Hometown Heroes

Leonard Luft was in the military for 12 years with multiple deployments. He has been a law enforcement officer with Charles City Police Department for 22 years and counting. Over […]

Jay Strande is originally from Devils Lake, ND and served his country in the military for nearly 35 years with 4 deployments. Jay retired in 2019. He continues to work […]

Officer Elizabeth (Betsy) Miller is a 2009 graduate of Moorhead High School. In March of 2009, Elizabeth joined the 119th Wing North Dakota Air National Guard, “The Happy Hooligans” [...]

Dustin Draeger is the next SCHEELS Hometown Hero hailing from Hayfield, Minnesota! He met his wife Samantha while in the military and he has been deployed 4 times over his […]

David Pearcy was in the military for 22 years as an air traffic controller. Today he works full time at the Rapid City airport as an air traffic controller AND […]

Master Sergeant (MSG) Robert T. (Tim) Haugen’s military career began when he enlisted into the Army as a 91B, Combat Medic in 1974; Tim retired from the Minnesota Army National […]