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Trusted veterans service officer leaving after 16 years

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Gross headed to Preston veterans’ cemetery

The reputation of veteran service agencies has suffered in recent years with scandals locally that have spread to the national scene like what’s happened with the Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

One veterans service officer in southern Minnesota, however, hasn’t experienced those types of problems.

Rob Gross of Houston County believes he’s been able to gain the trust of individual vets and their families in 16 years on the job.

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Gross hopes that the advice he gives is the right answer for a veteran, even if it’s not what the vet or his family were looking for.

Gross gives up his Houston County job this week to take on an assignment in neighboring Fillmore County. He’ll be the director of the new veterans’ cemetery being developed at Preston, Minn., where Gross believes 400-500 funerals will take place a year.

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.

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