MORRISTOWN, TENN. — Nigel Reid’s feet moved ever so swiftly, as he carried the weight of a 200-pound cross.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana State Department of Agriculture’s (ISDA) Indiana Grown initiative announces today the Indiana Grown Homegrown By Heroes program, which gives Hoosiers a new, tangible way to support local veterans with an agriculture business.

INDIANAPOLIS — Marion County now has a new way to deal with veterans who run into trouble with the law.

The U.S. Justice Department announced last week that Medtronic PLC and affiliated Medtronic companies, Medtronic Inc., Medtronic USA Inc., and Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA Inc., have agreed to pay $4.41 million to the United States to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by making false statements to the U.S. Department of Veterans …read more.

By LINDSAY JANCEK Communications Director, Office of Jackie Walorski In an effort to discuss solutions and reforms in providing health care to our nation’s finest, Rep. Jackie Walorski attended the “Fixing Veterans Health Care” summit today in downtown Washington. The event, sponsored by Concerned Veterans for America, was created to isolate existing challenges to veterans’ …read more.

Lake City Place will host Kosciusko Veterans Service Officer Rich Maron for a free presentation and seminar on VA Benefits. Veterans and widows may be eligible for a pension to help pay for cost of care. Veterans receive $1,759; couples receive $2,085; and widows receive $1,360. The seminar will be held from 5:30 p.m. until …read more.

By KARA BROOKS Indiana Governors Office The Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs has named United States Air Force veteran Laura J. McKee as its state women’s veteran coordinator. Senior Master Sergeant McKee is an Air Force Reservist with the 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom Air Reserve Base. She is an Assistant Chief Inflight Refueler …read more.