Story archive for May 2001
Friday, June 1
- Column: Defining the word trail and solving some minor mysteries
- Two ALHS girls reach section finals
- Colonels set for season opener
- No finalists for ALHS boys' track
- Witness changes her tune
- Incubator to get $200,000
- Farewell for the summer
- Editorial: Explore Stevens option
Thursday, May 31
- Flower hunt
- Fireworks fund raiser Friday
- Accomplice testifies against alleged killers
- Gutierrez bail raised to $1 million
- Column: Parents foiled young sleuth's career as a detective
Wednesday, May 30
- Column: Memories can truly be painful
- Final rally falls short for baseball Wolverines
- Rebels' tourney run ends
- Final four holes take Tigers out
- ALHS golf girls end season at section
- Commissioners disagree on Stevens building
- Each lawyer claims defendant's innocence
- Eyewitnesses describe Austin motel murders
- Grand jury deals first-degree charges
- Home Depot expects to break ground in July
- See them run
- Editorial: Exol deal made sense
Tuesday, May 29
- G-E, USC make strong showing
- Season ends for baseball Tigers
- Ventura plan's effect on schools hard to predict
- Budget deal has something for all
- Memorial salute
- Column: Does remembering the dead mean remembering their deeds?
- ALHS girls make strides at Big 9 meet
Sunday, May 27
- Not every small town growing older
- Sittin' by the track of the train, wastin' time
- Skating free
- Rain, rain steals the day
- Section surprise
- Panthers add another title
- 'Taps' a 70-year tradition for bugler
- Skaters glad to have a home
- Scarce housing still a problem
Friday, May 25
- Column: Coping with unordered stuff
- Wolverines reach section tourney
- G-E baseball team down but not out
- Tire recall keeping dealers busy
- Declaration of Independence
- Rite of passage
- Editorial: Senator's decision was badly timed
Thursday, May 24
- Column: Milk-bottle incident remained a mystery
- 3 ALHS golf girls advance in section
- Bad checks keep courts busy
- Weekend Planner: Skate Park opening Saturday
- Legislators hoping for quick resolution
- County got a little grayer last decade
- Playing catch-up
- Editorial: Lawmakers erred with abortion bill
Wednesday, May 23
- Ramp assembly
- Wolverines send Tigers home early
- USC coach says fifth place is fine
- Big names gather to honor Wangen
- Help can make up for lost work from disasters
- Net loss:
- Service of veterans embodied by long-lost cousin
Tuesday, May 22
- ALHS golf boys 5th in Big Nine tourney
- Panthers, Rebels, Knights advance
- Wolverines, Panthers roll in sub-section
- Baseball Tigers charge into section
- Regional unemployment rate rose slightly in April
- Lakeview principal candidates abound
- Child-care center looks for help
- Athletes will face stricter penalties for chemical use
- Vintage kitchen
- Over many years, 'Star Trek' was TV with meaning
Monday, May 21
Saturday, May 19
- Schwab not thrilled with end-of-session stalemate
- New area restaurant having early success
- Triple graduation
- FEMA helpers arriving in Glenville
- Column: Turn it to channel 76 - and that's my final answer
- Lighter side of history
- Albert Lea golf boys second at Owatonna
- Panthers' reign continues
- Tigers swept by Century
Friday, May 18
- Surprise goodbye
- ALHS softball team swept by Austin
- NRHEG's Anderson does it again
- Doubleheader split gives G-E title share
- Column: Making boys into men
- Baseball Tigers blanked by Austin
- Obituaries for May 18, 2001
- Growth may hinge on tech readiness
- Members say Greater Jobs still evolving
- Budget deal still eludes lawmakers
- Editorial: Energy proposals incomplete
Thursday, May 17
- 66 Feet
- Column: Father's motorcycle was the source of adventures
- Editorial: All must pay for watershed cleanup effort
- A year later, skaters to get a home
- Museum raises three quarters of goal
- Contrasts clear for Tanzanian minister
- Music, theater and beef
- Two students becoming world travelers
Wednesday, May 16
- The good and the bad from Home Depot
- Albert Lea girls 3rd in home meet
- Tigers rally past JM
- Delger stifles Southland
- DFL plan would pit Schwab vs. Scheevel
- Grand jury to consider sex-abuse evidence
- Townships want no part of Shell Rock tax district
- Community Action hopes to sever ties with county
- Federal aid could put airport on the map
- Old-fashioned sun block
- The Batt universe is full of unanswered questions
Tuesday, May 15
- Deja vu all over again
- Baseball Tigers take a walk on the wild side
- Wolverines remain red hot
- $2.2 million water plant approved
- Murder trial jury selection begins
- Home Depot on fast track
- City again rejects more money for museum security system
- Divorce splits up parents, but caring makes families
Monday, May 14
Friday, May 11
- A poem, song and a fancy one-step for Albert Lea
- Softball Wolverines take two
- G-E baseball team settles for a split
- Obi'tuaries for May 11, 2001
- Watershed committee close to final recommendations
- City scores $400K for housing help
- 'Home' coming?
- Glenville hopes to turn disaster into opportunity
- Besco gets 15 years for sex abuse
- More rain
- Editorial: Concealed weapon law makes sense
Thursday, May 10
- Somethin' fishy
- Panthers take Gopher Conference lead
- Freeborn Days and play top weekend
- Schwab's bill eliminates outdated motorcycle restriction
- FFA adviser prolific at producing state officers
- Lakeview principal announces retirement
- Column: A friendship forged in the Tribune's society pages
- Editorial: Expensive plan is best for intersection
Wednesday, May 9
- Column: Action-packed game of donkeyball not for the timid
- Baseball Tigers can't contain Cougars
- Tracksters place second to Century
- Storm victims still calling Red Cross
- Special ed getting special attention
- Ortiz will get most severe assault charge
- Pain at the pump
- Communication education
- Editorial: Stadium bills deserve at least a look
Tuesday, May 8
- Performing kids show us it's a small world after all
- LM girls win NIC; boys 2nd
- High-flying Kyte leads NRHEG girls at Fairmont
- Schmidt shines in border battle
- Forensics, lack of defender delay Gutierrez hearings
- District looks at the bright side of test scores
- Winter hit schools in the checkbook
- Glenville wrapping up debris collection
- New program encourages students to stay chemical free
- Working for peanuts
Monday, May 7
- Hundreds pedal for cancer despite weather
- Architect says Western Grocer building is irreplaceable
- Prom crossing
Saturday, May 5
- Editorial: High gasoline costs call for investigation
- Addington selected for boys' basketball
- ALHS names new head coaches
- Schwab backs boost to schools
- CNA program helps care facilities with staffing needs
- Board outlines profile for top job
- Willing workers pour into Glenville
- Fire causes $1.1 million damage to IPI
- Continuing Cleanup
- Column: Glenville tornado brings out helping hands
Friday, May 4
- Taking it to the streets
- Rebels reign at Lions Invitational
- NRHEG girls 1st at Faribault
- Obituaries for May 4, 2001
- Some repairs may have to wait
- Disaster education
- Chapeau group, DNR talk settlement
- Salvation Army among groups on the scene
- Column: Celebrating the centennial of the 3-H and 4-H
Thursday, May 3
- First family of sno-cross
- May Day brings thoughts of neighborhood nuisance
- Editorial: Helping hands in Glenville
- Obituaries for May 3, 2001
- Watershed tax district up for hearing
- Debris scattered from Glenville to Austin
- Glenville cleanup effort begins
- Leaders begin searching for disaster aid
- A path of ruins


