Veterans Outdoors helps veterans

by April Scheinoha, The Times Reporter

Larry Herke was participating in his first goose hunt, and Middle River Veterans Outdoors would make sure it was memorable for him and the disabled veterans he was there to assist.

Herke serves as the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs. He attended the Riley Kuznia Memorial Goose Hunt for Disabled Veterans in Middle River as a volunteer and to see how the MRVO was using two grants it recently received.

MRVO provides hunting and fishing trips to veterans. It recently received a grant from Minnesota veteran license plate proceeds a...