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Responding agencies included the Pope County Sheriff’s Office, Glenwood Fire Department and LifeLink 3 helicopter.
The MN 100 Club is a 50-year-old non-profit organization whose mission is to provide assistance to the families of Minnesota first responders who are killed or critically injured in the line of duty.
Sen. Torrey Westrom says, "(It's) a meaningful way we can show just how much Deputy Owen meant to our community"
The May 15 event is free and open to the public

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Community members and law enforcement officers from across the state of Minnesota and beyond gathered for a final salute to Joshua Owen who was fatally shot answering a domestic abuse call.
Law enforcement and community members pay their respects to slain Pope County Sheriff's Deputy Josh Owen during his funeral at Minnewaska Area High School on Saturday, April 22, 2023, in Glenwood, Minnesota.
This is the first time the Pope County Sheriff's Office has experience a loss of a deputy in the line of duty, the sheriff said.
The public memorial service will begin on Saturday, April 22, at 10:30 a.m. at the Minnewaska High School gymnasium.
A statement by Shannon Owen was read by her husband's cousin at a news conference Thursday at the Pope County Courthouse
Buses will shuttle those looking to attend the funeral from the Fast Global Solutions parking lot, according to a news release from Pope County

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The funeral for Pope County Sheriff's Deputy Josh Owen, killed in the line of duty, will be Saturday at the Minnewaska Area High School in rural Glenwood.
A procession brought the body of Pope County Sheriff's Deputy Josh Owen back to his home community of Glenwood on Monday morning.
It has been reported that Deputy Josh Owen was killed on his 44th birthday.

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