Delta County Veteran Services (Dave Dziewior, Veterans Affairs Director, Escanaba)

The office. The county's Veteran Services page: "VSO: Dave Dziewior. Hours: Monday-Friday 9AM to 4PM by appointment only. Phone: (906) 786-7228. Located in the Delta County Service Center: 2840 College Avenue Suite #2 Escanaba, MI 49829." The county directory lists him as the Veteran Services Office head; since October 2025 his title in the Board's minutes is Veterans Affairs Director, the office having grown under the 2024 millage (see the millage entry) from a single Veteran Service Officer into a department with two VSOs. His own account of the millage win: "This is the first time this county has done something like this since it was officially organized like 160 years ago ... This is a great step in the continuation of our efforts to bring the best possible services and support to all of our county veterans, dependents, and their spouses. Although this will take a little bit of time, it will get us, I think, on track for great things in the future." (WZMQ, November 6, 2024.) The millage. Delta County voters approved a 0.10-mill, five-year Veterans Service Office millage on November 5, 2024 with about 74 percent of the vote - "the first time this county has done something like this since it was officially organized like 160 years ago," Dziewior said - funding "services for veterans and ... a county Veterans Affairs Department" at roughly 150,000 dollars a year, with a second full-time VSO and an administrative assistant the stated priority. A second VSO was in place by February 17, 2026 (see the board's entry). The office's own premises came from an earlier state grant: "We were approved for the grant back in March from the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency" - 71,000 dollars for "office relocation and expansion ... so we could enhance and increase our service to the county veterans" - which moved the office from a single room at the Delta County Airport to the Service Center in 2020 (Daily Press). Where to go. The office is in the Delta County Service Center at 2840 College Avenue, Suite #2, Escanaba, MI 49829; (906) 786-7228; email [email protected] (the Delta Area Chamber's listing). The Escanaba Vet Center (301 North 30th Street, 877-927-8387 after hours) is the readjustment-counseling route, and notes that "transportation is available through the Delta Area Transit Authority (DATA)". The board. Every Michigan county may run veterans affairs under MCL 35.601 to 35.622; see the Michigan entries for the statutory scheme, the Veterans' Trust Fund emergency grants and the county veterans relief fund the millage supplements.