Story archive for March 2003

Tuesday, April 1

• Proposed pork plant won't resemble Wilson or Farmland

• Area deaths for Tuesday, April 1, 2003

• Gwendolyn Ardell Verdoorn, 89, Hollandale

• Ole Meloid Morreim, 99, Albert Lea

• USC boys win indoor conference meet

• Blades 0-3 in final tourney

• Untitled Document The un-packinghouse By Dylan Belden,

• Column: Residents must weigh pros and cons of new packinghouse

• City issues permit for county building

• County committee continues work of finding budget space

• Prinzing misses court hearing, blames health

• Crowd enthusiastic about proposed plant

Monday, March 31

• Patricia Jean Tietz, 65, Albert Lea

• Truman Duane Hengesteg, 71, rural Northwood, Iowa

• Area deaths for Monday, March 31, 2003

• Residents show support for troops, bring donations to rally

• Area sports calendar for April 1-5

• Tigersharks make a splash at state

• Genevieve Marion Ackland, 87, Albert Lea

• Budget committee brings adults back to school

• Jacobson helps at Thorne Crest

• Column: No matter how hard I try, some things escape explanation

• Untitled Document What a show By Michael

• Helen Christine Bosacker, 88, Albert Lea

Saturday, March 29

• Column: Choking down pound after pound of time-wasting spam

• Guest column: Pace picking up

• Untitled Document A long way from

• Four-year plan yields dividends for Menke

• The Tribune's 2002-03 All-Area Boys' Basketball Team

• Early spring fishing can be some of the best of the season

• It was a record-setting season for Woodside

• Betty Goskeson, 71, Albert Lea

• Lucille Mangskau, 87, Albert Lea

• Margie L. Herem, 76, Albert Lea

• Janice LaVone H. (Douglas) Wangen, 73

• Darlene Adams, 68, Hayward

• Dean Flattum Briones, 44, Albert Lea

• Genevieve Ackland, 87, Albert Lea

• Janis Reeder, 70, rural Albert Lea

• Herbert Bartelt, 89, Waldorf, Minn.

• Area deaths for Sunday, March 30, 2003

• Lake Chapeau committee, DNR settle to grant new permit for dam

• Dealing with the war at home

• G-E may hire back four teachers

• Lake Geneva could be 'drawn down'

• A disaster's not the only thing that could destroy the collection

• Cancer patient looks to future, urges others to get screening

• Remembering the city's first showmen

• Telling one hawk from another

• Guest column: Referendum brings back programs

• Untitled Document One for the books By

Friday, March 28

• Column: Remembering proposals for a bridge across Fountain Lake

• B Bantams place fourth in season's final tourney

• Area deaths for Friday, March 28, 2003

• Hubert M. Klocek, 65, Alden

• George E. Peterson, 66, Albert Lea

• County sees little room to cut

• Informational forums on pork company set

• Veteran organizes Sunday support rally

• Editorial: Meetings on pork operation are a good idea

Thursday, March 27

• Column: Hoping for the best, but still wary of what war brings

• No obituaries for Thursday, March 27, 2003

• Area deaths for Thursday, March 27, 2003

• Lure of larger Iowa schools takes its toll on G-E

• Choirs planning for a grand show Saturday

• Weekend Planner: Bluegrass, theater and church events on tap

• Editorial: Outstanding teachers have earned thanks

• Untitled Document Families make their move By

Wednesday, March 26

• Untitled Document Indoor workout By Michael Martin,

• Blades claim championship at Mankato

• Jessie Bailey, 97, Albert Lea

• Anthony J. Stenzel, 41, Albert Lea

• Mildred Ione Ward, 89, Burnsville

• Area deaths for Wednesday, March 26, 2003

• Glenville-Emmons loses more than 100 students, cuts a third of its teachers

• Science teacher, astronomy buff named teacher of year

• Court upholds sentence for DQ robbery accomplice

• Council goals include job creation, redevelopment of old Farmland site

• Editorial: Now that goals are clear, don't let them slide

• Column: One good reason not to sit by the window during a car ride

• Untitled Document Out of this world By

Tuesday, March 25

• Chessmore resigns from G-E school post

• USC boys second to Mankato East in opener

• Six hockey Tigers receive Big Nine honors

• Area deaths for Tuesday, March 25, 2003

• Arthur 'Art' M. Johnson, 85, Conger

• Donald Norwood Smith, 73, Lawrenceburg, Tenn.

