Story archive for July 2004

Saturday, July 31

• Overgaard strives to leave a legacy

• Column: News of geese slaughter a shock after weekend trip north

• G-H ends Bulldogs' season of dreams

• A half-century of softball

• Column: Kids will always say the darndest things

• Take a Bow: Local people help raccoons, other children

• Gina N. Hove, 91, Lake Mills, Iowa

• In an effort to grow, New Richland opts to give away land

• Longtime resident hopes to make Albert Lea stronger

• Shoff focuses on budget, growth prospects

• An exhibit with strings attached

• Drilling for oil in the Kiester Hills

• Nature's World: With chiggers, nothing figures

• Home, Red Cross benefit from Horswell's time

Friday, July 30

• Out for a swim?

• G-E Legion team saves best for last

• Colonels end regular season with a win

• Column: Even ALF may get his very own network television talk show

• Editorial: New policy will dictate future action

• Eldo Darrell Bogenschutz, 82, Glenville

• Former councilmember runs for 3rd Ward seat

• Friends organize benefit for 4-year-old

• Sheriff's office plans another fundraiser for guns

• Stamp of approval

Thursday, July 29

• Harley-Davidson Traveling Museum makes stop in Albert Lea today

• There are no local sports stories appearing in the Tribune today.

• Column: Telling response led to deeper look at political party

• Edna Mae Ganiere, 82, New Richland

• James Leonard Nelson, 86, Albert Lea

• On the Road: Hollandale's Harvest Festival will crown queen of the town

• Hoffman faces 68 months in prison on meth charges

• Wanted: Restored tractors

• Local law enforcement 'progressive'

Wednesday, July 28

• Youngsters help with school supplies

• U-13 boys win first game in state soccer tourney

• Guest column: Are political conventions necessary?

• Column: The latest news from Hartland includes bull hit by ice cream truck

• Editorial: Give the children and their families hope

• Virginia (Shurson) Peterson, 73, Rochester

• Paul Olson, 85, Albert Lea

• Sara Ann 'Sally' Butsch, 54, San Francisco

• Memory people

• Glenville man helps woman's dream come true

• Watershed looks at 2005 budget

• Goose massacre carries penalties

Tuesday, July 27

• Bar owner will retain license

• There are no sports reports for today.

• Column: Task force recommendations won't bring immediate satisfaction

• Editorial: Goose killer must be prosecuted

• Betty Jean Recknor, 79, Hartland

• Cyrus 'Cy' Lindell, 82, Vasa, Minn.

• Bernard Wesley Trail, 72, Albert Lea

• Scheduled entertainment for cancer walk open to all Albert Lea residents

• MPCA: Water pollution not a health concern

• Trucker hauls out memories

• Collision injures two

Monday, July 26

• Column: Kerry remains complicated candidate

• Author Jean Illsley Clarke guest speaker at Albert Lea Wellness event

• Colonels drop 3-0 decision to Faribault

• Opinion: Public policy strays far from what most consider ethical

Saturday, July 24

• Editorial: Trash belongs in garbage cans, not roads

• Hot weather bite mosquitoes and fish

• Budd makes major strides

• Column: Albert Lea the cat's meow for new residents

• Deaths announcements for Sunday

• Matthew Jon Rohne, 35, Glenville

• John Thomas Minehart, 63, Albert Lea

• Eric P. Sorenson, 45, Plymouth, Minn.

• February's fish kill improves lake clarity

• Zamboni repairman wins big

• Classon wants to build jobs

• Returned to the wild

• History is ... It's all about community

• Swamp gas in the Kiester Hills

• Nature's World: Tales of a mother's love, bird CPR, crime

• For the love of Duane

Friday, July 23

• Column: Multiple births, lightning rods and an earthquake

• Take a bow: Business's commitment to restoration applauded

• Marguerite Rose Johnson, 83, Albert Lea

• Louise Elizabeth Gussner, 97, Edina, Minn.

• Illegal trash dumping becoming a problem

• Rofshus ready to step up to leadership

Thursday, July 22

• Tainted water cause for concern

• Cookies of love

• Guest column: Vermont's lessons on gay marriage

• Column: Cartoon reminiscent of Big Lie and the need for the U.S. Constitution

• Florence Eleanor Field, 86, Albert Lea

• Additional filings

• Paper doll party, crazy days all a part of the weekend of activities in Albert Lea

Wednesday, July 21

• Bible Book Store renovation inspired by former store facade

• Post 56 improves despite loss at Waseca

• Post 447 loses more than game at Rochester

• U-17 girls earn trip to state

• Column: Researcher tracked to the ends of the earth by ferocious yeti

• Editorial: Increased lottery sales are a double-edged sword

• John David Dave Larsen, 61, Clearwater, Fla.

