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.
Funding from a bipartisan bill to help stabilize local nursing facilities across Minnesota facing financial hardship and to help them recover from the COVID-19 pandemic was delivered on Tuesday, Aug. 1.