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Minn. Man Returns Long Lost Purple Heart Medal
OWATONNA, Minn. (AP) — One might say 20-year-old Kyle Lafontaine couldn’t be more down on his luck. He is homeless, jobless and has a defunct car to boot. While tending to his broken down car on the...
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Vet Who Lost Legs Delivers Purple Heart To MN Soldier
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Jack Zimmerman, a 21-year-old soldier from Cleveland, Minn., received the Purple Heart from someone who is familiar with his experience. Zimmerman lost both his legs last February...
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Injured Wis. Marine Is Awarded Purple Heart
MEDFORD, Wis. (AP) – A Medford Marine who suffered major injuries while saving a colleague has been awarded the Purple Heart. Lance Cpl. Isaac Blunt received the award last week while surrounded by his...
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Family To Receive WWII Soldier’s Lost Purple Heart
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)– Corrado Piccoli’s sisters believed one of their other siblings had his Purple Heart. So it was a shock when a Vermont Army National Guard officer showed up at Mary Piccoli’s door one...
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60 MN Soldiers Welcomed Home, Many With Purple Hearts
ARDEN HILLS (WCCO) — After a year-long deployment to Afghanistan, Minnesota soldiers of the 309th Engineer Company arrived in Arden Hills Friday afternoon to friends and family. Many of them are also...
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Richfield H.S. Grad Killed In Afghanistan
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton has ordered flags flown at half-staff Wednesday for a Richfield High School graduate who was killed in Afghanistan. Army Spec. Kedith L. Jacobs was 21 years old...
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Officer Killed In Line Of Duty Honored In Lake City
LAKE CITY, Minn. (WCCO) — A police officer killed in the line of duty got a special honor Tuesday. Officer Shawn Schneider was shot during a domestic disturbance call on Dec. 19 and died 11 days...
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MN Vet Receives Purple Heart After Suffering Brain Injury
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — A Minnesota veteran who suffered a traumatic brain injury in Iraq now has a Purple Heart. In the past, this type of injury would not have qualified him for that honor but things have...
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26-Year-Old North Branch Veteran Missing
FORT JACKSON, S.C. (WCCO) – A 26-year-old veteran and North Branch-native has been missing from his home near Fort Jackson, S.C. since October 7. Sergeant Robert Larson is an Operation Iraqi Freedom...
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War Vet Earns Purple Heart For Work In Vietnam
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Bloomington native Mike Kirkpatrick was wounded while serving as a hospital medic in Vietnam in 1968. He continued to treat other wounded soldiers even after he was injured by...
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Purple Heart For Ex-Minn. Soldier Wounded In ’06
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A retired Minnesota National Guard soldier is about to receive a Purple Heart, six years after he was wounded in Iraq. Sgt. Jesse Lund of New Ulm is scheduled to receive the...
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Fallen Soldier’s Family Receives Purple Heart On His Behalf
NEW PRAGUE, Minn. (WCCO) – A Minnesota marine from New Prague received one of the military’s highest honors on Tuesday. Lance Cpl. Dale Means, 23, was killed one month ago today, when the vehicle he...
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Vietnam Vet’s Family Presented With Posthumous Purple Heart
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Purple Heart earned more than 45 years ago was finally presented Sunday. Sen. Amy Klobuchar helped present the Purple Heart to the family of Vietnam veteran Stephen Dufeck, who...
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August’s Veteran Of The Month: Louis Goldstein
Louis Goldstein joined the Army Reserves in November of 2002 at the age of 17 while still a junior in High School. He attended St. Cloud State University from September 2005 – December 2009, and...
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Klobuchar Outlines Senior Fraud Protection Effort
U S Senator Amy Klobuchar joined Dave Lee on the WCCO Morning News Thursday to discuss a number of issues. Klobuchar detailed her plan for a Senior Fraud Protection Act, which is an attempt to thwart...
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Wounded Veteran To Get $10K Grant From Minn. Fund
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Purple Heart recipient from Prior Lake will get the 15,000th grant awarded by the Minnesotans’ Military Appreciation Fund. The nonprofit on Friday will honor Spc. Kristopher...
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Local Veteran Receives Purple Heart After 44-Year Delay
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. (WCCO) – A Golden Valley veteran just received a military honor after a decades-long delay. Fred Jenness was a Navy Seabee who was wounded in Vietnam in 1969. On Monday afternoon,...
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Stolen Purple Heart Medal Returned To Grateful Family
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Boxes of junk can often reveal a piece of hidden treasure, but when that treasure turns out to be a war medal for a soldier killed in action, the discovery creates a whole new...
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Donor Gives Purple Heart To ‘Slender Man’ Stabbing Victim
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) – The Waukesha girl who was stabbed 19 times, allegedly by two classmates who thought her death would please a fictional online character, has received a special gift. The...
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Man Honored With Purple Heart 48 Years After Sacrifice
http://media.minneapolis.cbslocal.com/CBSMIN_20150323002244950AA.mp4 NEW HOPE, Minn. (WCCO) — Forty eight years after making the ultimate sacrifice, a Minnesota soldier was honored Sunday for his...
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