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

• Softball Tigers sweep Century

• Service above self

• In step

• Jail cell death ruled a suicide

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

• Bills piled up as session winds down

• Eye surgery is a new vision fix

• Scrubbing for a mission

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

Wednesday, May 2

• Residents take in the damage

• Twister hammers Glenville

• No major injuries reported in tornado

Tuesday, May 1

• Recounting school terror

• School violence

• Abuse is futile, often dangerous, experts say

• Genome could be start of a predetermined future

• ALHS golf girls 2nd at Rochester

• Students help make landscape a little greener