Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A few days before Memorial Day, Joanne Malmstedt sat at a folding table in a parking lot at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, ...

MINNEAPOLIS – Last Memorial Day, wet weather destroyed thousands of flags at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Now, a nonprofit group is trying to replace them, with their work essentially beginning ...

Memorial Day is a powerful reminder of the sacrifices made by those who served. Fort Snelling National Cemetery held a ceremony to honor service members across Minnesota on Monday, with both Governor ...

Beret Leone is a native Minnesotan who joined the WCCO team as a reporter in September 2022 - and she's thrilled be back home in the Twin Cities! Beret grew up in Chaska and graduated from Bethel ...

People gathered on a rainy Memorial Day on Monday at Fort Snelling National Cemetery where around 258,000 veterans and their family members are buried. When it comes to staying informed in Minnesota, ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Several thousand Minnesotans will spend this long holiday weekend placing American flags at 195,000 headstones at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. It's become such a tradition for so ...

Fort Snelling National Cemetery is hallowed ground. Every day, Christian Schwamberger, the cemetery’s grounds and monuments supervisor, takes care of those who served our nation one stone at a time.

MINNEAPOLIS — For Daun and Claire Matzdorff, Memorial Day is a chance to reflect. "You realize how old some of these people were, and you just wonder what their lives were like," Daun said, walking ...

Historic Fort Snelling is a pivotal site in Minnesota's history, offering trails, a museum and a look into the past.

Hundreds marked Memorial Day at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis on Monday as wreaths were laid on the graves of fallen service members. The service, hosted annually by the Department of ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A Memorial Day service at Fort Snelling National Cemetery paid extra tribute to World War II veterans on Monday, as the 80th anniversary of D-Day approaches in June — and as the state ...