Veterans pack Target Field for MACV's Winter Salute
For nine years, MACV and WCCO has been working together to help Veterans find a home for the holidays.
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For nine years, MACV and WCCO has been working together to help Veterans find a home for the holidays.
At almost every home Gopher women's basketball game, you can find Ryan Radunzel and his service dog Peyton courtside at the Barn.
Out of the 1,500 men on his ship, Del Thielke was the only one selected to be aboard the USS Missouri when the peace treaty was signed.
U.S. Army veteran Stephanie Waddell found life after deployment difficult to navigate. It wasn't until she met a representative from the Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans, or MACV, that life got better.
Many who serve deal with issues of anxiety and depression after they return from deployment. Stephanie Waddell found life after deployment difficult to navigate. It wasn't until she met a representative from MACV that life got better, reports Reg Chapman.
Both men were staff sergeants during World War II, both were gunners on B-17s and both their planes were shot down on Feb. 22, 1944.
For many veterans, experiencing a war together creates a special bond, but eight decades after World War II, two veterans are just starting to form their own. WCCO's John Lauritsen shares the story of a friendship 81 years in the making.
A Minnesota man known as a decorated Marine was cashing in illegally.
WCCO stopped by a jam-packed gym of about 900 people for a ceremony honoring veterans at Chaska Middle School West in Chaska, Minnesota.
U.S. Army National Guard Veteran Levi Anderson-Knutson doesn't go far without his black lab, Judy. She's his constant companion and trained service dog through America's Vet Dogs.
From the nation's capital, to communities here at home, Americans are marking Veterans Day. WCCO's Frankie McLister stopped by Chaska Middle School West on Tuesday to see what this day means to them.
In Minnesota, 3M is helping raise the next generation of service dogs through a partnership with America's Vet Dogs.
Hundreds attended the state’s official ceremony in Mankato, while schoolchildren in Chaska held a ceremony of their own.
Recognizing all Tanner Wilde has overcome, Snelling Heating, Cooling and Electrical in St. Paul decided to give him a new furnace, for free.
Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield has a story to get you going on this Monday morning.
At 108, he was the oldest living Merchant Marine in the world.
Some veterans in need of stable, transitional housing will now be able to live in a brand new house in St. Paul.
Every piece of art has a story, as does every artist. And southern Minnesota artist Robert Taliaferro, Jr. has a story that proves, in the most extreme way, that people are complex.
Every piece of art has a story, so does every artist, and southern Minnesota artist Robert E. Taliaferro, Jr. has a story that proves, in the most extreme way, that people are complex.
Hennepin EMS got Rigsby through Soldier's 6, a nonprofit that provides service and therapy dogs to military veterans, first responders and those with PTSD.
Minnesota veterans who served in the Korean War, Vietnam War, and one who served in World War II, took part in an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. on Monday.
The Minneapolis VA Medical Center looks more like an art gallery this week as the 2025 National Veteran Creative Arts Competition Showcase underway.
It's a place for care and healing. WCCO photojournalist Joe Van Ryn and Jeff Wagner take us to the Minneapolis VA Hospital where this week Veterans are using art to cope with what ails them.
Months before thrill-seeking snowboarders and skiers take to Burnsville, Minnesota's Buck Hill, the site played host to a grueling challenge for a good cause.
Months before thrill-seeking snowboarders and skiers take to Burnsville, Minnesota's Buck Hill, the site played host to a grueling challenge for a good cause.
