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Owatonna High School graduate and U.S. Army veteran Justin Matejcek will get a unique view of the family farm when he parachutes down to it Saturday, June 11.

Area towns are remembering our fallen veterans. In Owatonna, at 9:30AM Monday, May 30, the American Legion and VFW parade begins on School Street, going south on Elm Avenue to the Four Seasons Center on the Steele County Fairgrounds by 10:30AM for the Memorial Day program...

I am hoping Liz Strofus is smiling in heaven. After it was passed by Congress, President Barack Obama signed on Friday the bill that allows for the ashes of female pilots who served in the air forces in World War II to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery...

This Saturday, May 21, in Armed Forces Day, a day to honor Americans serving in the five U.S. military branches. Over the course of the next couple of days you'll see members of the American Legion Auxiliary handing out bright red crepe paper poppies around town to honor those who have served or are currently serving in the military and the sacrifices they've made to ensure our freedom... Read Mor

Elizabeth "Betty Wall" Strofus was very outspoken about rights for WASPs (Women Air Force Service Pilots). She worked hard to get women recognized as veterans. They flew non-combat missions to free up the male pilots for the combat missions during World War II...

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...

The Town of Randolph worked hard this holiday season, taking donations at the music concerts to purchase basic toiletry supplies and snacks to send to Jesse Johnson and all 200 men in the 10th Mountain Division out of Fort Drum, N.Y., stationed in Afghanistan...

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 Kat Kountry 105 YouTube channel and katkountry105...

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...