Story archive for April 2001

Tuesday, May 1

• Genome could be start of a predetermined future

• ALHS golf girls 2nd at Rochester

• Students help make landscape a little greener

• Recounting school terror

• Abuse is futile, often dangerous, experts say

• School violence

Monday, April 30

• Freedom is ...

• Softball Tigers take 2 of 3

• A taste of Spanish

• New owner excited about Midtown Liquors

• A break on the range

Saturday, April 28

• Editorial: Abuse can be a hidden killer

• Baseball Tigers swept at Owatonna

• Another Wolverines clean sweep

• Tigers prevail at New Prague

• Child's funeral draws more than 150 mourners and supporters

• I-90 resurfacing project begins Tuesday

• Schleicher committed

• Redistricting could affect 2002 races

• Exol fire scare causes evacuation

• Exol Evacuation

• Column: When rivers and floodwaters rise, so does curiosity

Friday, April 27

• Bread for the birds

• Softball Tigers swept by Winona

• ALHS golf boys top Austin

• Tigers let two slip away at Winona

• New N-K superintendent sees bright future

• Police will follow state's lead

• Incubator gets OK in House

• Family's case to be reviewed

• Congratulations to the CVCC

Thursday, April 26

• Editorial: Alcohol can be the most deadly drug

• Panthers stay unbeaten

• Cats, choirs and coachman in Albert Lea this weekend

• Battling crime by volunteering

• New heights in lightweight travel

• Giving blood at ALHS

• Column: The rewards of manipulating an old piano teacher

Wednesday, April 25

• Column: For a confused man, shopping is a baffling ordeal

• Running young

• Schwab's first bill signed into law

• Playground renaissance

• Sitter charged for boy's death

• Suspect charged

• Editorial: A second look at intersection

Tuesday, April 24

• Adding to family togetherness by subtracting TV

• Rebels give Fairmont a run for its money

• ALHS softball team drops two

• Albert Lea golf girls fall at Austin

• Stensrud signs with Cardinals

• A look at area nurseries

• Demand for workers continues; unemployment down

• Developer wants longer TIF term

• Council reverses intersection decision

• The start of the season

Monday, April 23

• Police await autopsy on child

• Tiger tracksters take on the elite

• School gets praise at dedication

• Making newcomers welcome

• Kensett man still missing

• A real barn burner

Saturday, April 21

• So far, so perfect for G-E softball

• Baseball Tigers win a wild one

• Council hopes 'Vault' can key resurgence

• '74 courthouse wing may be an ill building

• Value added soy plant in the works

• City asked to reconsider intersection

• Another Earth Day in the bag

• Editorial: On Earth's day, resolve to help make it better

• Column: When rumors make a mess, is it the media's fault?

Friday, April 20

• Column: Do a film about the Cream Can Bandits!

• Running Rebels second to No. 6 Cougars

• Home sweet home opener

• ALHS tennis boys edged by East

• Rumors pester school, worry parents

• Northwood Doors to double output

• History meeting has people talking

• Game fish population rising

• Woodgrains investigation may be nearing completion

• County to consider bonds for courthouse

• A tense day at school

Thursday, April 19

• Scaled down Solar System

• Column: To some, not much separates flowers from weeds

• Albert Lea boys take steps in the right direction

• ALHS girls take the title at NRHEG

• School open house, gala and more

• Exol co-op members up their output

• To Pluto and back in 2.2 miles

• Half of East Main Street reopens

• Editoial: Gala is an important event

Wednesday, April 18

• Getting ready for the growing season

• Choir told to beware of foot and mouth

• Fairgrounds sewer snafu prompts study

• Expiring grant means funding changes for literacy program

• Alden-Conger, NRHEG improve on tests

• Viewers unhappy with $2 pay raise

Tuesday, April 17

• Bilingual skill can serve Americans well in the world

• Numbers, optimism up for G-E track

• Weather crews gear up for the storm season

• Eight stores fail city-wide underage tobacco sting

• Schleicher to get another mental evaluation

• Raising East Main would be long process

• Macker planning underway

• Wintry walk

Monday, April 16

• Cable office closing is part of centralization

• That dreaded day

• Hacker helps gala action to benefit students

• Taxing times

Saturday, April 14

• And the damage is...

• Local, area golfers tee it up, weather or not

• Thursday declared official ice-out day for Fountain Lake

• Main Street location for Carquest prompts open house celebration

• Single moms join the workforce

• No easy answers

• Column: Ladybugs begin invasion

Friday, April 13

• Editorial: Partial solution on traffic mess

• USC boys rally to win

• After a break, the rain returns

• Obituaries for April 13, 2001:

• High-tech teaching

• Second rape suspect captured

• Music man

• Column: Solving the mystery of WCAL

Thursday, April 12

• Editorial: Skateboarding and tennis can coexist

• ALHS tracksters off and running

• Artist to unveil art wall design

• Builder's house puts sturdy, efficient panels to work

• Konrad's past to be allowed at trial

• Homeowners still behind on gas bills

• Schweigert's fire

• Column: Notoriety gained by refusal to make empty promise

Wednesday, April 11

• City plans to release some cash to CVB

• ALHS netters nipped by Fairmont

• Tigers' Bakke steps aside

• Konrad pleads not guilty

• Bringing down the tower

Tuesday, April 10

• CVB, strapped for cash, asks city for funds

• RCC baseball team drops season-opening doubleheader

• Toulouse nominated for NSIC award

• The lawnmower man

• NRHEG baseball team falls at Faribault

• Skaters get partial use of Channel View courts

• Watching the sky:

• Open jobs are mostly entry level

• Watching the sky

• Parents must shield children, because society won't

Monday, April 9

• Friends team up for cancer research

• Bluegrass fiddlers

• Schwab part of Latino affairs council

Saturday, April 7

• Yannish committed to work force development

• Small towns show mixture of growth, decline over last decade

• Census results surprise local residents

• City halts decline

• Column: Cleveland stadiums a glimpse at what we're missing

• New Residents

• Two in a row

• Albert Lea's 'Mr. Baseball'

Friday, April 6

• Incubator bill could face an unsure road

• Optimism running high for NRHEG girls

• USC track girls have strength in seniors

• Obituaries for April 6, 2001

• Contracts hurting small hog farmers

• Glenville-Emmons will gradually shift students

• Leaders happy with two incubator

• Highways will get makeover

• Soaked ground

• Remembering the versatile talents of a man named Georges

Thursday, April 5

• Private colleges applaud Ventura's student aid plans

• The digital transition

• Hawthorne cleared out after threat

• Learning gun rules

Wednesday, April 4

• The beauty of horses; the aggravation of politicians

• Lake groups can't bypass watershed panel

• Ditch viewers say pay doesn't match market

• County won't choose sides in Chapeau dispute

• Prescott recognized for district's art quality

• Top county job could be filled by August

• Just ducky

Tuesday, April 3

• Sporting a new home

• Skiers say lake may cause ills

• District to demolish Hammer School

• Drug bust could have been bigger

• Mines: A silent problem - unless you step on one

Monday, April 2

• Eaton will take United Way reins

• Sibling sleepover reunites nine sisters

• Spreading faith with rhythms

Sunday, April 1

• Helping Hand

• Charges filed in Albert Lea drug bust

• Nursing homes in crisis

• Hotel owners brace for changes

• Expectations exceeded

• Player of the Year Scrabeck does it all for Alden-Conger