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    November 7, 2017
    Patrick Nickle of Cottage Grove served in Afghanistan in 2009 with the Army Reserve. Nickle's year-long deployment is the subject of "A Soldier's Journey" by Justin Atkinson, a government producer at the South Washington County Telecommunications Commission. Submitted photo courtesy of Patrick Nickle
    A soldier's journey: Cottage Grove officer, veteran shares story in new cable documentary
    Army veteran Patrick Nickle didn't have a story to tell. He had dozens. For documentary maker Justin Atkinson, it was a matter of finding the...
    lifestyle/familyNovember 7, 2017 - 1:06pm
    January 29, 2010
    Navy Reserve Cmdr. Greg Schlichting, of Woodbury, is surrounded by Afghan locals while conducting an engineering survey for a new bridge and road during his deployment, which ended last fall. Schlichting has been sharing stories from his experience in Afghanistan with Woodbury-area organizations and churches. (Submitted photo)
    A story of service in Afghanistan
    Greg Schlichting has a story to tell - and 6,000 photographs to illustrate it. Schlichting, an assistant Woodbury fire chief and Navy Reserve...
    newsJanuary 29, 2010 - 8:37am
    January 8, 2010
    Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota discusses Afghan military action Thursday while Emily Gaarder of the University of Minnesota Duluth and Command Sergeant Major Scott Mills of the Minnesota National Guard listen. (Bulletin photo by Don Davis)
    Franken hears that military overly emphasized in Afghanistan
    ST. PAUL -- U.S. Sen. Al Franken will return to Washington with some new thoughts about the American involvement in Afghanistan. One is that...
    newsJanuary 8, 2010 - 9:16am
    December 2, 2009
    Effect of Obama's plan on ND, MN Guard troops unclear
    FARGO, N.D. - Sgt.
    newsDecember 2, 2009 - 9:19am
    August 31, 2009
    From left, A Touch of Home member Linda Lehrke, John Kriesel and his sons Elijah and Broden, and volunteers Marie Medin and Mary Petersen are shown at the mid-summer fundraiser for A Touch of Home. (Submitted photo)
    Kriesel, sons visit troop fundraiser
    Cottage Grove resident John Kriesel and his sons, Elijah and Broden, stopped by for brats at the mid-summer fundraiser sponsored by A Touch of...
    lifestyleAugust 31, 2009 - 8:07am
    July 22, 2009
    Rosemount grad injured in Afghanistan dies
    Ben Kopp was born a fighter, but late last week he found a fight he couldn't win. The 2006 Rosemount High School graduate died Saturday, just over a week after he was injured during fighting in Afghanistan. Jill Stephenson, Ben's mother, announced her son's death in a message Saturday...
    newsJuly 22, 2009 - 8:17am
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