Veterans

Native Americans serve in the United States military at a higher rate than any other ethnic group, with 19% serving per capita, compared to a national average of 14%.

Veterans on the Lake is a nonprofit resort in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness featuring accommodations that allow veterans and their families to connect with nature.

Corporal Norris Brenden served in the U.S. Marines in Vietnam. He died in February of 1968 and in doing so saved the lives of many fellow Marines.

A century-old headstone was also replaced in Maple Hill Cemetery to properly recognize Cpl. Norman Kenneth Bawks, a WWI soldier killed in action days before the war ended in 1918.

A bill written by state Rep. Matt Bliss, R-Pennington, would provide authorization for the fifth and final state veterans cemetery in the Bemidji area.

The door from the former Grand Rapids Bus Depot will be dedicated 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, at Hodgins-Berardo Arena in Coleraine. Eight Itasca County Vietnam veterans who were killed or missing in action will be honored.

Erik Flowers, veterans service officer with Crow Wing County, joined the KAXE Morning Show recently to break down how the PACT Act affects local veterans and their families, who could receive benefits for more than 300 conditions presumed to be caused by toxic exposures.

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