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January 18, 2013
Chippewa veterans' home opens
Wisconsin's third state-run nursing home for veterans was dedicated the afternoon of Jan. 17 in Chippewa Falls. Governor Scott Walker and state Veterans Affairs Secretary John Scocos appeared at the the ceremony. It took a year-and-a-half to build the $20 million facility, which...
health / business / / governmentJanuary 18, 2013 - 10:02am
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January 14, 2013
War stories wanted; local, national efforts run on parallel track
A small news tip to the Journal led to a discovery: The American Legion wants veterans' war stories. Legion Commander Ed Miller and member...
governmentJanuary 14, 2013 - 10:16am
December 28, 2012
Bond set for husband accused of murdering wife
A $1 million cash bond was set the afternoon of Dec. 27 for Benjamin Sebena, the Iraq War veteran accused of killing his wife, Wauwatosa police officer Jennifer Sebena. The 30-year-old Benjamin, of Menomonee Falls, was charged with first-degree intentional homicide. He's due back...
governmentDecember 28, 2012 - 10:18am
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December 21, 2012
WWII POW left for dead, then rescued; he survived, married, moved to River Falls
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,...
newsDecember 21, 2012 - 9:48am
December 20, 2012
Business decorates military family's home
Bridget Relander cried when she got the phone call from Melissa "Missy" Crayford of Christmas Décor telling Relander that her family had been...
business / December 20, 2012 - 9:42am
December 14, 2012
Lowered flag honors fire chief
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...
governmentDecember 14, 2012 - 2:51pm
December 7, 2012
State budget to include more veterans-home nurses
Governor Scott Walker said Thursday, Dec. 6, that his next state budget package will include 25 more full-time nurses at the state Veterans Home in Waupaca County, as well as 58 certified nursing assistants. The Veterans' Affairs Department asked for the additional staffers, after...
government / healthDecember 7, 2012 - 12:15pm
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December 6, 2012
Lowered flags remember Pearl Harbor
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...
government / newsDecember 6, 2012 - 11:15am
November 28, 2012
Brian R. Tolonen
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.
November 28, 2012 - 8:28am
November 9, 2012
Honoring veterans...
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...
news / eventsNovember 9, 2012 - 11:04am
Letter: For Christmas this year, support veterans
The annual Christmas Gift Shop, sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 121 River Falls is being held at Freeman's Drug Store from Nov. 2-27 and is again seeking donations of new items for hospitalized veterans at the Minneapolis VA Hospital to give as gifts to their loved...
opinion / lettersNovember 9, 2012 - 8:35am
November 1, 2012
School program salutes veterans
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.,...
newsNovember 1, 2012 - 10:56am
October 31, 2012
Ornaments requested for troops' tribute tree
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...
governmentOctober 31, 2012 - 12:47pm
October 24, 2012
Area soldiers mark 50 years
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...
October 24, 2012 - 2:43pm
October 18, 2012
Letter: Can't forget these guys
This relates to the National Guard reunion of the 50th anniversary of our service out at Fort Lewis, Wash. I wish to pay honors and respect to some people who are no longer with us. Among them: --Bud Branigan, commander of our local unit, --Enloe brothers (sergeant major and leader...
opinion / lettersOctober 18, 2012 - 8:30am
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