St. Croix County Veterans Services and free holiday park admission

St. Croix County’s CVSO office in New Richmond runs volunteer-driver rides to the Minneapolis VA, administers the county’s $10,000 direct relief line, and the parks code admits documented veterans free on Armed Forces Day and Veterans Day.

Also called: CVSO, Phillip Landgraf, New Richmond, 45.86, Minneapolis VA, volunteer driver, Armed Forces Day, Honor Rewards.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

St. Croix County, WICounty

St. Croix County Veterans Services is at 1752 Dorset Lane, New Richmond WI 54017, phone (715) 386-4759, open Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., appointments encouraged. The director is Phillip J. Landgraf - elected second vice chair of the state CVSOs' association in December 2025, due to take its lead role in 2027 - with assistant CVSOs Joe Engesether and Anna Anderson. The aid. The county's "Direct Relief to Indigents" line carries $10,000 for FY2026 (FY2025 actual $9,869), administered inside the CVSO cost center - the 45.86 levy framework in practice - with the three-member commission defined in board rules but its meetings not published. No application form exists; start at the office. The rides are the signature service: volunteer drivers take ambulatory veterans to the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Monday to Friday, booked three to four days ahead at (715) 386-4759, with occasional group trips (The Highground, August 6, 2026). The Honor Rewards discount card is a joint CVSO and register of deeds program; the parks code, chapter 30 section 30.07(A)(2)(g), admits documented veterans free on Armed Forces Day and Veterans Day - the only veteran provision in the code. The register of deeds (Beth Pabst, Suite 1215, Hudson, (715) 386-4652) records discharges free under section 45.05, though the county never says so. The county's own treatment court is drug and alcohol only; no veterans treatment court serves St. Croix County. The Veterans Memorial at the Government Center funds an annual essay scholarship for county graduating seniors.

Thresholds

Thresholds for St. Croix County Veterans Services and free holiday park admission
Gate	Rule
Any veteran or family member	The office assists St. Croix County veterans and their families with claims, relief and rides; the park admission requires documented veteran status on the two holidays. No rating is required.

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Last updated 2026-10-08.

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