Fort Snelling News

A group called the Historical Reenactment Society reenacted an ambush for onlookers attending the Minnesota Military Expo held at Fort Snelling.

The Vintage Band Festival , August 1-4, will be the highlight of the summer as it welcomes re-enactment bands from across the United States and abroad to dust off their horns and old sheet music and bring music to life - in all its glory - from days gone by.

Today's Scoops for Troops 5K run and ice cream social in Eagan will raise money for college funds for the children of military members killed in action.

While there was plenty of pomp and circumstance Saturday during a change of command ceremony for U.S. Army Reserve's 367th Engineer Battalion, the event was more family affair than public spectacle.

A picture snapped by an amateur photographer in Minnesota of a bald eagle perched on the gravestone of a World War II veteran quickly went viral and ended up in Ralph Ziegler's email inbox.