WAR
Book/Documentary of the Month: A Tour of the Rhine
There are many ways to write a book on bridges, let alone do a documentary for a TV program. One can focus on one bridge and its history, but that is more for locals who are closely attached to the ...
Posted on 3/20/13 at 8:48 AM
This is not goodbye
It's amazing how perspective can change. As I drove home last night, I felt like things were different. I met my cousin, Kyle, and his wife, Kayla, in Spencer on Tuesday night. I hadn't seen them fo...
Posted on 3/14/12 at 10:42 AM
Education: Minnesota-style
A couple of years ago, I splurged and bought a year-long pass to the great state parks of Minnesota. I had visions of visiting every one of them if not throughout the state, at least those right here...
Posted on 2/7/12 at 9:05 PM
Dresden Neumarkt: The Medieval Market
Moving on from the markets in the outer portion of Dresden, we come to the Christmas market in Dresdens Neumarkt, one of two major Christmas markets in Dresden's Altstadt. The market is loca...
Posted on 12/23/11 at 7:04 PM
Medical personnel honored to serve veterans
WASHINGTON — Diabetes. Alzheimer’s disease. Knee problems, lung problems and poor vision to boot.October 09, 2010
Memorials and mail call: Day two itinerary features Navy, Air Force, Marine memorials
ARLINGTON, Va. — An unexpected visit to the U.S. Navy Memorial was well appreciated by the nearly 40 former Navy men aboard the second Southwest Minnesota Honor Flight.October 09, 2010
The Bucket List: Mariner checks off four life goals
WASHINGTON — To Madison resident Wilt Gustafson, Washington, D.C., is hardly a novelty.October 09, 2010
Revisiting the Enola Gay
CHANTILLY, Va. — He stared at it intently for several moments, oblivious to his surroundings. And at the time, Bill Bousema’s surroundings were rather interesting.October 09, 2010
Kopp helped camouflage equipment in Rhineland
August 25, 2010
New vet plates unveiled
By Julie Buntjer , August 23, 2010
Video: Pipestone Civil War Days 2010
By Daily Globe , August 17, 2010
Vet prepped subs in Philippines
July 28, 2010
Tending to the boys of war
JACKSON — She dedicated nearly her entire adult life to caring for the ill and the injured, but perhaps nothing had a more profound impact on her than the years she tended to our nation’s men in uniform — the broken, the battered boys of war.
By Julie Buntjer , February 11, 2010
Ketterling fought Japanese in Philippines
LUVERNE — Gilbert Ketterling still has the scars on his legs and a few marks on his back to show where shrapnel scattered and pierced his body 66 years ago.
By Julie Buntjer , January 21, 2010
Pipestone man served in Africa during World War II
PIPESTONE — With the exception of his 42 months in the U.S. Air Force during World War II, 90-year-old Loren Hubner has spent his entire life within a quarter-mile stretch of farmland on the northwest side of Pipestone.
By Julie Buntjer , January 14, 2010
Under attack
WORTHINGTON — One week ago today, Eugene Erlandson walked the halls of The Meadows in Worthington proudly wearing the cap that told his fellow neighbors he was a survivor of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
By Julie Buntjer , December 14, 2009
Defense Department calls up Iowa Guard brigade
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Defense Department has announced the call up of 3,500 soldiers of the Iowa Army National Guard.By Associated Press , October 20, 2009
Column: A renewed focus on the Minnesota War of 1862
That sect with a Mormon root which insists on polygamy has been giving Texas law enforcement officials pains — and — Texas law enforcement officials have been giving the polygamists pains. No harm in that exchange, I think. We must hope no enduring harm is done the 450 children caught in crossfire. In this year of Minnesota’s 150th anniversary, it seems fitting to note the land we occupy also was a land of polygamists in 150 years gone by.By Ray Crippen , June 28, 2008
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