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    April 13, 2017
    U.S. Marine Corps gunnery Sgt. Dan Navrestad speaks March 31 with officers from different agencies from St. Croix County. He urged officers to consider differently how they approach veterans in crisis. Mike Longaecker/RiverTown Multimedia
    Cop-veteran encounters take center stage at St. Croix County training event
    HUDSON — Ask questions. Be patient. Diffuse. That is how you approach a veteran in crisis, military servicemen told local law enforcement...
    news/regionApril 13, 2017 - 7:49pm
    May 25, 2016
    Memorial services set Monday
    Memorial Day observances are scheduled Monday in the Hudson area at St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery at 9 a.m. and Willow River Cemetery at 10:15....
    life/eventsMay 25, 2016 - 1:40pm
    May 6, 2016
    Roberts resident Dan Jacobs readies an army Blackhawk helicopter in advance of his last military flight last week at Holman Field in St. Paul. (RiverTown Multimedia photo by Mike Longaecker)play button
    'The one you'd want behind the stick'
    ST. PAUL -- Dan Jacobs has war stories, sure. The Roberts resident flew helicopter missions during three deployments overseas, including two...
    news/regionMay 6, 2016 - 8:56am
    April 20, 2016
    The Hudson High School Marching Band has been chosen to represent Wisconsin in the 2016 Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade in Honolulu. The band will be marching in the Pearl Harbor Parade on Dec. 7 as part of the 75th Anniversary of the Pearl Harbor bombing. (Submitted photo)
    Hudson Marching Band will participate in Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade
    The Hudson High School marching band has been chosen to participate in the 2016 Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade in Honolulu, Hawaii. The band will...
    news/educationApril 20, 2016 - 11:11am
    April 7, 2016
    The casket holding the remains of Chief Petty Officer Duff Gordon arrives Wednesday afternoon, March 30, at Willow River Cemetery in Hudson. The sailor was born in Hudson and died aboard the USS Oklahoma in the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (Hudson Star-Observer photos by Randy Hanson)
    A sailor comes home, Duff Gordon laid to rest
    Nobody at the memorial service for Chief Petty Officer Duff Gordon ever met him. There was no photo of him to display. Many -- if not all --...
    life/eventsApril 7, 2016 - 12:13pm
    March 30, 2016
    The casket holding the body of Chief Petty Officer Duff Gordon arrives Wednesday afternoon, March 30, at Willow River Cemetery in Hudson. The sailor was born in Hudson and died aboard the USS Oklahoma in the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (Hudson Star-Observer photo by Randy Hanson)
    USS Oklahoma sailor laid to rest in Willow River Cemetery
    A funeral service for Chief Petty Officer Duff Gordon was held in Hudson on Wednesday, March 30, more than 74 years after he died aboard the...
    news/governmentMarch 30, 2016 - 5:21pm
    January 22, 2016
    Although most who died on the USS Oklahoma were buried as unknowns, they received a marker with their name inscribed on it at the Hawaiian burial site. (Submitted photo)
    New light shed on the life of Duff Gordon
    New information on the life of Duff Gordon was presented to the Star-Observer after last week’s story noting that after almost 75 years after...
    news/regionJanuary 22, 2016 - 2:43pm
    January 13, 2016
    Pearl Harbor remains ID'd as those of Hudson man
    Almost 75 years after the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the remains of five U.S. sailors who perished when their battleship was sunk there have been identified. According to Pentagon source cited by both the Washington Post and Stars and Stripes, one of the sailors has been identified...
    life/healthJanuary 13, 2016 - 1:24pm
    November 18, 2015
    The Hudson VFW/Legion Honor Guard firing squad comprised of Lyle Fridlund, Jay Livermore, Art Feyereisen, Dale Schmidt, Jim Fosse, Karol Strey and Buck Malick. (Star-Observer photo by Mike Longaecker)
    ‘A cause larger than one’s self’
    St. Croix County Veterans Service Director Dale Cotch had a pitch to make during last week’s Veterans Day ceremonies in Hudson. It wasn’t...
    lifeNovember 18, 2015 - 2:09pm
    Military veterans pose for a photograph after a flag-folding ceremony at Red Cedar Canyon Assisted Living on Veterans Day. Front, from left: Cliff Hilden, Donald Fischer, Mickey Majka, Clem Dove, Harold Olson, Herbert Florezke. Back: Lyle Fridlund and Bernie McSorley of Hudson American Legion Post 50, Jim Staples, Bud Lyons, Jim Doyle, Karol Strey of Hudson VFW Post 2115, Jerry Spurgeon and Jerry Peterson.
    Red Cedar Canyon honors veterans with flag-folding ceremony
    Red Cedar Canyon Assisted Living hosted a flag-folding ceremony on Veterans Day in tribute to its residents who served in the military. Retired...
    lifeNovember 18, 2015 - 1:50pm
    November 11, 2015
    Roger Jewitt, who was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Medical Battalion of the Army’s 96th Infantry Division in the Pacific during World War II, displays the Quilt of Valor he received earlier this year at Fort Snelling. (Hudson Star-Observer photos by Chuck Nowlen)
    Blanketed in honor: World War II vets receive 'Quilts of Valor'
    They risked their lives and saved many others’, although sometimes, they didn’t even know it. Without their courage and sacrifice, we’d...
    lifeNovember 11, 2015 - 1:15pm
    November 8, 2015
    Our View: Tuesday is the day to ‘thank a vet’
    If you are reading this editorial — written by a free citizen in a free country — then thank a veteran. Wednesday, Nov. 11, is Veterans Day and we recognize the contributions of our nation’s military veterans — those who served in both war and peace, stateside and abroad. The...
    opinion/editorialsNovember 8, 2015 - 12:20pm
    Veterans Day observed Nov. 11 at government center
    Veterans Day ceremonies are scheduled at the St. Croix County Government Center, 1101 Carmichael Road, Wednesday, Nov. 11, beginning at 11 a.m. Guest...
    life/eventsNovember 8, 2015 - 11:17am
    August 31, 2015
    A visitor locates a specific name on the Moving Wall during its stop in Trimbelle in September 2007. On Sept. 10-14, 2015, the wall will be at Freedom Park in New Richmond. Hudson file photo.
    A welcome home long overdue, Moving Wall ceremony honors Vietnam veterans
    On Sept. 10-14 Freedom Park in New Richmond will host a welcome home long overdue and pay homage to a sacrifice not to be forgotten. Stronger...
    news/regionAugust 31, 2015 - 11:08am
    August 27, 2015
    The Hudson American Legion Honor Guard joined the inspirational ceremony at last week’s Tee It Up for the Troops, performing a gun salute as the ceremony reached its conclusion. (Hudson Star-Observer photos by Chuck Nowlen)
    ’Nice turnout’ boosts first Hudson Tee It Up for the Troops
    Wisconsin’s first Tee It Up for the Troops fundraiser last drew about 60 golfers last week and set the stage for future celebrations with an...
    news/regionAugust 27, 2015 - 9:16am
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