Fort Snelling News

When Darlene Bolinger was a senior in Owatonna back in May 1944, she skipped school one day, but with good reason.

A A A John Sikorski called it one of the most beautiful memorials in Washington, D.C. Sikorski was talking about the National World War II Memorial, and he has a personal connection to the memorial.

Stewart W. Peterson, age 86 of Waseca died on Monday, October 19, 2009 at his residence in Waseca.

  MINNEAPOLIS -- A Minnesota National Guard soldier who died of noncombat injuries in Iraq last week was found with a gunshot wound to the head, the military said Tuesday in a statement that did little to clear up the mystery surrounding his death.

A Minnesota National Guard soldier who died of noncombat injuries in Iraq last week was found with a gunshot wound to the head, the military said Tuesday in a statement that did little to clear up the mystery surrounding his death.

The Stanley Area Historical Society honored World War II veterans this weekend by holding a public event where vets could talk about their experiences in the war.

Governor Tim Pawlenty has ordered that all U.S. flags and Minnesota flags be flown at half-staff at the Capitol Complex, including state buildings, monuments, and grounds in proximity to and including the Minnesota State Capitol, from sunrise until sunset on Tuesday, September 15, 2009, in honor and remembrance of Staff Sergeant Todd W. Selge.

A funeral service was held Tuesday for a Minnesota soldier killed in Iraq. Todd Selge, a 25-year-old Army staff sergeant who graduated from high school in Burnsville, was killed earlier this month in a vehicle rollover.

Hundreds were at Hosanna Lutheran Church in Lakeville Tuesday afternoon, to celebrate the life of Staff Sergeant Todd Willis Selge.

A funeral service is planned for Tuesday for a Minnesota soldier killed in Iraq.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Todd W. Selge, 25, of Burnsville, Minn., the grandson of Paul and Myrtle Selge and Harold and Doris Patterson, both of Terre Haute, died Sept.

As a young man in 1943 Vernon Hopson left his home in south Texas to pursue the dream of being a fighter pilot.

Left to right, Dr. Mark Dahl, orthopedic surgeon who created the sculpture, Joan Fee, Dr.

The 555th Parachute Infantry Association will hold their annual reunion Sept 8-12 in Bloomington, Minn.

It's the old front that has become the new front, with renewed interest and concern about the war in Afghanistan nearly eight years since it started.

More than 100 members of the 372nd Engineer Brigade said goodbye to family and friends at a deployment ceremony Monday.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Sen. Amy Klobuchar are scheduled to speak at the deployment ceremony for another 130 soldiers from Minnesota.

Fred Rittenbach Jr., 89, Minot and formerly of Butte, died on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009, in a Minot health-care center.

Fred Rittenbach Jr., 89, Minot and formerly of Butte, died on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009, in a Minot health-care center.

Almost every day for three years, prison guards at one of Saddam Hussein's most notorious prisons tortured Sami Alkarim.