Gold Star Family Receives Life-Changing Gift Through Service Dogs
Jillian Hinton’s face lights up with a wide smile as Kylo, a two-year-old black lab, playfully saunters over to her desk, resting his face on her lap as Hinton begins a recent Zoom call. Kylo is the first service dog to be placed with a Gold Star family through Dogs Inc., which trains highly skilled […]
POW Gets a Pair of Jump Boots, the Best Gift a WWII Vet Could Want
ROCHESTER, Minn. — For Albert “Ken” Axelson, April 2 has always been a very special day. Axelson, a World War II combat medic, turned 21 on the same day he was liberated from a Nazi prisoner of war camp in 1945 in the waning months of the war. The two anniversaries have been intertwined ever […]