• Price of senior center, city pool goes up in response to state cuts

• Watershed funds, others may face cuts at county

• Column: Shadow of despair cast by direction of our state, nation

• Untitled Document Nice save By Jim Lutgens,

Monday, March 24

• Planners hope for activity at theater

• Nelson, her daughter volunteer at Oak Park Place

• Disaffection leads Thrond to resign from USC board

• Construction means less courthouse parking

• Column: Household chores can have you going in circles

• Hollandale Christian School team takes third in tourney

• Willard Kenneth Reichl, 90, Albert Lea

• William H. (Bill) Wolff, 72, Northwood, Iowa

• Area deaths for Monday, March 24, 2003

• Maintenance and crowding cited as jail problems

Saturday, March 22

• Lois Flor, 80, New Richland

• City competing with two others for company

• LGA cuts hit parks and rec, senior center

• County stays away from dam dispute

• G-E superintendent may resign Monday

• Police take three Iowans into custody on meth suspicion

• ACT production of 'Death of a Salesman' opens Thursday

• Eilertson defies opposing defenses

• The Tribune's 2002-03 All-Area Girls' Basketball Team

• Kids love it, moms hate it: That muddy season called spring

• Koestler, Rebels make all the right moves

• Dorothy Maywald, 71, Hartland

• Delight Anderson, 47, Zimmerman, Minn.

• Area deaths for Sunday, March 23, 2003

• Lorraine Parry, 76, Albert Lea

• Lucille R. Witt, 84, Winthrop, Minn.

• The Red Cross is ready to respond (Third of three parts)

• March: a month of many weathers

• Guest column: Would you pay $10 to keep Minnesota state parks open?

• Guest column: Two easy ways to help the schools

• Column: People can disagree on war without being un-American

• Untitled Document Afternoon bingo By Michael Martin,

• Untitled Document Player of the year By

Friday, March 21

• Column: How the news media can really help our nation's leaders

• Edna Pauletta Doppelhammer, 60, Ely, Minn.

• Josephine E. Houdek, 100, Austin

• Untitled Document For the war By Michael

• Area deaths for Friday, March 21, 2003

• Owners may move fast on company headquarters

• Local supporters, protesters take to street

• Board retraces steps from last meeting

• Albert Lea guard troops called up for state duty

• Schools tailor war discussion to levels of age, understanding

Thursday, March 20

• Editorial: WAR Support troops, hope for a short conflict

• Albert Lea hockey defenseman chosen for all-star series

• Bernice Linda Lembke, 81, rural Conger

• Area deaths for Thursday, March 20, 2003

• Donald Earl Barnes, 70, Albert Lea

• Bernadine F. Burns, 86, Wells

• Relatives of soldiers watch, worry

• Local rallies, services are planned

• Law enforcement on highest alert

• U.S. forces unleash first salvos; Iraq responds

• Weekend Planner: Festival of Arts returns to Albert Lea

• Column: Recalling a somewhat crude St. Patrick's parade

• Untitled Document Waiting and worrying By Michael

• Untitled Document Tigers' Tubbs among the

Wednesday, March 19

• Untitled Document Big Nine honors By Michael

• 12-and-under girls win final tourney

• Woodside named All-Big Nine

• Linda V. Scherb, 103, Kiester

• Area deaths for Wednesday, March 19, 2003

• Thelma E. Stevens Hochreiter, 87, Hot Springs Village, Ark.

• Mervin A. Holstad, 80, Spicer, Minn.

• School changes will be felt in classroom

• Senate collects testimony on roads

• Alden-Conger School to stage "Bye Bye Birdie"

• Column: Al has the answers on Minnesota chrome, school lunches

• Editorial: Don't squeeze rural voices out of St. Paul

• Untitled Document More options, smaller classes

Tuesday, March 18

• Emmons will lose middle school

• USC boys to get off and running early

• Dolly Smith Nelson, 93, Albert Lea

• School brings back some cut programs

• Authorities raid Hayward meth lab

• Two charged in break-in, fight at Albert Lea house

• Column: Nation appears to be headed down the road to fanaticism

• Editorial: School decision was hard but truly necessary

• Untitled Document Red and green By Ed

• Chester Melvin Beving, 89, Albert Lea

Monday, March 17

• Mervin Arnold Holstad, 80, Spicer, Minn.

