Story archive for September 2004
Friday, Oct. 1
- Absentee voter rules explained
- Volleyball Tigers drop 3-0 match to Faribault
- JV girls fill in for tennis Tigers at Century
- Rebels fall to Waseca
- ALHS soccer squads swept by Winona
- Organizers of several events are recognized
- Column: The Community Magazine and its many columnists
- Arlyn Jake Jacobson, 70, Albert Lea
- Herman Myre, 88, Albert Lea
- County commissioner candidate says he's putting the past behind him
- Flood from another year inspires Grace women to organize popular salad luncheon
- First American pastime makes appearance at rendezvous
Thursday, Sept. 30
- Pawlenty seeks disaster relief from Bush
- Column: Lack of conviction what makes some people uncomfortable
- Joanne Frances Blein Murnane, 82, Hastings
- Scottish dancers step up to entertain
- Great White performs, Rendezvous opens to public
- Schwab wins civil suit over political sign
- New Ulm Battery adds big bang to Rendezvous
Wednesday, Sept. 29
- Editorial: Pawlenty's goal good news for state's farmers
- Albert Lea tennis girls fall 6-1 at JM
- Volleyball Tigers swept by USC
- G-E spikers get back on winning track
- Column: Answers only Al could give to your questions on life
- Olai Underland Jr., 71, Ellendale
- Marie Dorothy Lamoreux, 91
- Tammy Jo Dreyling, 43, Albert Lea
- Hazel Ruth Varner Van Wilgen Anderson, 88, Hollandale
- Kitten waiting to find home with 'royal' family
- Myrtle fire department receives $43,000 grant from Homeland Security to provide services
- Glimpse of history
- School struggles with city tax
Tuesday, Sept. 28
- Evans, Horejsi crowned royalty
- Lake Mills foursome wins tourney at Rice Lake
- Rebels take title at Truman
- Tigers second in tourney
- Column: Polishing our relationships enhances our own strengths
- Editorial: We are but one flood from needing help
- Roy Robert 'Bob' Loos, 77, Albert Lea
- Hazel Ruth Varner Van Wilgen Anderson, 88, Albert Lea
- T.I.D.E. gives students a choice
- Take a step back in time this weekend
- 671 local residences damaged by flooding
Monday, Sept. 27
- No more floating with new check law
- Rebel boys fourth at Princeton
- Column: Differences prove more than relevant
- Column: Kerry paints Bush as less than honest, but not a liar
- Esther Bertha Hansen, 94, Austin
- Arc helps family with challenges of Down syndrome child
- Years in school cafeteria memorable for reader
Saturday, Sept. 25
- History Is... History is people, just like you and me
- Column: Challenge of fall fishing can hold great rewards
- Panthers struggle in red zone while falling to GFW
- Albert Lea soccer boys blank Loyola
- Football Tigers come up short at Century
- Home sweet homecoming
- Column: Publisher's departure a blow for staff and community
- Hall presents his last radio show
- Take a Bow: Thanks to all who have stepped up to help with flood
- Bruce Richard Vasquez, 1 month, Albertville
- Lutheran Disaster Relief team in Albert Lea, county
- Farmers wait anxiously
- City's pollution prevention awarded
- Couple opens Taco King in Albert Lea
- Nature's World: Hold each moment of fall sacred
Friday, Sept. 24
- Grant will help train District 241 staff to better use school technology
- Swimmers defeat St. Peter
- Column: LGA cuts hurt economic development
- Column: Those fading memories of The Community Magazine
- Editorial: Helping one another is returned tenfold
- Ruth R. Blondie Trytten, 75, Mason City, Iowa
- Rev. J. Carlton Forshee, 88, Woodland, Minn.
- Good Samaritan Center incorporates computer program to life at home
- Sewage pumped into lake; public safety at stake
- FEMA assesses flood damage
- A taste of Jamaica
Thursday, Sept. 23
- School levy almost unnoticeable
- Column: Books given place of honor on steps means more than those on shelves
- Esther E. Vogelsang, 92, Wells
- Jewelry artist to demonstrate craft
- Bluegrass festival hosts Frank Ray, Dick Kimmel, Highway Home, others
- Flooding could be averted with initiative
- ALMC's Global Health Conference features speakers from three countries most affected by HIV/AIDS
Wednesday, Sept. 22
- Editorial: Safety message is paying off for state residents
- George Wilhelm Schmidt, 86, Wells
- Helmer Harold Brandt, 81, Hayward
- Flooded ditches may need repair; report any damage
- Soldiers home again
- FEMA assessing damage today
- Making time for flood victims
- Hollandale looks to future
- Lake Mills spikers top Forest City
- RunningRebels roll at Windom
- ALHS soccer boys improve despite loss
- Tennis Tigers fall 6-1 to Austin
- Why shakeup won't save Kerry
- Guest column: With world borders getting smaller, global health a critical topic
Tuesday, Sept. 21
- Biking for tuition
- Column: Claim political labels are handed down through human genes is dubious
- Lillian Christian, 88, Albert Lea
- Lester James Christensen, 88, Alden
- Albert Lea man charged in Austin murder
- Juvenile among four arrested in meth bust
- Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay
Monday, Sept. 20
- Watershed supports retention ponds
- Rebels first, second at Maple River Invitational
- Tennis Tigers drop two at Blue Earth
- Column: Remember military soldiers, families
- Column: Public finds options to extreme liberal media with upstart networks
- Joan June Carlson, 71, Hollandale
- Catholic Charities offers help, hope to pregnant women
- Faith in action
- Flood water poses health hazard in A.L.
