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Several sources, including River Falls' American Legion Fletcher Pechacek Post 121, confirm that Ed Miller died Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. The Legion website announces that his funeral takes place 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, at Ezekiel Lutheran Church, 202 S. Second St. with visitation from...

A small news tip to the Journal led to a discovery: The American Legion wants veterans' war stories. Legion Commander Ed Miller and member...

By autumn 1944, German leader Adolf Hitler's options were numbered. The Allies continued their march east toward Berlin. Hitler needed to try something to stop them. His plan turned out to be the last major German offensive of World War II -- and one of the bloodiest. On a cold,...

Bridget Relander cried when she got the phone call from Melissa "Missy" Crayford of Christmas Décor telling Relander that her family had been...

Governor Scott Walker issued an executive order for American flags at state facilities to fly at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Saturday, Dec. 15, to honor Village of Rothchild Fire Chief Steve Fritz, who died Dec. 10, in his home of a suspected heart attack. Fritz had been...

President Obama issued a proclamation for the U.S. Flag to fly at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Friday, December 7, in observance of National...

ELMWOOD--Air Force Airman Brian R. Tolonen graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Tex. Tolonen is the son of Randi Tolonen of Elmwood. He is a 2011 graduate of Elmwood High School.

Free lunch honors veterans To honor veterans and their families, the River Falls Family and Consumer Education Foods II and the Connections high school classes will be hosting a free luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 12, at the American Legion, 710 N. Main St. For...

On Monday, Nov. 12, Meyer Middle School will host its fourth annual Veteran's Day program. Last year Principal Mark Chapin estimated that over 500 citiznes and 600 middle school students came to the event. He's hoping that even more attend this year. With doors opening at 1 p.m.,...

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and first lady Tonette Walker invite family members of Wisconsin's service members -- past and present, here and abroad -- to send a holiday ornament dedicated to their loved one to this year's "Tribute to our Troops" holiday tree. The ornaments will...

Men from the HQ Battery, 1/121 Artillery, 32nd Division, part of the Red Arrow Brigade, gathered at the American Legion on Main Street Saturday afternoon for the 50-year reunion of their activation from the River Falls Armory to Fort Lewis, Wash. in 1961-1962. They commemorated...