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Retiring regional DNR wildlife manager John Williams says challenges lie ahead

Northwest Minnesota escaped the worst of the storm, records show, but parts of the state got pummeled with more than 3 feet of snow. That was their introduction to Minnesota, recalls John Williams, who retired this week as Northwest Region 1 wildlife manager for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in Bemidji. RELATED STORIES: “I …

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Residents at Napa Valley retirement community use virtual reality to take vacations during the COVID-19 pandemic

NAPA, Calif. (KGO) — When Frank Diaz was hired as at the Watermark in Napa, he expected a typical job doing tech support at a retirement community. “I mainly thought it was going to be phone problems, connecting printers, setting up their TVs,” recalled Diaz, who was hired during the pandemic. The shutdown in the …

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Retired Brigadier General to lead Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – A retired Brigadier General will serve at the head of the Sunflower State’s Commission on Veterans Affairs. Kansas Governor Laura Kelly says retired Brigadier General William Turner, of Manhattan, will be the new Director of the Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs Office. “Through his distinguished military service here in Kansas and …

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Memorial service to honor retired war dog » Albuquerque Journal

………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal Hugo was a war dog, an Air Force working canine who served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, and assisted in several Secret Service missions. Hugo, an Air Force working dog who served …

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