• Elizabeth Vander Veen, 88, Albert Lea

• George M. Thofson Jr., 55, Glenville

• Reesie would be better if she had a home

• Operation: Command Central

Tuesday, July 20

• Olive Thompson remembers when kids made their own fun

• G-E Legion beats Byron in tourney

• Walton, Colonels outlast Owatonna

• Editorial: In-fighting must be put aside for benefit of residents

• Harry Obermeyer, 99, Bricelyn

• Svend A. Svenningsen, 92, Minneapolis

• Marti Louise Wells, 54, Rochester

• L.D. Cruiser and the Tones to play for Crazy Days

• Small musical group doing big things

Monday, July 19

• Katie Radke puts finishing touches on pastries

• Land near former Farmland site donated to city

• Alan V. Mangskau, 79, rural Ellendale

• O. Marie Peterson, 74, Northwood, Iowa

Sunday, July 18

• Colonels fall to NR, Rochester

• Post 56 holds off G-E

• Column: Church bloopers fall short of intended holy message

• Editorial: Blood donors, volunteers are appreciated

• Forrest 'Lynn' Hurst, 93, Brooklyn Park

• Irene Tufte, 80, Cottage Grove

• Gladys W. Anderson, 83, Leland, Iowa

• Vermedahl adheres to laminating business for 50 years

• Duck picks courthouse as nesting site

• Taxes, growth concern candidate Nelson

• Leland family to hold reunion today

• Column: The case of the fainting goat

• Column: Fish tales from 'Way up north'

• 5th-seeded U-12 girls surprise district foes

• Toying with wood: Life's obstacles don't get woodworker down

Friday, July 16

• Subcontracting for God: New Crossroads Church built with the help of many

• Old blowers cost half a million to run

• Pickerel Lake topic of informational meeting slated Monday at Riverland

• Josie Beatrice Schenck, 86, Albert Lea

• Marjorie L. Kenevan, 87, Columbus/Beaver Dam. Wis.

• Editorial: Prevention worth more than a pound of cure

• Column: Watching the bands pass by in those parades brings pride to the heart

• Two the hard way: Shorthanded U-15 girls win division title

• 12-and-under team playing in state tournament

Thursday, July 15

• John 'Jack' Smith, 86, Albert Lea

• Blood shortage prompts request for attendance at bloodmobile

• Candidate Borst questions lack of county growth

• City: Leave the little stinkers alone

• U-16 boys make it to state

• Column: More than serial killers make sport of abusing animals

• Editorial: Handgun flap must be resolved quickly

• John Leo Stanek, 69, Fond du Lac, Wis.

Wednesday, July 14

• John Jack Smith, 86, Albert Lea

• Roy William Bjoraker, 75, Owatonna

• Kathleen Agnes Ahern, 86, Winona

• City adopts new funding request guidelines

• Pedaling for a cause

• Second sign cost discounted

• Bulldogs claim outright NIC title, improve to 33-4

• G-E Legion sharp despite long layoff

• Quick learners

• Column: Edwards' contributors take hits

• Column: Inquiring minds seek the answers to life's little questions

• Editorial: New city policy for donations is applauded

• Lorene B. Wright, 84, Coon Rapids

Tuesday, July 13

• Couple's history leads them back to ice cream

• Bulldogs advance to semifinals at Armstrong

• Colonels knock off Austin/Hayfield

• Editorial: Public comment a common theme with candidates

• Guy Gerry Thompson, 90, Oronoco

• Hot Shots hearing tabled until July 26

• Knutson campaigns for change

Monday, July 12

• Column: Materials exchange list helps cities get necessary materials, cut costs

• Charles L. Cooper, 83, Northwood, Iowa

• Virginia Ginny Carrisalez, 71, Albert Lea

• Motor coach group arrives in Albert Lea

• Creative writing teacher takes on a variety of hobbies

• Refund of tax overage adds up

Saturday, July 10

• Celebrating an anniversary and reunion

• Column: As the weather heats up, so should the fishing

• Walton, Colonels nipped 1-0 by Waseca

• Shooting for state

• Baseball Tigers claim academic crown

• Missing key players, Post 56 falls to Rochester A's

• Column: There's lots to celebrate in Albert Lea

• Column: Small-bug-causes-accident theory not without merit

• Florence H. Tollefson, 95, Manitowoc, Wis.