• Area deaths for Monday, March 17, 2003

• National Eagles leaders gather

• Musicians to perform in New Orleans

• Students crowned dairy royalty

• Vandenheuvel helps with services for mental retardation

• Column: Taking a look at some strange uses of words and products

• Seventh-grade girls third at Fairmont

Saturday, March 15

• G-E B-squad girls overcome adversity

• Untitled Document Awesome season By Jim Lutgens,

• Untitled Document Electricity is in the

• Column: Overcoming the smile dilemma in kids' portraits

• Guest column: Involvement rewarding for parents and students

• Guest column: Budget still main source of concern

• Notes on owls and groundhogs

• Red Cross: Helping at a time of need (Second of three parts)

• New tools for learning: children's library acquires Leap Pads

• Storytelling brings diverse people together as one

• Sister plant to EXOL to be built 25 miles south of Albert Lea

• Dorman pushes bill for private county audits

• Bail set for Tope's witness tampering

• City council holds its first ever retreat

• Hulda L. Jochumsen, 92, Albert Lea

• Janette (Remund) Drache, 61, Waseca

• Area deaths for Sunday, March 16, 2003

• ALHS girls' hockey coach resigns

• The lure of tackle can be irresistible

• A Squirts Blue team ends 2002-03 season on a positive note

• Goodnature, Tiger grapplers garner Big Nine honors

Friday, March 14

• Area deaths for Friday, March 14, 2003

• Downtown buildings' future uncertain

• Tope allegedly used 'Mr. Rogers' to threaten witness

• Counties may team up for tax free zone

• Long-term plan moving forward, chamber says

• Guest column: Investing in local companies' growth

• Guest column: Budget cuts will affect college students

• Column: Using the eight blessings to win friends, influence people

• Albert Lea wrestlers earn academic state championship

• Arlet Helland Gold, 84, Lake Mills, Iowa

Thursday, March 13

• Weekend Planner: Wild art, home show top a busy weekend

• Column: Patriotism doesn't bind you to support your country's decisions

• Untitled Document All-state effort By Jim Lutgens,

• Editorial: More attention to meeting laws needed

• Nystrom named coach of year

• Area deaths for Thursday, March 13, 2003

• Orville E. 'Slug' Miller, 83, Wells

• Sandeep Puar, M.D., 32, India

• Vernon Gunderson, 87, Rochester

• Glenville-Emmons could look south for help

• Musical activities nurture student interest in tunes

• Priority system to help county identify budget areas to cut

• Nelson recommends board reaffirm last meeting actions

Wednesday, March 12

• Editorial: Retreat is a good plan for city council

• Reyerson takes Division III 165-pound wrestling title

• Albert Lea dartball team sweeps league again

• A PeeWees finish third in region tourney

• Avanel M. Hanson, 91, Lake Mills, Iowa

• Ralph W. Troll, 66, Kiester

• Area deaths for Wednesday, March 12, 2003

• Volunteers offer help with returns for seniors

• Retreat aims for cohesion on city council

• Removal of dam makes Lake Chapeau dispute even messier

• Column: Remembering thrills, shameless pitches of 'Wild Kingdom'

• Untitled Document Taking the stress out

Tuesday, March 11

• Untitled Document Future uncertain By Michael Martin,

• Rebels' run ends in sub-section championship

• 7th-grade girls take tourney title

• Edwin B. 'Perky' Perkins, 78, Albert Lea

• Area deaths for Tuesday, March 11, 2003

• Sister Eileen Buryska, 65, Rochester

• Alfred O. Jensen, 91, Frazee, Minn.

• Street project has residents protesting

• Decision on G-E schools out of reach

• Group wants do-over of county board meeting

• Alleged attacker charged for Saturday night fight

• Column: Why not promote housing across different generations?

• Editorial: Athletes win praise after strong seasons

• Untitled Document Onto the court By Jim

Monday, March 10

• Untitled Document Science wizards By Michael Martin,

• Untitled Document Swimming at state By Jim

• Tiger swimmers place sixth at state

• East nips Tigers in section tourney

• Area deaths for Monday, March 10, 2003

• Albert Jacob Rietsema, 71, Hollandale

• Residents take budget concerns to Sen. Sparks

• Wulff, Miller help meal service

• Family finally gets together after years of trying

• Column: A former hip-clothing junkie sees the error of old ways

Saturday, March 8

• Tax free zone application may be split

• Students dress up as current, historical figures to debate war issues

• Drug test cheater caught using Whizzinator

• St. John's to open adult day center

• Red Cross chapter had a wartime start (First of three parts)

• Guest column: Academics, arts enrich elementary education for Albert Lea students

• Guest column: Checkoffs: How much would you donate?

• Column: Is it any wonder our health-care costs are going through the roof?

