Story archive for March 2001
Sunday, April 1
- Charges filed in Albert Lea drug bust
- Hotel owners brace for changes
- Player of the Year Scrabeck does it all for Alden-Conger
- Expectations exceeded
- Helping Hand
- Nursing homes in crisis
Friday, March 30
- Column: The many, many mixups on the Minnesota map
- Bocce ball
- City owes growth to economic development
- Wells-area girl wounded in gun accident
- ACT's 'The Shadow Box' well worth seeing
- Mrs. Gerry's to build addition
- Unleashed law-breakers
- County officials expect little impact from population loss
Thursday, March 29
- Youthful Prayer
- Officials seeking half million
- Animals offer physical therapy options
- Column: Ghost stories as a child lead to fear of horses
Wednesday, March 28
- Northwood, Lake Mills show steady numbers
- Ascension to the top
- Culinary dreams come true
- Getting to see the Grand Canyon -the hard way
- Graceful flight
Tuesday, March 27
- Regent: governor's budget falls short on health care costs
- Expert issues immigration warning
- Council defers to watershed committee
- R. Cort Kirkwood versus parents and the world
- Searching for visual perfection
Monday, March 26
- Foundation aims to supply the extras for local schools
- After 20 years, Puff and Stuff's owner to take time for herself
- Obituaries for March 26, 2001
- It's maple syrup time
Saturday, March 24
- Six injured in accident
- Union members rally at hospital
- Column: Sorting out ballyhooed mad cow and foot-and-mouth
- Short but sweet
- Reaping the rewards
- Police Respond to Union Rally
Friday, March 23
- Screening time
- Ethics seminar a positive step
- Farmland layoffs called temporary
- Screenings offer school readiness
- Food stamp program sees room to grow
- A special salute to the Albert Lea Figure Skating club
- Health insurance solutions scare
Thursday, March 22
- Wells residents treasure soda fountain
- Revised county feedlot ordinance tightens some controls
- Column: Being a Midwesterner is something to be proud of
- Sign of a new season
- City awaits census, glimpse at future
Tuesday, March 20
- Perry keeps busy donating her time
- Farmers say federal payments are not solving problems
- Packing plant would have mixed effect
- Making music work
- Instrument repairman says job is rewarding
- Complex to bring senior housing relief
- Scouting for food
- Headstart project, roof repair lead capital list
- Tax-cutting frenzy shouldn't overwhelm real needs
Saturday, March 17
- Gourmet auction to benefit local events
- Column: New feature puts a spotlight on the positive news
- Petsinger claims NCAA title
- Cramped for space
- The cost of inaction
Friday, March 16
- Dairy aid program underused
- Energy group says efficiency, clean fuels are the key
- Johannsens make local bowling history
- Column: Minnie Maddern and 'History's Lost and Found'
- Winter's last stand
- Editorial: Coalition has the right ideas on energy
Thursday, March 15
- Other supercenters popping up
- Brush with 300
- Fast-flinging fingers
- Column: Mother recognized intelligence, but in her own way
- Local juggler has mastered his hobby
- 'Deadbeats' are back for Tigers Roar
Tuesday, March 13
- Restrictions aimed at easing hospital street parking snafu
- Gun show in school? No way
- Choir show brings musical pageantry to ALHS
- School social workers form line of defense
- Teaching the art of storytelling
- Wells sporting show gets record numbers
- Deer falling prey to pet dogs
- City pledges money to aid museum
- Obituraries for March 12, 2001
- Among the Big Nine's best
- Encore perfection
- Public speaking separates masters from amateurs
- Digging out
- Back to the drawing board?
Wednesday, March 7
- County gives $10K for museum
- Cheaper by the dozen
- Rattled in Seattle
- Alden-Conger play mixes students young and old
- Man-shower becomes shampoo museum
- Third-quarter run sinks ALHS boys
- Smith resigns; board considers search firm
- Interim pastor hopes to guide First Lutheran Church through transition
Tuesday, March 6
- Eaton, three faculty jobs to be cut from Riverland
- Adams paints art work for new newspaper logo
- Explosion rocks Lake Mills gas vendor
- School district: Ventura budget would mean cuts
- Column: One-time Ventura voter can't find reason for loyalty
Monday, March 5
- Column: In light of possible cuts, think about college's importance
- Worth County wind farm set for spring
- Schlaak takes gold
Friday, March 2
- Doctors say new vaccine reduces ear infections
- Joblessness up in January, but expected to fall again
- Historic bank will become museum
- By Jennifer Hemmingsen
- A breathtaking view of the city from atop a smokestack
- QTV to offer bilingual GED program
