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How to utilize Veteran Affairs’ benefits

By AJ Edwards | February 20, 2013

Everyone that gets out of his or her respected military service always embarks on a very mystical adventure that no one really seems to know much about. That adventure is the grand quest for knowledge about the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) claim...

DeKalb Township will be partnering with Cell Phones for Soldiers
to provide soldiers overseas with prepaid calling cards. Donations
can be dropped off at the DeKalb Township offices, located at 2323
S. Fourth St., near the I-88 tollway.

Support our troops, donate a cell phone

By Thomas Verschelde | August 24, 2011

The DeKalb Township will partner with Cell Phones for Soldiers to help provide soldiers overseas with prepaid calling cards so they can stay in touch with their loved ones.Sarah Merritt, public relations representative for Cell Phones for Soldiers, said...

In Focus: What is the best way to honor the military?

On Wednesday, Staff Sgt. Robert Miller of Wheaton was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for bravery in Afghanistan. His actions two years saved the lives of 22 American and Afghan soldiers. For this week's "In Focus," various Northern Star columnists...