By Karen Stokes The Senate voted Tuesday night, August 2nd, to pass a bipartisan legislation to expand health care benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxins during their military … [Read more...]
Yoga Studio Helping Veterans Through Free Weekly Yoga Classes
By Hayley Crandall Everyday Bliss sets out to offer assistance for the community through yoga – but it also works to extend that helping hand to a group in need: veterans. The yoga and … [Read more...]
Support Milwaukee’s Veterans this Holiday Season
Dear Friend, Recently, I helped kick off the 10th annual Holiday drive to benefit benefit returning soldiers receiving care at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center. Please join me in … [Read more...]
Photos of Wisconsin Veterans Still Surfacing
By Jessica McBride An outgoing man who loved playing baseball and is a “missed soul in our family.” That’s how the older sister of Thomas Cottrell, of Milwaukee, describes her brother, who died … [Read more...]
Pvt. Willie Bedford Found: UWM Journalism Student Finds Last Wisconsin Vietnam Photo
By Rachel Maidl Reprinted from www.mediamilwaukee.com For Willie Bedford’s five siblings, his face was a distant memory. They lost their brother 45 years ago in Vietnam. In the decades … [Read more...]
Only One Vietnam Veteran Yet to Be Found in Extensive Search for Photos
By Jessica McBride When Tiffiny Neal heard that a class of UW-Milwaukee journalism students and many others were looking for photos of three Milwaukee men who died in Vietnam, including two who … [Read more...]
Wisconsin Army Guard officer receives national leadership award
Vaughn R. Larson Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs One of the seven National Guard recipients of the Gen. Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award — which recognizes company-grade officers who … [Read more...]
WHEDA and WDVA announce recipients of special round of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits
Two of four winning projects will address needs of WI Veterans Governor Scott Walker, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) and the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs … [Read more...]
Veterans Helping Veterans Building in danger of being lost
Financial help is needed to save facility immediately By Lynda L. Jones The Veteran Men and Women Arm Service, Inc. is currently in danger of losing its facility located at 1105-10 N. 26th … [Read more...]
HUD, VA to provide permanent housing and support to 100 homeless veterans in Wisconsin
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki announced recently that HUD will provide an additional $524,247 to public … [Read more...]