Story archive for October 2003
Saturday, Nov. 1
- Trick or treat.
- Area deaths for Sunday
- Attorney seeks dismissal of Prinzing charges
- Program strives to better community through public input
- Mary Thurston Bennett, 86, Minneapolis
- After 38 years, Andersens retire from retail business
- A murder mystery in Minnesota
- Tender touch
- Gordon Hanson, 65, Clarks Grove
- Bulldogs fall in season finale
- Three volleyball Tigers receive Big Nine honors
- Mildred Marcella Enstad, 87, Austin
- Cranes' well-being assures well-being of ecosystem
- Morin's dream for a big building
- Column: The importance of conferences in every child's education
Friday, Oct. 31
- Learning about entrepreneurs.
- Albert Lea swimmers compete in junior varsity conference invitational
- Lyla C. Ferley, 78, Northwood, Iowa
- Eugene I. Sherman, 76, Albert Lea
- Area native loses home in California wildfire
- USC school board candidates face numerous issues
- Northbridge faces slow economy, Wal-Mart
- Column: Jumping through all the hoops on the telephone
- Close again.
Thursday, Oct. 30
- Community shares concerns about referendum
- ALHS winter sports sign-up this week
- Eva D. Verdoorn, 92, Hollandale
- Thomas C. Simon, 66, Eagan
- Irene Christensen, 87, Albert Lea
- Businesses join forces to compete with Super Wal-Mart
- Early morning opening does not hinder excitement
- Historical society houses over 100 years of history
- Opportunities for trick-or-treat abound
- Column: As a youngster, my life was one long Halloween
- Preserving the past in Bricelyn.
- Defensive battle.
Wednesday, Oct. 29
- Lillian C. Abbe, 87, Albert Lea
- Veronica Ruffing, 96, Wells
- Leaner days ahead for Community Action
- Restructuring won't change facets of economic development
- Library study to be presented in November
- Column: Once you reach a certain age, it gets much easier to become scared
- Tigers, Gillam garner awards
- Marvel Kahler Dyrdal, St. Paul
Tuesday, Oct. 28
- Restructuring presented as more efficient, comprehensible
- Land decision tabled, allowing for sale
- Curb cleaning.
- Column: Referendum isn't just about two communitiesit's about the kids
- Unbeaten SG ends G-E's season
- Season ends for Panther volleyball
- Friday, Oct. 31
- Paul Larry Holland, 34, Freeborn
- Curtis O. Eastlund, 49, Hillman, Minn.
- Search firm to hire new city manager
- Watershed board presents draft of plan
Monday, Oct. 27
- Man dies in vehicle roll-over
- Swimmers take strong sixth in conference meet
- Tough section loss at Waterville ends Panthers' season
- Column: Make this harvest the safest ever
- Area calendar
- Plat of land presents tough decision
- County administrator dispels rumors about courthouse
- Column: French friedFrance turns into an even bigger foe
Sunday, Oct. 26
- City ponders use of search firm for hiring new manager
- Playoff bound
- Wolverines' volleyball season ends
- Woodside commits to NDSU
- Rebels race back to state
- Knights upset Medford in sub-section
- Delores Kraushaar, 69, Fargo, N.D.
- Elizabeth Curtis, 90, Wells
- Gladys Sullivan, 89, Albert Lea
- Hunters may find more deer than ever
- Halloween costume collection has grown along with Kathi Wilder's family
- Restructuring plan to go before council
- Al answers your nature questions
- Thompson & Wulff had the right moves
- Love that Lefse!
- Column: Changes will hopefully bring more prosperity to the community
- Finding just the right look for Halloween.
Friday, Oct. 24
- Prepare to be scared.
- Tigers test Red Wing in section tournament
- Tiger CC teams 13th, 16th in section meet
- Moto-cross kid
- There are no obituaries for today.
- Fire Explorers prepare haunted house
- Awards announced and gavel turned over at annual meeting
- Emmons welcomes new library with open arms
- ACT's 'Blithe Spirit' is a real Halloween treat
- Column: An attempt to explain all those floating islands in our lakes
Thursday, Oct. 23
- Halloween events get an early start
- Swimmers take it to Waseca, 99-72
- Educators critical of proposed standards
- Commissioner talks to teachers about proposed requirements
- Businesses have chance to apply for new grant
- Teacher faces rigorous tests at NASA
- Column: Remembering books, poems is like revisiting old friends
Wednesday, Oct. 22
- Column: Things are booming this fall at Riverland
- Austin ends Tigers' season
- Wolverines turn back Hurricanes
- Panthers advance in section
- Arthur Godtland Jr., 77, Walker, Minn.
