AM 1240 WJON » memorial http://wjon.com Mon, 20 May 2013 02:38:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Martin Luther King Memorial Partially Created By Cold Spring Company http://wjon.com/martin-luther-king-memorial-partially-created-by-cold-spring-company/ http://wjon.com/martin-luther-king-memorial-partially-created-by-cold-spring-company/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:33:20 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=27908 The new memorial dedicated to Martin Luther King junior has a connection to Central Minnesota. Cold Spring Granite Company played a key role in the construction of the memorial for King.

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Brent and Chris Olson, of White Bear Lake, were on a section that didn't collapse in 2007

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]]> http://wjon.com/survivors-await-35w-bridge-collapse-memorial/feed/ 0 Memorial To 35W Bridge Victims Starts Taking Shape http://wjon.com/memorial-to-35w-bridge-victims-starts-taking-shape/ http://wjon.com/memorial-to-35w-bridge-victims-starts-taking-shape/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 11:45:47 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=15041 The memorial to victims of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse is starting to take shape at a Minneapolis park along the Mississippi River. Mayor R.T. Rybak and the architect of the so-called Remembrance Garden planned to showcase the construction Thursday.

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]]> http://wjon.com/memorial-to-35w-bridge-victims-starts-taking-shape/feed/ 0 Image Courtesy of Memorial Architects Memorial to Honor Fallen Marine Draws Many http://wjon.com/memorial-to-honor-fallen-marine-draws-many/ http://wjon.com/memorial-to-honor-fallen-marine-draws-many/#comments Sat, 01 Jan 2011 21:53:42 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=3600 21-year-old Marine Corporal Sean Osterman was honored in a service this afternoon at the Atonement Lutheran Church in St. Cloud.

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