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McLeod County Veteran Services reports that scholarships are available for spouses of soldiers and veterans.

An annual November can collection drive yielded $830 for McLeod County Veterans Services.

The Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was a defining moment in U.S. history.

So you think cooking Thanksgiving dinner for your family is a lot of work? What if you expected 300 to attend? That is what Daniel Kenney, LeeAnn Karg and dozens of other volunteers preparing and serving today's Community Thanksgiving Fellowship Dinner face. They are shown preparing that meal this morning, Thursday, Nov. 26. The complete dinner, organized for 15 years by the local chapter of the Disabled American Veterans and its Auxiliary, will be served at the Hutchinson Veterans of Foreign War Post 906 today from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., or until the food is gone. The meal is free to anyone in the community, however free-will offerings are welcome.

McLeod and Meeker county veterans living in senior care facilities will be warmer this winter thanks to fleece blankets created by a small group of women in Hutchinson.

It was 53 years later than he had first expected, but today, disabled veteran Virgil Swanson became an official Hutchinson High School alumnus.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty heads up the list of dignitaries who will speak at the official State of Minnesota Veterans Day Program 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov.

Virgil Swanson had planned to graduate from Hutchinson High School with the class of 1956.

More Vietnam veterans will be eligible for health benefits, as the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs continues to recognize lasting effects of Agent Orange.

Construction began last week on an extensive remodeling project for the Hutchinson National Guard Armory.