Old Glory Honor Flight hosts first flight for GWOT veterans By Kris Leonhardt Editor-in-Chief GREEN BAY – The Old Glory Honor Flight will host a first-of-its-kind mission this fall to honor 50 veterans who served during the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). Old Glory Honor Flight Executive Director Diane MacDonald said the time had come …
On Saturday Nov. 12, hundreds gathered at the KI Convention Center to take part in the 10th Annual Veteran Suicide Awareness March, in remembrance of service members who have taken their own life and to raise awareness to the epidemic of suicide among Veterans. Saturday’s routes consisted of two distances, 1.76 miles and 17.6 miles, …
By Press Times StaffASHWAUBENON – A handful of Green Bay Packers players got together at The Turn in the Titletown District on Tuesday afternoon to spend time with a room full of local Veterans. Part of the team’s Salute to Service initiative, the event featured comments from more than a half dozen current and former …
By Josh StalochCORRESPONDENT GREEN BAY – When the World War II Memorial opened in Washington, D.C. in April of 2004, a need was created to get Veterans from across the country, many of whom were in their 80s at the time, to the nation’s capital to experience it. Out of this demand, the National Honor …
By Kat HalfmanStaff Intern BROWN COUNTY – Mandi Mincheski, owner of Moonlit Meadows Performance Horses, LLC in Denmark, said there’s something special about equine therapy. “You have to be in the moment when you’re with horses,” she said. “They don’t care what happened yesterday, and they don’t care how busy you are tomorrow. Everything has …
By Abigail Peterson Pulaski News PULASKI – Pulaski native Mike Maroszek – part of the Maroszek family, known well for its Polka Day presence – recently embarked on a once-in-a-lifetime experience as a passenger on Old Glory Honor Flight 56. Mike joined about 100 other war veterans April 26, on an unforgettable, day-long trip to …
By Heather Graves Correspondent ASHWAUBENON – Since it was chartered in 1893, Elks Lodge 259 in Green Bay has held true to the guiding principle of never forgetting veterans with members doing all they can to show support. Green Bay’s Elks chapter started more than 125 years ago, and is one of 29 lodges in …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent GREEN BAY – The recent funeral for a young veteran who took his own life put a spotlight on veteran suicide. More than 50 members of the veteran and civilian communities turned out to pay their respects to 31-year-old Army veteran Jonathan Whitt at Nicolet Memorial Park Cemetery Friday, Sept. 27. …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and other state officials made a stop Friday, Aug. 24, at Schneider National to announce a $1.9 million marketing plan to attract military personnel and their families transitioning to civilian life to live and work in Wisconsin. “The hope with this campaign is we’re …
