Ely Young of Hermantown Awarded 2025 Mike Colalillo Medal of Honor Scholarship by the St. Louis County Historical Society  The St. Louis County Historical Society is pleased to announce the winner of its 2025 Mike Colalillo Medal of Honor Scholarship. Mr. Young wrote his winning essay about his great aunt, Shirley Hedin (nee, Armstrong), who landed on the cover of LIFE Magazine in 1943 as part of the Women’s Land Army.   Ely Young, a 2023 Hermantown High School graduate , is

Applications can be downloaded from the Mike Colalillo Medal of Honor Scholarship webpage . OPENED: MAY 10, 2025 CLOSED: OCT0BER 20, 2025 2025 Mike Colalillo Medal of Honor Scholarship High school seniors and college students with a physical connection to St. Louis County, Minnesota, are encouraged to apply for the $1,500 Mike Colalillo Medal of Honor Scholarship.  The 2025 application opened up on Saturday, May 10, 2025, and the deadline is Monday, October 20, 2025.