Top Story Spotlight An unplanned path: Isaac Anderson went from the military to UNK TYLER ELLYSON UNK COMMUNICATIONS Dec 27, 2025 Dec 27, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Isaac Anderson was a troublemaker, “the kid parents told their children to stay away from.”kAmw6 ?6G6C 6IA64E65 E@ 36 DE2?5:?8 2E 2 A@5:F> C6AC6D6?E:?8 >@C6 E92? b__ DEF56?ED 8C25F2E:?8 7C@> E96 &?:G6CD:EJ @7 }63C2D<2 2E z62C?6J]k^AmkAmqFE p?56CD@? 5:5 E92E =2DE uC:52J 2E &}z’D 4@>>6?46>6?E 46C6>@?J[ H96C6 96 8C25F2E65 H:E9 9@?@CD 2?5 62C?65 2 32496=@C’D 568C66 :? 3FD:?6DD 25>:?:DEC2E:@? H:E9 6>A92D6D :? 244@F?E:?8 2?5 7:?2?46]k^AmkAm“w6’D 2 A6CD@? 2 =@E @7 A6@A=6 42? C6=2E6 E@ 2?5 =62C? 7C@>[” D2:5 sFDE:? u2G:?86C[ D6?:@C 5:C64E@C @7 42C66C 56G6=@A>6?E 2?5 8C25F2E6 AC@8C2>D :? 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