- Duane Raymond Vinge, 70, Albert Lea
- Nels Emil Nelson, 86, Austin
- Presidential hopeful visits area school
- County discusses suggested changes in rules
- Fertilizer being used around lake deemed safe for people, pets
- Column: On Halloween, all the things we teach our kids go out the window
- Photo by Christine V. Johnson, Austin Daily Herald
Tuesday, Oct. 21
- Winds, dry conditions fuel blazes
- Irene H. Christensen, 87, Albert Lea
- Carolyn L. Cowles, 39, Roberts, Wis.
- Calvin Berg, 69, Paynesville
- Port authority reaffirms resolution
- Citizens offer discussion on decision
- Artist finally finds time to do what she loves
- ALHS students get a taste of opera
- Column: More of the process needs to be opened up to the public
- Column: Hearing on new standards coming
- Home finale.
Monday, Oct. 20
- USC/A-C girls defend conference crown
- Bulldogs still searching for victory
- USC/A-C boys take title again
- Paul A. Grasdalen, 59, Albert Lea
- Shirley Anne Donahue, 74, Albert Lea
- Animal control officer can't always control her love for animals
- Local student explores role in national security
- Church can't run without volunteers
- Low-key woman is writing prescription for changing political life
Friday, Oct. 17
- Love that lefse.
- Column: Predicting weather with the The Old Farmer's Almanac
- Sports calender
- Knights finish strong
- Richard 'Joe' Besser, 71, New Richland
- Ruth Margaret Sawyer, 83, Ellendale
- Soy plant could follow Exol's steps
- City has eye on Hanson building
- City holding tons of contaminated sludge
- Albert Lea blood drives set
Thursday, Oct. 16
- Editorial: Driver's license decisions best left to parents
- Tigers blanked by No. 4 Mayo
- Knights drop regular-season finale
- Wolverines take momentum into sub-section
- Rebels fall 30-0 to MCW
- Henry Gerard Reynen, 86, Austin
- New Bend in the Road owner finds he can put business on autopilot
- Events planned to mark VFW Day
- Grinding corn, driving spikes and sawing logs
- Larger fountain is in the works
- Column: Love of writing is the only requirement for club
Wednesday, Oct. 15
- Albert Lea girls edged in section semifinals
- Kids get up-close look at distant art.
- Column: Warm food and warm feelings found at soup-and-pie suppers
- Glenville-Emmons putting new fund request on ballot
- Program brings fine art to schools around the state
- Changing times spell end for local Birthright group
- Some question city's restructuring moves
- Jobs changes are part of plan
- Dorothy C. Selland, 83, Moorhead
- Season ends for ALHS boys' soccer
- Swimmers rally past Rochester JM
- Finally, home sweet home victory
Tuesday, Oct. 14
- Short week.
- ALHS soccer boys win section opener
- Volleyball Tigers 1-2 in tourney
- Season ends for Albert Lea tennis girls
- U-13 soccer girls win fall district title
- Dale B. Jackson, 72, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Sparks out, but not completely
- Secrecy, surprise move stir up controversy
- Emotions still smoldering on burning ban
- Eagles Club donates $10,000 toward new police equipment
- Man wanted on warrant found outside police center
- Editorial: Process used for city's big decision stinks
- Opinion: Controversy seems to follow Sparks; the question is why
Monday, Oct. 13
- Column: Planning effort is the area's chance to have its voice heard
- ALHS girls win section opener
- Ralph Besser, 73, Albert Lea
- Martha M. Thomas, 85, Albert Lea
- Edna Kocanda, 64, Northfield
- Boys spend afternoons casting lines into lake
- DeBoer provides pet foster home
- Column: Recycling bins are for convenience, not for junk
- Fishing and friendship.
Saturday, Oct. 11
- Avoiding reporters a success for Schwarzenegger
- Tigers give Packers a battle
- Wolverines fall 14-0 to No.-4-rated Nicollet
- Area roundup: Panthers slip past Blossoms; second-half turnovers spell defeat for Rebels
- Sports memories for Oct. 12
- Fall brings colors and 'jumbo perch'
- Dale Gordon Cambern, 78, Austin
- Herman J. Miller, 90, Albert Lea
- Yields matching forecasts
- Business: Family furniture store grows into a regional market
- Lawmakers want kids to reach for the moo juice
- The color of fall
- Nature's World: A good bug with a few bad habits
- Dane Bay and the wandering dredge
- Recent conference offered important lessons for mayor
- Photo for the Tribune by Christine V. Johnson
Friday, Oct. 10
- Working on the Union Center.
