Byron "Andy" Grande, 84, of Crosslake, died Thursday, August 18, 2011, at the VA Medical Center in Minneapolis. A memorial service is planned for 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 23 at Crosslake Lutheran Church with Pastor Larry Quanbeck...

...mesothelioma. ''The disease has to be caught very early,'' said Dr. Robert Kratzke, a staff physician at the VA Medical Center in Minneapolis and an associate professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota. ''This is a very bad kind of cancer...

...thought about killing himself but thought about his son, then climbed out of the water and drove to the VA Medical Center in Minneapolis. Samples was eventually linked to the robbery by a gun he had purchased. After denying the robbery, Samples...

REMER - Donald Rice, age 71, of Remer, passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2011, at the VA Medical Center in Minneapolis. He was born May 10, 1939, in Walden Township to Sidney and Tillie Rice. Donald is survived by his wife...

BACKUS -- Curtis C. Kenly, 74, Backus, died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2002, at the VA Medical Center in Minneapolis. He was born March 10, 1928, in Tracy to Clarence and May Kenly. He graduated from Tracy High School. After high school graduation...

CROSBY -- Robert Portz, 54, Crosby, died Tuesday, March 11, 2003, at VA Medical Center in Minneapolis. He was born Sept. 27, 1948, in St. Paul to Robert Emmett and Marian Lucille (Rivet) Portz. He was a Navy veteran. He...

MINNEAPOLIS -- William "Bill" Emanuel Osberg Sr., age 85, died Monday, Jan. 3, 2005, at the VA Medical Center in Minneapolis. He succumbed to cancer after a long, courageous battle which started in July of 1969. Funeral services...

PINE RIVER - Richard Tulenchik, of Pine River, passed away Saturday, Dec. 24, 2005, at the VA Medical Center in Minneapolis. Services will be at noon on Wednesday, Dec. 28, at Maple Hill Lutheran Church in rural Pine River...

BACKUS - Charles Thaler, age 57, of Backus, passed away Sunday, July 8, 2007, at the VA Medical Center in Minneapolis. Services will be 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 14, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Backus. Visitation will...

...Nacey, 93-year-old resident of Little Falls, Minn., passed away Thursday, July 12, 2007, at the VA Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minn. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, July 16, at the Shelley Funeral Chapel...