Garfield's Kriebel to run "Ruck" for fallen officers

Mitch Kriebel, U.S. Army master sergeant, originally of Garfield/Belmont, will run a 31-mile trail run in New Auburn, Wis. Saturday with a ruck sack on his back to honor the late Ryan Thompson, the Kittitas police officer killed in the line of duty in March 21, and Cowlitz County deputy Justin DeRosier – a former deputy with the Whitman County Sheriff's office – who was killed on duty April 13.

Kriebel is stationed with the non-commissioned officer academy at Fort McCoy, Wis.

"I would love to run for every fallen officer and first responder; there's just so many," he said.

The sack will weigh...