- Swimmers rally to tie Mayo 93-93
- Tiger CC teams contine to run hard
- Volleyball Tigers fall to Mayo
- Wolverines drop 3-0 match to No. 3 Mabel-Canton
- Rebels win No Frills meet
- Norman Dale Bonnerup, 68, Albert Lea
- Leaders discuss changes for port authority
- City council prepares for first job evaluation for city manager Sparks
- Service to recognize importance of pets
- Local team helped ease trauma in Cold Spring
- Editorial: Economic issues need new solutions
- Column: Saluting the veterans of the nation's 'forgotten war'
Thursday, Oct. 9
- Rivalry week.
- Thursday, Oct. 9
- Mary E. Hanson, 95, Albert Lea
- 'Think Tank' hoped city manager would step down
- Some say he's a problem, some say a scapegoat
- Firm measuring popularity of city sales tax for lakes
- Lack of interest puts plans for new cooperative on hold
- Charity events on weekend schedule
- Column: Recalling bits and pieces of poems not always opportune
- Here, ducky.
Wednesday, Oct. 8
- Column: Ask a series of silly questions and Al's got your silly answers
- Optimism reigns for Rebels
- ALHS spikers outlast Austin
- Breuer reaches national tourney
- Dual-meet season ends for Tiger tennis team
- Mildred Lareto Dahl, 99, Albert Lea
- Frederick D. Paulsen, 87, Hollandale
- Ruth E. Klema, 89, Austin
- Saturday luncheon to raise money for Ducks Unlimited
- County accepts bids on courthouse work
- Exol to appeal ditch fee
- Editorial: Wild animals are nothing to mess with
- Time to flush.
Tuesday, Oct. 7
- Winding down.
- USC/AC boys fourth at Duluth
- ALHS spikers 4th in tourney
- Panthers take third at Blue Earth
- Roger J. Campbell, 82, Lyle
- Beetle mania returns
- Wells still hoping to keep ConAgra beef plant open
- Cable channel may show high-school news program
- Editorial: Cut financial aid for rioting MSU students
- Column: Beetle infestation may be problem of our own creation
- The facts about fire.
Monday, Oct. 6
- Local men hurt in speedway accident
- Area Sports Calender
- ALHS girls fall to Park
- Alton Horvei, 78, Albert Lea
- Hilma G. Flo, 87, Bricelyn
- Area deaths for Monday
- Building character
- Column: Minnesota needs its animal-agriculture industry to succeed
Saturday, Oct. 4
- Column: Readers will notice a few changes in Lifestyles section
- Cougars break it open
- Panthers rule at USC homecoming
- Battling the elements in search of lunkers
- USC/A-C girls win at Waseca
- ALHS swimmers 6th in Austin Invitational
- Shirley A. Whelan, 68, Albert Lea
- Area deaths for Oct. 5, 2003
- For better or worse, homecoming not what it used to be
- Heating costs to rise
- ALHS garden flourishes with loving memories of a graduate
- Nature's World: Joe saw beauty in everything
- Looking Back: Albert Lea's pearl of an island
- Editorial: Danger still lurks in south of Afghanistan
- Tribune photoMichael Martin
Friday, Oct. 3
- Expansion project underway at Ventura
- ALHS spikers keep it close with East
- ALHS boys drop tough one to Austin
- ALHS soccer girls play to 1-1 draw at Austin
- Swimmers perform well in dual meet at Austin
- Dorothy Brandt, 83, Wells
- Bernadine Caroline Parker, 84, Alden
- Wanita M. Tukua, 82, Rochester
- Area deaths for Friday
- Old-style entertainment
- Judge says company was built on theft
- Misgens make salvage yard a family affair
- Column: Al Franken, his newest book, and the local connection
Thursday, Oct. 2
- Rendezvous leads list of weekend festivities
- Hormel workers ratify new contract with 65 percent in favor, averting strike
- Editorial: 'Super teacher' program seems worth a shot
- Column: Lack of tolerance for other views is dangerous
- Jail cells arrive.
- Turned back.
- Sports calendar
- Dorris A. Knutson, 83, Lake Mills, Iowa
- Goal of land deal kept quiet
- County hoping to find buyer for mammoth truck
Wednesday, Oct. 1
- Woman charged with posession of meth
- State names day for Maas
- Two killed in crash involving AL man
- Letter to the editor: Defending gun owners
- Singing suits.
- Column: A job cleaning toilets can be a foundation for great things
- Tigers can't contain Northfield
- ALHS soccer girls fall despite spirited effort
- Tiger CC teams make a run for it in Minneapolis South Border Battle
- Blue Devils warm up for state, regional
- Lyle/Pacelli rallies past Wolverines
- Wilbert Katzung, 91, Albert Lea
- Dolores M. Seifert, 91, Sleepy Eye
- Workers ratify Hormel contract
- Mixing GMO, other crops, is a concern


