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GREEN BAY - Green Bay-area residents will be able to return to Memorial Day ceremonies on Monday, a year after the coronavirus pandemic forced veterans groups to cancel events or honor fallen service members virtually.
Volunteers have been busy this week placing flags on veterans graves in cemeteries across the Green Bay area ahead of in-person events scheduled over the course of Monday. A statewide commemoration of the holiday will remain virtual, though.
Memorial Day is a day to remember veterans who have died serving the United States. Its roots go back to Decoration Day, started in the years after the Civil War when soldiers would adorn the graves of soldiers who died in the conflict with flowers. It has been a national holiday since 1971.
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Credit Wisconsin Department of Veteran Affairs
Wisconsin veterans homes would have a $10 million emergency fund they could tap for future emergencies, like a pandemic or natural disaster, under a proposal approved by the Legislature’s budget committee.
The Republican-authored plan approved unanimously Thursday will be included in the state budget the full Legislature will consider this summer.
It must also be signed by Gov. Tony Evers before becoming law.
Republicans say the money would be available for the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs to use at their discretion.
The department is in charge of three veterans homes in the state that is home to about 1,000 people.
Wisconsin veterans homes would get $10 million boost
May 13, 2021 GMT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin veterans homes would have a $10 million emergency fund they could tap for future emergencies, like a pandemic or natural disaster, under a proposal approved Thursday by the Legislature’s budget committee.
The Republican-authored plan will be included in the state budget the full Legislature will consider this summer. It must also be signed by Gov. Tony Evers before becoming law.
Republicans said the money would be available for the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs to use at their discretion. The department is in charge of three veterans homes in the state that is home to about 1,000 people.
Growing a Business in Wisconsin After the Military By Nathan Phelps Wisconsin
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GRAND CHUTE, Wis. The frozen field just north of Green Bay may not look like it now, but it’s wetland.
That’s what it will remain thanks to the work of Ben LaCount and his business partners with Evergreen Consultants, a business specializing in wetland delineation and environmental assessments.
LaCount is an Army veteran who traded his tools surveying artillery emplacements about 20 years ago for civilian surveying, and eventually, environmental work.
“I love my job. It’s helping people, so that’s the satisfaction I get,” he said about his career. “If somebody comes to you, it’s typically going to be a problem they need assistance determining, ’What can I do on this property?’ So we help them through that whole process.”