Amid problems with the federal college financial aid application in recent months, the number of Red Wing students who have completed an application for the 2024-25 school year has dropped.
Albert "Ken" Axelson, a World War II combat medic, turned 21 on April 2, 1945 the same day he was liberated from a Nazi prisoner of war camp in the waning months of World War II. The two anniversaries have been intertwined ever since.