MILITARY

Veterans, military families form anti-amendment group

ST. PAUL — A group of military veterans and family members plans to fight a proposal to define marriage in the Minnesota Constitution that effectively bans gay marriages.

By Don Davis , September 25, 2012

Fair visitors take a break to thank military

FALCON HEIGHTS — Fair-goers stopped chomping their pronto pups, union members paused their chats with visitors and people left exhibits and food booths.

By Don Davis , August 28, 2012

Fulda family aims to get more help for reintegrating soldiers

FULDA — Sheri Johnson has a stack of military documents more than two inches thick that belonged to her son, Trever Gould. She found them in his room after he committed suicide June 21, approximately two years after separating from the U.S. Army.

June 29, 2012

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Red Bulls reunite in Luverne for happy homecoming

LUVERNE — As soon as the sirens on the fleet of Luverne and Pipestone Fire Department trucks began to sound the arrival of soldiers in the Alpha Battery of the 1-125th Field Artillery Sunday morning, family members gathered outside the Luverne Armory began to cheer, wave flags and signs and grow a little misty-eyed knowing their loved ones were finally coming home.

By Julie Buntjer , May 06, 2012

Marine surprises fiancee at Avalon School (with video)

WORTHINGTON — All week long, Samantha Mejia’s instructors and classmates at Avalon School of Cosmetology in Worthington were preparing her for a big surprise.

By Beth Rickers , February 03, 2012

Dayton administration wants to expand military education aid

ST. PAUL — Older Minnesota veterans need education help, like those just returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, so the Dayton administration proposes expanding a program to include them, too.

By Don Davis , November 10, 2011

Play embracing returning military to be presented

SLAYTON — The Plum Creek Library System is sponsoring a CLIMB Theatre presentation of “Return to Honor,” a play about the challenges of post-deployment life.

April 14, 2011

Military recruiters told to accept gay applicants

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The military is accepting openly gay recruits for the first time in the nation's history, even as it tries in the courts to slow the movement to abolish its "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

By ANNE FLAHERTY and JULIE WATSON, Associated Press Writer , October 19, 2010

Cookies needed to send to soldiers in honor of Pfc. Clark

NEW LONDON, Minn. — More chocolate chip cookies, disposable plastic food containers, cardboard boxes with lids and someone with a vehicle big enough to haul several thousand cookies from New London to Minneapolis are needed this weekend to help get those cookies to soldiers in Afghanistan.

By West Central Tribune , October 15, 2010

Funeral set for New London soldier killed in Afghanistan

October 11, 2010

Minnesota soldier killed in Afghanistan

NEW LONDON – Ryane Clark, a solider who was a native of here, was killed Monday in Afghanistan, according to a family member and New London-Spicer school officials.

By Forum Communications Co. report , October 05, 2010

Bousema joined family tradition of military service

SANBORN, Iowa — Like many men of the greatest generation, Bill Bousema isn’t one to brag about his service during World War II. Like many men of the greatest generation, he doesn’t need to.

August 11, 2010

Vietnam influenced retiring Shellito

ST. PAUL — Larry Shellito returned from Vietnam in the early 1970s to a country that did not welcome soldiers.

By Don Davis , June 09, 2010

Photo Gallery: Honor Flight Mail Call

Veterans on the inaugural Southwest Minnesota Honor Flight received letters and notes of thanks from area students.

By Daily Globe , May 14, 2010