• James R. Hansen, 80, Jacksonville, Fla.

• Charles Chuck C. Wangen, 80, Hayward

• Elvin Wogen, 91, Kiester

• Law enforcement kept busy this summer making drug-related busts, arrests

• For the love of fish

• Sales job lessons carry over

• On to nationals

• Nature's World: Dutch elm disease makes reappearance

Friday, July 9

• Screamin' for ice cream

• Column: Internet porn should be isolated

• Column: Catfish, bullheads and the fish called 'Iowa trout'

• Hayson: Changes would allow more community comment

• Take a bow: Thank those who organized the fireworks

• Robert Bob Ray Daseke, 51, Mason City, Iowa

• Beatrice Vivian Winjum, 91, Albert Lea

• Repairs would eliminate flooding

Thursday, July 8

• Country life

• U-13 soccer boys earn trip to state

• Washington Avenue RR crossing accidents missed

• Alfred Emery Youngberg, 97, New Richland

• Clement M. Bud Wilder, 83, Albert Lea

• Grace Victoria Sorbo, 98, Albert Lea

• LaVonne Evelyn Griese, 77, Austin

• Mayor, three others file for open council seats

• Street work to begin in August

• Benefit and auction planned to help Sistek with expenses

• Gjersvik: input necessary

Wednesday, July 7

• Hands-down favorite

• Sports caldendar

• Top finishers from local Soccer Shootout advance to district level

• I-90 A's take silver medals in St. Paul

• Column: An honest conversation about race

• Column: You can purchase what you got rid of at a rummage sale

• Editorial: Now's the time to step up to the political plate

• Dale G. Perry, 77, Mason City, Iowa

• Alpha M. Braund, 94, Kiester

• Bernice Ethel Schutz, 83, Albert Lea

• Sneakers makes friends easily, says family

• Four file for open county board seats

• Pomeroy endorsed Tuesday

• Pedestrians injured in accident

Tuesday, July 6

• Teen leaves a musical legacy to Macy, Neb., school

• U-13 boys run record to 9-0-1

• Post 56 takes second in tourney

• Column: Despite direct hits, Moore film takes too many cheap shots

• Ronald C. Kopischke, 66, Richfield

• Elna M. Hanson, 92, Kiester

• Grace McMullen, 84, St. Ansgar, Iowa

• Frances A. Sauer, 84, Walters

• Irene Marie Bushlack, 88, Wells

• Beatrice S. Schultz, 89, Freeborn

• 102-year-old recalls harrowing buggy ride

• Service center tops city's new building permit list

Monday, July 5

• Area has many swimming options

• VFW team drops two at Owatonna

• U-12 soccer girls prevail in Border Battle

• G-E Legion pulls off a sweep at NR

• Column: I support my father's position on the viability of stem cell research

• There are no obituaries today.

• The willing worker

• After nearly a year, stolen dog returns to family

Saturday, July 3

• Schindler embraces love of sit-com with character

• Aunt Millie and the algae story

• Already, Williams looks forward to 2005

• The Tribune's 2004 All-Area Baseball Team

• United South Central's Schrader has all the right skills

• Column: Unexpected experiences offer insight into role of fate every day

• Editorial: Awards handed out to deserving local residents

• Elda A. Halvorson, 87, Albert Lea

• Liquor Depot owners retain age-old feel of former train station

• Siblings reunited after more than 50-year separation

• Melodrama promises evening of old-fashioned fun

• Celebrating a fourth with a fiery finale

• Why it's a good thing cows don't fly

Friday, July 2

• Thompson takes helm of cooperative

• Errors lead to loss for G-E Legion squad

• Post 56 falls short in tourney opener

• Column: Some comments about our national anthem

• Editorial: Use caution on state roads this weekend

• Margaret A. Cantwell, 92, Waseca

• Many businesses, government offices closed for Fourth of July

• Driven to learn: Students recognized for efforts to advance their education

• Council members contemplate public input at meeting

Thursday, July 1

• Law enforcement officials concerned cuts will bog down justice system

• Summer learning

• Local, area events enough to keep residents busy

• Northwood will celebrate Hometown Fourth of July

• Madyson Kay Hall, infant, Albert Lea

• Eliceo Joseph Perez Jr., 69, Albert Lea

• Column: Preserving Bill of Rights should be paramount in our society

• MF Technologies opens