PIERRE, (KCCR) — Hughes County Commissioners discussed the operation of the Veterans Service Office Monday night. The office in Pierre also serves veterans in Stanley and Sully Counties. V-S-O Janet Beck says her office needs regular hours and an assistant to keep up…
Beck told Commissioners she severs over 1500 veterans in Hughes County; 205 in Stanley and 66 in Sully County. The office is currently open 20 hours a week and Beck had contact 413 veterans from September through November. Beck can work up to 30 hours but says an extra person would help keep up..
Commission chair Connie Hohn says she went to the state office of Veterans Affairs and discovered Hughes County on average is dealing with three claims a week and that the counties vets are being served…
The Commission took no action to alter operations of the Veterans Service Office.
