Kenosha County Veterans Services Office is announcing new hours

Kenosha County Veterans Services Office will be open for business during lunch hours starting August 1, 2017. 

Veterans and their families can be seen during lunch hour from noon to 1 p.m. 

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Mental health coverage expanded to veterans with other-than-honorable discharges

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Free admission days, discounts offered for veterans

Free admission days at a variety of entertainment events are available for active military, drilling reservists, veterans and their families.

Except for the Milwaukee County Zoo, the active military/veteran must present a military/VA patient ID card; an Am...

Employment services are available for disabled veterans

For veterans with service-connected disabilities so severe that they cannot immediately consider work, the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) Program offers services to improve their ability to live as independently as possible.

The VR&...

Wills, power of attorney are subject of clinic for veterans

To assist area military veterans and their eligible dependents, the Kenosha County Veterans Services Office is hosting a Wills and Power of Attorney Clinic from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 24, at the Kenosha County Job Center, 8600 Sheridan Road.

The ...

2016 Stand Down for Homeless Veterans & Benefits Fair

Stand Down for Homeless Veterans
& Veterans Informational/Benefits Fair

Hosted by Racine & Kenosha Counties *Open to all Veterans and Spouses
Date: Saturday, October 1st, 2016 Time: 9am to 2pm
Location: The Racine Family YMCA-Lakefro...Read on...

Gulf War Veterans’ Medically Unexplained Illnesses

Gulf War Veterans’ Medically Unexplained Illnesses A prominent condition affecting Gulf War Veterans is a cluster of medically unexplained chronic symptoms that can include fatigue, headaches, joint pain, indigestion, insomnia, dizziness, respiratory diso...Read on...

Veteran’s aid group to open food pantry at Legion post

A Racine-based veteran’s aid organization is opening a new food pantry in Kensoha.

Veterans Outreach of Wisconsin will open a satellite food pantry beginning Thursday, the pantry will be open once a week at the American Legion Post 21, 504-58th St.

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Vets may be eligible for service dog benefits

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced on August 18, 2016 that it is piloting a protocol to implement veterinary health benefits for mobility service dogs approved for Veterans with a chronic impairment that substantially limits mobility associ...Read on...