KIEL, Wis. (AP) - Several hundred residents of a small Wisconsin community gathered Sunday night to pay tribute to a hometown soldier who was one of 13 people killed last week in an assault at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas.

The vigil for Army Staff Sgt. Amy Krueger at Veterans Park in Kiel (KEEL) was lit by the candles many held high in honor of the 29-year-old soldier who enlisted in the service following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Krueger was receiving final training at Fort Hood before her deployment to Afghanistan in December.

Rev. David Mercer of St. Peter's United Church of Christ, which Krueger attended, told the crowd that the young soldier was taken "in a random senseless act of transgression."

About 10 of Krueger's young cousins sang "Amazing Grace" near the end of the vigil, bringing tears to many in the crowd.

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Information from: Herald Times Reporter, http://www.htrnews.com

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STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) - The prosecution of central Wisconsin man accused of killing his estranged girlfriend and two of their children in a gasoline-soaked home continues Monday.

A pretrial conference is set in Portage County Circuit Court for 36-year-old Shane Kettner, who has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree intentional homicide.

Investigators found the bodies of 30-year-old Christine Gollon, 3-year-old Ashley Kettner and 2-year-old Griffin Kettner on April 30 after breaking into the family's barricaded home in Nelsonville. Gollon's mother had called police worried about her welfare.

The coroner said the children were shot in the head and the mother suffered two cuts on her neck and wounds on her wrists.

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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - A Green Bay pastor will find out this week how much money his late mother's silver collection will bring to a homeless shelter.

Rev. Guy Blair donated the items on behalf of a shelter his church runs. He says the items could be worth $50,000, but he'd rather use that wealth to help the chronically homeless.

Dallas-based Heritage Auctions will conduct the auction Tuesday morning.

The 14 items include five silver sugar urns dating back to the 1790s. There are also silver vases, and coffee and tea pots.

They belonged to Blair's mother. Before she died this summer, she agreed with her children that the pieces should be devoted to a meaningful purpose.

The money will benefit the shelter at the St. John's the Evangelist Church.

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The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included several people who shared the same profession as the alleged shooter, a father of three with ties to Laos whose family had a history of military service, a civilian who had returned to work a week after suffering a heart attack, and a psychiatric nurse who arrived at Fort Hood a day before the shooting. Here is a look at the victims.

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Michael Grant Cahill

Cahill, a 62-year-old physician assistant, suffered a heart attack two weeks ago and returned to work at the base as a civilian employee after taking just one week off for recovery, said his daughter Keely Vanacker.

"He survived that. He was getting back on track, and he gets killed by a gunman," Vanacker said, her words bare with shock and disbelief.

Cahill, of Cameron, Texas, helped treat soldiers returning from tours of duty or preparing for deployment. Often, Vanacker said, Cahill would walk young soldiers where they needed to go, just to make sure they got the right treatment.

"He loved his patients, and his patients loved him," said Vanacker, 33, the oldest of Cahill's three adult children. "He just felt his job was important."