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The Traveling Wall Faribault group is bringing an 80 percent to scale replica of the Vietnam Memorial to the Rice County Fairgrounds at the end of August, and to support that endeavor, the group is hosting a five-band extravaganza and fundraiser on April 23.

Stationed in the South China Sea, Sonar Technician (Surface) Seaman Shadie Brooks of Owatonna and Sonar Technician (Surface) 2nd Class Darron Thomas from Ohio are assigned to USS Antietam (CG54), which is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, according to a press release that KRFO received...

Home or away, soldiers are always looking out for others.

Don Matejcek of Owatonna reminisces about spending Christmas with, and away from, his family while he was in the military in the mid-1960s. New episodes featuring Rice and Steele county history are posted to the KRFO-AM YouTube channel and krforadio...

The Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall will be coming to Fairbault during Labor Day weekend in 2016, which would be from Wednesday, August 31, until Monday, September 5. A breakfast fundraiser will be taking place on Sunday, December 13, from 8AM until noon at the Faribault American Legion Post #43, 112 Fifth St...

Owatonna's Willow Creek Intermediate School hosted its annual Veterans Day program, with students and members of the public in attendance. After a welcome by staff and student council representatives, the American Legion Post 77 Color Guard entered the gym and presented the flags...

On the eve of Veterans Day, the Better Business Bureau warns veterans to beware of fraudulent schemes. Whether fresh out of the military or long retired, veterans are often the targets of scammers. The BBB shares some tips to protect those who have served our country...

Veterans Day is a day to honor all those who have served in the U.S. military, and the Owatonna community will be doing just that on Wednesday. Willow Creek Intermediate School starts the day with its annual Veterans Day program, which will feature presentations by school staff, students and members of the local American Legion, VFW and VFW Auxiliary posts...

The annual Pheasants for Hospitalized Veterans auction will take place on Saturday, October 10, at the VFW Post 3723 in Owatonna. The silent auction will run from 5-7PM, with the live auction beginning at 7PM. Money raised will go toward providing a meal of pheasant to veterans at 14 hospitals or veteran's homes throughout Minnesota; Fargo, N...

If you're a Marine, former Marine, parent or sibling of a Marine or just plain interested, you're invited to a meeting of the Cannon Valley Marine Corps League. The meetings in Owatonna will occur every other month. Plans are for the meetings in Owatonna to be held the first Wednesday of every other month at the American Legion Club, 137 West Broadway in Owatonna...