patients at veterans homes. According to organizer Sue Danielson, the local group made about 200 bags, which are tied to wheelchairs or walkers to hold the belongings of the owners. (Tribune photoby Gretchen Schlosser)

news / local Mon, Sep 28, 2009 - 12:00am

Letter: Thank America's true heroes

I visited Washington, D.C., this summer and was amazed by all I saw. I was very impressed by Lincoln's dedication and sacrifice. At Gettysburg I saw the graves of the...

opinion / letters Fri, Aug 21, 2009 - 12:00am

Volunteers to install flag poles for vets during Week of Action

WILLMAR -- Military veterans, widows of veterans and family members of veterans can have a flag pole installed for free during the annual United Way of West Central Minnesota's Week...

news / local Fri, Aug 07, 2009 - 12:00am

In this undated file photo, Jon Lindstrand works on a wall climbing display featuring a manikin in a Vietnam-era military uniform. The display stood 17½ feet high and was part of a military exhibit Lindstrand and other volunteers create each year to pay tribute to the region's military veterans. The Central Minnesota Veterans Historical Council, a group of area veterans and other community members, is looking to create a military history museum and veterans center to feature Lindstrand's work. Tribune f...

Giving life to the stories of local vets

For the past seven years, Jon Lindstrand and volunteers have spent and entire day before Veteran's Day setting up his massive collection of wartime items for public display at the...

news / local / region Tue, Jul 07, 2009 - 12:00am

Letter: Our misplaced priorities

Do I have this right? Little, if any, mention of our veterans who receive the Medal of Honor. Never any mention of the heroics performed by our soldiers overseas every...

opinion / letters Thu, Jul 02, 2009 - 12:00am

The city of Paynesville is debating an alcohol ordinance for the new shelter built at the Veterans Memorial Park on Lake Koronis. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

Paynesville talks shelter liquor ordinance

PAYNESVILLE -- Local clubs and nonprofit groups may soon be allowed to bring alcohol to Veterans Park on Lake Koronis if they rent the park's new shelter. Mayor Jeff Thompson...

news / region Sat, Jun 20, 2009 - 12:00am

EDC ponders veterans' home proposal

WILLMAR -- Financial assistance might become one of the bargaining chips as the Kandiyohi County and City of Willmar Economic Development Commission continues its push to obtain a veterans' nursing...

news / local Fri, Jun 12, 2009 - 12:00am

"There hasn't been much recognition of Vietnam vets since the war ended. It'll be an opportunity to reminisce," Milt Tollefson, a Vietnam vet stationed in the Mekong Delta in 1969, said of the St. Paul event. Tribune photo by Carolyn Lange

St. Paul event to honor Vietnam vets to have large local turnout

On Saturday, Milt Tollefson will be putting the "closed" sign on the door of his Sunburg business, Tollefson Oil Company. He's taking the day off to ride a bus to...

news / local / region Wed, Jun 10, 2009 - 12:00am

Hats off to Walt Gislason

Hats off to Walt Gislason for his annual free car wash for all veterans.

opinion Fri, Jun 05, 2009 - 12:00am

Letter: Gimse setting the record straight

In response to Rep. Al Juhnke's letter concerning a proposed veterans care facility in Willmar, I need to clarify his facts. In an effort to explain why his proposal was...

opinion / letters Fri, Jun 05, 2009 - 12:00am

Hats off to Boy Scout Troop 565 and Cub Pack 311

Hats off from Boy Scout Troop 565 and Cub Pack 311 of Willmar to everyone who helped set up and take down the chairs at Fairview Cemetery on Memorial Day...

opinion Fri, Jun 05, 2009 - 12:00am

Hats off to Willmar Area Symphonic Orchestra

Hats off to the Willmar Area Symphonic Orchestra musicians from the Willmar area and to the director, Steven Eckblad, who drives in all kinds of weather for the rehearsals for...

opinion Fri, Jun 05, 2009 - 12:00am

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