Cops, Courts & Fires
Tools, radio stolen and other reports
Tools and a radio were reported stolen from an apartment at 2:49 p.m. Monday at 421 1/2 W. College St. Theft reported Deputies received a ...
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Cops, Courts & Fires
Jury finds Moreno guilty on all counts
After almost 5 1/2 hours of deliberation, a 12-member jury on Wednesday found Ben Vidal Moreno guilty of all five of the charges against him ...
by Sarah Stultz, Tuesday, March 12, 2024 12:14 pm
News
Council updates series of city ordinances
The Albert Lea City Council on Monday approved a series of amended ordinances, as well as a brand new ordinance regulating signs. The first ordinance ...
by Sarah Stultz, Tuesday, March 12, 2024 5:29 am
Cops, Courts & Fires
Moreno testifies Vasquez fired shots at him, was reaching for something when he fired fatal shot
The Albert Lea man on trial for shooting and killing Juan Vasquez Jr. in August 2022 testified Monday he was afraid Vasquez was going to ...
by Sarah Stultz, Monday, March 11, 2024 7:11 pm
Cops, Courts & Fires
State rests case against Moreno; medical examiner testifies about autopsy
Prosecutors rested their case right before noon Monday against the Albert Lea man charged with murder in the death of Juan Vasquez Jr. in August ...
by Sarah Stultz, Monday, March 11, 2024 12:52 pm
Cops, Courts & Fires
Judge denies motion for a mistrial in Moreno case after witness statement
A Freeborn County District Court Judge on Thursday denied a motion for a mistrial from the lawyer for murder suspect Ben Moreno after a witness ...
by Sarah Stultz, Friday, March 8, 2024 5:21 am
Cops, Courts & Fires
Fatal shooting testimony reveals conflicting narratives
Other people at the property south of Albert Lea where Juan Vasquez Jr. was shot and killed testified Thursday in Freeborn County District Court of ...
by Sarah Stultz, Thursday, March 7, 2024 7:48 pm
News
U.S. House passes funding bills with $1M for Albert Lea’s wastewater treatment plant
U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, both D-Minn., announced Thursday the House of Representatives passed legislation that included $1 million in funding for the ...
by Sarah Stultz, Thursday, March 7, 2024 5:26 pm
Cops, Courts & Fires
BCA agents collected evidence of ammunition, guns from death scene south of Albert Lea
Three members of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension who responded after the deadly shooting south of Albert Lea in August 2022 testified Wednesday about ...
by Sarah Stultz, Thursday, March 7, 2024 6:42 am
Cops, Courts & Fires
Testimony begins in murder trial; first responders testify about 911 call, crime scene
First responders testified Wednesday of the 911 call placed after the shooting of Juan Vasquez Jr. in August 2022 and what they found at the ...
by Sarah Stultz, Wednesday, March 6, 2024 8:20 pm
Elections & Campaigns
Nikki Haley will suspend her campaign and leave Donald Trump as the last major Republican candidate
NEW YORK — Nikki Haley will suspend her presidential campaign Wednesday after being soundly defeated across the country on Super Tuesday, according to people familiar ...
by Sarah Stultz, Wednesday, March 6, 2024 8:31 am
Columnists
Sarah Stultz: Who have been Albert Lea’s watchers of the lake?
Every year I’ve worked at the Tribune, I’ve looked forward to receiving the phone call letting us know that the ice is out on Fountain ...
by Sarah Stultz, Tuesday, March 5, 2024 8:45 pm
News
County approves moving forward with consultant for trail
The Freeborn County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved entering into an agreement with consultant HDR Inc. for work to develop the first phase of ...
by Sarah Stultz, Tuesday, March 5, 2024 4:54 pm
News
5 things to do this week: Carnival, soup supper and more
By Ayanna Eckblad 1 St. Casimir’s School carnival This Thursday, St. Casimir’s School in Wells will have a free carnival for children ages 3 ...
by Sarah Stultz, Monday, March 4, 2024 6:08 pm
News
2nd guilty plea in Garfield Avenue garage fire
A second person pleaded guilty Friday in Freeborn County District Court in connection to starting a garage on fire on Garfield Avenue in October. Kolten ...
by Sarah Stultz, Monday, March 4, 2024 11:05 am
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