Christmas for Vets: More veterans honored each year with wreaths on their graves in the Pequot Lakes area
This year, volunteers placed 414 wreaths on veterans graves in eight area cemeteries and they hope to add three more cemeteries in the future Written By: Nancy Vogt | ×
Lesa McQuaid (left), who recently moved to Pequot Lakes from California, checks a list as her niece, Cassidy Chaney, and sister, Melissa Chaney, both of Nisswa, hang a wreath on veteran Floyd W. Nickel s grave Saturday, Dec. 5, in the Pequot Lakes City Cemetery. Nancy Vogt / Echo Journal
This holiday season, 414 green evergreen wreaths with bright red bows adorn veterans’ graves in eight Pequot Lakes area cemeteries, all because one local woman believed all veterans should be honored as her husband is.
Updated: 4:14 PM EST December 16, 2020
A car crashed into a pole around 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
The crash occurred on Main Street in Jenkins Township in Luzerne County.
According to officials, the pole is severed off.
The person driving refused medical treatment.
The crash s cause is due to the weather.
There is no word on any injuries sustained or road closures at this time.