• Untitled Document 'The Great Debate' By Michael

• Untitled Document An awesome season By Michael

• B-squad basketball boys finish strong

• With spring near, fishing opener can't be far away

• Five ALHS hockey girls named all-conference

• For ALHS swimmers, it's on to the finals

• Lillemon resigns as basketball coach at Riverland

• Area deaths for Sunday, March 9, 2003

• Ronald R. Johnson, 71, Albert Lea

• Gordon Knudtson, 83, Albert Lea

• Esther Marie Falksen, 88, Albert Lea

Friday, March 7

• Area deaths for Friday, March 7, 2003

• 5th-seeded Rebels knock off No. 1 WEM in sub-section

• Season ends for NRHEG boys

• Area sports calendar for March 7-8

• Viola Mary Smith, 106, Albert Lea

• Ruby L. Young, 83, Freeborn

• Governor's budget concerns local health care officials

• County heads meet to discuss budget today

• Couple takes money from Midwest Antiques

• Albert Lea's Nicole Stotts fights through bout with cancer

• Guest column: Recyclables are valuable commodities

• Column: When an eighth-grade education was really put to the final test

• Untitled Document USC boys shock WEM By

Thursday, March 6

• Untitled Document Swimming to state By Michael

• Tiger swimmers seek state medals

• Area deaths for Thursday, March 6, 2003

• Carrie J. Hemry, 97, Albert Lea

• Lorraine Harriet Larson, 82, Owatonna

• Break-in reported at store

• Weekend Planner: Science fair, rummage sale and circus among events

• Quiram's Bakery may shut its doors after 34 years

• Preschoolers learn about music and gain an appreciation for art

• Proposed ESL limit worries district

• Column: You don't have to be nuts to work for the paper, but it helps

• Editorial: Timing poor in Nelson suit over salary

Wednesday, March 5

• Column: Harold brings you the latest news flashes from Hartland

• Tigers reach Section 2AAA semifinals

• Wrestling Bulldogs finish among top 20

• 12-and-under hockey girls third in regional

• Area sports calendar for March 6-8

• No obituaries for Wednesday, March 5, 2003

• Area deaths for Wednesday, March 5, 2003

• Commissioners again deny Bok right to speak at meeting

• Glenville Elementary looks like odd school out

• County will begin scouring budget

• Nelson gets 14 percent pay raise

• Untitled Document End of an era? By

Tuesday, March 4

• Blades win first SMHL tournament

• Surprising Panthers end wrestling season at state

• For USC wrestlers, it was a memorable year

• Area sports calendar for March 4-8

• Robert G. Lueck, 74, Ceylon, Minn.

• Area deaths for Tuesday, March 4, 2003

• Building permits reflect slow month

• Budget cuts, school closure loom for G-E

• Tope pleads guilty to one drug charge

• Column: Let's not forget what the Profile of Learning taught us

• Untitled Document Bringing kids' books to

• Untitled Document Second at state By Jim

Monday, March 3

• In brief: Area wrestlers place at state

• Sports calendar for the week

• Beulah C. Paulson, 84, Albert Lea

• Area deaths for March 3, 2003

• Marie M. Johnson, 86, Delavan

• Leonard Hage, 85, Albert Lea

• Laverne W. Schmitt, 84, Albert Lea

• Margaret Loretta Harves, 86, Albert Lea

• Carly Ella Olson, stillborn, Hayward

• Residents feeling effects of high heating costs

• Courthouse Web cam is online

• Editorial: Don't let this be summer theater's end

• A pinch of creativity puts some fun into the name game

• Adjusting the heat

• Second place in state

• Strong section showing for AL swimmers

• Albert Lea wrestlers lose final matches

Saturday, March 1

• When blotters were used for advertising

• Signs of spring

• Guest column: Governor's budget causes concern

• Guest column: Parental involvement key to student success

• Elseth gets shot at wrestling title

• ALHS basketball boys struggle in regular-season finale

• USC's Niebuhr reaches state championship bout

• G-E grad again advances to nationals at Luther College

• March brings thoughts of Mississippi trout fishing

• Area deaths for Sunday, March 2, 2003

• Arnold C. Johnson, 87, Albert Lea

• Leonard C. Padilla, 77, Owatonna

• Arlo Harland Mehus, 73, Coronado, Calif.

• Susan Kay Wrolson LaFlamme, 40, Burnsville

• Column: On dinner plans and key problems, decisiveness is scarce

• Untitled Document The road to state By

• Sober school faces uncertain future

• Court ruling favors raise for Nelson

• City, county and Chamber to collaborate for tax-free zones

• Figure skaters prepare for annual show