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STAFF BLOG EH? PLUS Honor Flight Northland fundraiser Saturday
The All American Club is providing the spaghetti and the Blue Water Big Band is providing the music for a fundraiser on Saturday afternoon. The event, which is to raise money for Honor Flight Northla...
Posted on 5/3/13 at 1:54 PM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Legislative notebook: Dayton backs clean energy
By Don Davis and Danielle Killey Gov. Mark Dayton said Minnesota should move toward cleaner energy and set a goal to eliminate power use from coal-fired plants, he told hundreds gathered at the Capito...
Posted on 4/22/13 at 5:56 PM
STAFF BLOG NEWS TRIBUNE ATTIC 68th anniversary of D-Day
American troops and supply vehicles splash ashore on the French coast during the D-Day invasion, in the wake of long lines of soldiers already moving inland (visible in the distance) on June 6, 1944. ...
Posted on 6/6/12 at 9:33 AM
LIVING IN RETIREMENT Remembering Our Troops during Tax Season
As tax season approaches, I wanted to take a moment to remind you of some unique benefits that are available to the brave men and women serving in our Armed Services. Heroes Earned Retirement Oppor...
Posted on 4/4/12 at 3:32 PM
RURAL REFLECTIONS Fit to Fight
I just got done watching an installment on a television morning show. The title of the piece was Unfit to Fight. It told how a high percentage of America's population does not fit into the mil...
Posted on 3/11/12 at 6:59 AM
Fred Johnson, former Douglas County sheriff, dead at 91 
Longtime Douglas County Sheriff Fred Johnson died April 27 in Sun Lakes, Ariz. He was 91.
By News Tribune staff , May 08, 2013
Prosecution rests case against Duluth nuclear protester
Federal prosecutors rested their case Tuesday in the trial of a Duluth man and two follow nuclear protesters accused of painting slogans and splattering human blood on a Tennessee weapons facility known as the "Fort Knox of uranium."
By Erik Schelzig , May 07, 2013
Former Douglas County sheriff dies at 91 in Arizona
Born and raised in Superior, Fred Johnson was elected Douglas County sheriff in 1968 and served 20 years in the position.
By News Tribune staff , May 07, 2013
Pentagon: Military sex assault reports increase
The troubling trends underscore service members’ continued reluctance to come forward and formally report attacks.
By Donna Cassata , May 07, 2013
Nuclear protester trial under way this week
Jury selection began Monday in the case of a Duluth man and two co-defendants accused of using bolt cutters to cut through fences at a Tennessee national security plant that has had a hand in making, maintaining or dismantling parts of every nuclear weapon in the country’s arsenal.
By Erik Schelzig , May 07, 2013
Israeli airstrikes prompt threats in Syria
Israel rushed to beef up its rocket defenses on its northern border Sunday to shield against possible retaliation after carrying out two airstrikes in Syria over
By Josef Federman , May 06, 2013
Homecoming awaits for a long-missing Bayfield Marine
When the rocket arced up from the Vietnamese jungle and hit the U.S. helicopter, Merlin Raye Allen took the brunt of the blast. He was killed, but in the process he saved his best friend and fellow Marine, Jeff Savelkoul.
By Meg Jones , May 05, 2013
UPDATE: 7 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan
Seven U.S. soldiers and a member of the NATO-led coalition were killed on Saturday in one of the deadliest days for Americans and other foreign troops in Afghanistan in recent months, as the Taliban continued attacks as part of their spring offensive.
By Associated Press report , May 04, 2013
Faces & Names: Hero or not, wounded soldier gives back to other veterans
Brian Saaristo has said he doesn’t consider himself a hero.
May 02, 2013
F-16s from 148th conducting evening training
The Duluth-based 148th Fighter Wing of the Minnesota Air National Guard will conduct nighttime flight training through May 8.
By News Tribune staff , May 01, 2013
Obama: Military action against Syria possible
At a White House news conference, the president also defended the FBI's work in monitoring the activities in recent years of one of the men accused in the deadly bombing at the Boston Marathon two weeks ago.
By Julie Pace , April 30, 2013
Navy officer who provided famous flag on Iwo Jima during WWII dies at age 90
Alan Wood never claimed to be a hero, but he did play a supporting role in one of World War II’s most stirring moments.
By Steve Chawkins , April 28, 2013
Exhibit celebrates Duluth Marine who posthumously received Medal of Honor
During World War II, the United States awarded 464 Medals of Honor, the nation’s highest military honor — and Duluthians received two of them.
By Steve Kuchera , April 27, 2013
Iowa hometown honors Tuskegee Airman Joe Gomer of Duluth with statue
On Wednesday, World War II Tuskegee Airman Joe Gomer watched the projected image of a second statue being unveiled in his hometown of Iowa Falls, Iowa.
By Steve Kuchera , April 25, 2013
Mining companies pay off Iron Range Veterans Memorial debt
A coalition of the state’s taconite producers has donated $50,000 to pay off the remaining debt on the Iron Range Veterans Memorial.
By News Tribune staff , April 23, 2013
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