King vets home administrator reinstated

MADISON (AP) - The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs has reinstated the administrator of the state's largest nursing home for veterans, who was fired in August.

Secretary John Scocos reinstated Bill Crowley as commandant of the Wisconsin Veterans Home in King.

Scocos told agency employees the reinstatement was appropriate after the Department of Justice last week declined to press charges against anyone in connection with spending irregularities at the home. However, its report cited miscommunication and confusion at all levels of the agency.

Crowley was fired by then-Acting Secretary Ken Black while Scocos was serving in Iraq. Crowley had complained he learned of his firing in a mass e-mail that went to all staff.