Marshall County Board of Supervisors: the Veteran Memorial, the IACVSO seat, the claims-software contract and the commission appointments

The board. The board meets Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m. at the Courthouse, 1st floor meeting room; the February 25, 2026 minutes' roll lists "Chair Jarret Heil, Vice Chair Carol Hibbs, Member Christian Goodman". The supervisors' Agendas & Minutes index posts each meeting's agenda and minutes as PDF; the window's 118 files of 2025 and 2026 were downloaded and read whole. The veteran items, in order: the March 26, 2025 minutes - the "Proposed 2024-2025 Marshall County Budget Amendment" list carrying "#21 - Veteran Affairs 1,820,830 2,049,628" and "Veteran Memorial Dedication Announcement - Invitation for Veteran Memorial Dedicated, 10 am, Saturday March 29"; the July 30, 2025 minutes - the resolution designating county voting representatives, among them "Iowa Association of County Commissioners and Veterans Service Officers, Inc.: Kevin Huseboe"; the August 13, 2025 minutes - "Kevin Huseboe, Marshall County Veterans Affairs Director, stated that this is an agreement with Tyler Technologies, which is the company that bought out VetraSpec, and is the software used to process veteran claims" (the Tyler End User Agreement, November 3, 2025 through November 2, 2026); the September 24, 2025 minutes - "to appoint Herschel Edwards, representing the Army, to fill Commissioner Kessler's vacancy ... Kevin Huseboe ... introduced Edwards to the Board Of Supervisors and Edwards provided a history of his employment and experience"; the December 31, 2025 minutes - "Veterans Affairs Commission Reappointments: Chair David Streets, Term Date January 1, 2026 Through December 31, 2028. Bob Grimes, Term Date January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2027. Herschel Edwards, Term Date Jan[uary]"; the January 2, 2026 organization meeting - "Veterans' Affairs Board [assigned to] Jarret"; and the January 28, 2026 minutes - "Service Awards: ... 5 Years: Shari Coughenour, Veterans Affairs, County Veterans Service Officer ... Kevin Huseboe, Veterans Affairs Director, thanked Shari Coughenour for her years of service." The November 19, 2025 minutes carry "#21 - Veteran Affairs" again among the FY2026-27 budget funds, and the April 22, 2026 minutes carry it a third time. The memorial. The office's Veteran Memorial page: "Marshall County Veteran Memorial honors the freedoms veterans have fought to establish and preserve throughout our country's 250-year history. The idea ... started in the early fall of 2023 at a Veterans Affairs Commission meeting. The Board of Supervisors Chair Jarret Heil suggested locating the memorial on the southwest corner of the Courthouse Square. This idea progressed with the addition of a design team: Kevin Huseboe, Mike Hanken, Deb Millizer, Randy Kessler, and Vic Hellberg. Fundraising for the memorial began in November 2023. Four months later, all the funds were raised! McCall Monument in Newton, Iowa, ordered the granite and eventually completed the benches and engravings. Scout, the eagle atop the granite column, was carved overseas. The center post was done in South Dakota. The groundbreaking ceremony was held April 11, 2024, with the three Commissioners (Grimes, Streets, Kessler), IVH Commandant Todd Jacobus, Jarret Heil, chair of the Board of Supervisors, and the Design Team turning the dirt. The community provided a lot of private fundraising. The Martha Ellen Tye Foundation and Marshall County met the Martha Ellen Tye Foundation challenge grant and provided the site. Con-Struct and CTI Ready Mix were more than generous and provided the grading, concrete, and pad free of cost. McCall Monument also provided many of their services at a reduced cost. The Dedication ... was held on Saturday morning, March 25, 2025. The First Memorial was held on May 25, 2026, which also included several veterans receiving Quilts of Valor." (The page's own date, "March 25", and the minutes' "Saturday March 29" disagree; March 29, 2025 was the Saturday.)