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Lynn Ista and Richard Cady, both of Inver Grove Heights, testified [Friday] in support of legislation designating the Minnesota State Fire Service Memorial pipe band as the state's offici...

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A bevy of local and state officials, including Gov. Mark Dayton, gathered Tuesday afternoon at Inver Hills Community College to induct 11 area cities and the college itself into the natio...

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With the death of Osama bin Laden dominating headlines Sunday night, there might be no more appropriate time than now to thank any veterans in your life — and to remember those who sacr...

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Writing about soldiers and the effects of military deployment stirs up old ghosts for Buffy Sedlachek, a playwright at Climb Theatre in Inver Grove Heights. Sedlachek’s father posthu...

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The wife of an Iraqi War veteran, Lynda Schlukebier remembers the fear and loneliness that accompanied her husband's yearlong deployment to Basra, Iraq. But most of all, she remember...