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DIMOCK — Three months, two surgeries and one serious chainsaw accident later, J.D. Heinrich got medical clearance to go back to work this week.
Heinrich, who lives in Dimock with his wife and their four children, owns Hawkeye Tree and Stump Services, LLC. He said despite some setbacks, the way his accident happened actually turned out to be the best case scenario for the situation, as he narrowly avoided the injury being significantly worse multiple times.
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Maria Koenen likes to be busy.
She doesn’t have trouble staying that way, as a senior at Dakota Wesleyan University double majoring in athletic training and biochemistry, applying to medical school, working part-time as an EMT and firefighter and picking up the occasional shift at a hospital in her hometown.
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Dennis Rucker and Steve Parsons served in Vietnam. But after that service, the veterans’ differing perspectives took them on two paths with little similarity.
Rucker went on to join the Army Reserves and later the National Guard, and he currently works as the veterans services officer for the Yankton Sioux Tribe. Parsons, meanwhile, came home with PTSD and has opted to close the military chapter of his life, for the most part.
What the two have in common is how they’re grateful to see the way public opinion and treatment of Vietnam veterans have transitioned over the years.
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