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Water Gremlin files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
BY THE NUMBERS • Veterans are at 57% higher risk of suicide than those who haven’t served. • There were 6,146 veteran suicides in 2020. • Over 125,000 veterans have died by suicide since 2001. • Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death in veterans under age 45. • The suicide rate for veterans is more than 50% greater than for non-veteran adults.
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want to be when you grow up?” and he responded, “A Marine.” “I’m 100% certain a lot of it had to do with seeing pictures of my dad in the uniform, him talking about it,” Arcand said. “I mean there’s something appealing about a challenge, they have a certain type of reputation about them.” Arcand enlisted as an
WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP — Citing shutdowns, environmental and regulatory woes, and loss of market share, Water Gremlin has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is working to sell the company. “Chapter 11 will also provide an appropriate forum for definitively resolving pending litigation related to the company’s past use of the solvent TCE in its manufacturing process,” the company said in a press release. That pending litigation involves 95 civil claims served against Water Gremlin last January. The lawsuits accuse the company of causing cancer and other chronic illnesses as a result of its previously documented emission of trichloroethylene (TCE), a chemical it stopped using in 2019. Company President Bradley Hartsell blamed the lawsuits, the result of a “years-long claimant-seeking campaign by one law firm,” for compelling Water Gremlin to file Chapter 11. “It is my belief that the debtors (Water Gremlin Company and WG Holdings Inc.) could have accomplished a restructuring outside of bankruptcy if not for the tort claims (the plaintiffs’ separate wrongful act complaints),”
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Dan Arcand knew he wanted to be in the military, specifically the Marines, at the age of 3.
Local veteran hopes to impact veteran suicide rate BY SHANNON GRANHOLM MANAGING EDITOR
Dan Arcand, of Hugo, is a 20year veteran. As a Marine who was deployed six times, he has been to a lot of funerals. “The reality is that with multiple combat deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan, I’ve lost more friends to suicide than I have to combat,” he said. “My second chapter is trying to make
an impact on the veterans suicide rate.” Arcand, 38, says he knew he wanted to be in the military, specifically the Marines, at the age of 3. His father, Scott Arcand, served in the Marines for three years. Several other family members have also served in the military. He recalled when he was in preschool and his preschool teacher asked him, “What do you
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