- Safety checks
Sunday, Sept. 19
- Biennial tour raises money for scholarships
- Bulldogs blast Rockford
- Turnovers cost Rebels against MCW
- Wolverines humble Houston, 38-14
- Panthers avenge tough loss to MVL
- Tigers take it to Winona
- Column: Water levels differ greatly from southern to northern Minnesota
- National ID system part of future
- News people love their jobs, criticism aside, because they care
- Take a Bow: More flood assistance recognized
- Myron Oscar Ruffridge, 90, Northwood, Iowa
- Katrina K. Blouin, 34, Ashville, N.C.
- Lucille O'Daffer, 92, Albert Lea
- Isotonic entrepreneurs
- 'Breakfast with Champions'
- Community comes together to help flood victims
- Federal officials assessing damage
- Farmers already concerned about crops, hit hard by flood
Friday, Sept. 17
- Porter: 'I want to do my best to keep the party going'
- ALHS spikers fall to Winona
- Tennis Tigers swept at Mankato East
- Column: Cookie-cutter counties and a few map mistakes aren't unusual
- Take a bow: Athletes, Glenville commended
- Virgetta Rose King, 65, Albert Lea
- Virgel R. Johnson, 91, New Richland
- Coming home
- State of emergency declared
- Hollandales' flood plight
- Lake cleanup canceled
- City votes to rebid Hatch Bridge work
Thursday, Sept. 16
- Aftermath of flooding
- Roads have been closed due to dangerous conditions. Residents are asked to avoid the following areas:
- Record rainfall makes for one of wettest days
- Dorman, Kaphers roll up sleeves for general election
- Receding waters won't dampen weekend events
- Creighton Allen Hagen, 80, Albert Lea
- David George Scherb, 85, Kiester
- Martha Egeness, 92, Bricelyn
- Oliver Morin, 82, Albert Lea
- Take a Bow: Community response deseves credit
- Reunion planned for 1989 ALHS football team
Wednesday, Sept. 15
- The road less traveled
- USC spikers top Austin.
- Local wrestlers take top honors at Luther camp
- Column: Sunday church suit raises suspision when worn on Saturday
- Edna D. Marxen, 88, Golden Valley
- Jane Foster, 96, Crawfordsville, Ind.
- Leland D. Ackland, 91, St. Paul
- Joshua James Medd, 24, Albert Lea
- Kenneth O. Monson, 82, Emmons
- Heavy rain washes out more than election turnout
- Behrends wins primary
- Mathiason gets another shot at seat
- Incumbent Springborg unseated; Shoff, Nelson advance to November election
- Former rivals square off
Tuesday, Sept. 14
- Levy remains about the same as 2000
- ALHS soccer boys drop 3-1 game at Rochester
- USC/AC cross country teams first, fourth at Montgomery Invitational
- Albert Lea soccer girls edged by Mayo, 2-1
- Knights rally past Wolverines
- Tennis Tigers knock off Faribault
- Column: Hazard waste collection benefits residents, environment
- Editorial: Your vote matters in today's primary
- Shirley L. Schwarz, 69, Hartland
- County board considers crafting safety policy for intersections
- Legion helps schools by providing diabetic supplies
- Glenville erects new playground
Monday, Sept. 13
- Albert Lea CC teams 13th, 14th at Faribault
- ALHS soccer boys take tourney title
- Column: Parent involvement is critical to your child's success
- Gloria V. Grinolds, 76, Albert Lea
- Mabel N. Lewis, 89, Albert Lea
- Bette Louis Brown, Vancouver, Wash.
- Loretta D. Hartman, 86, Albert Lea
- Youth takes to the track
- Life is a carnival
- Troop support day planned in Albert Lea
- Library card connects kids with fun
Sunday, Sept. 12
- Walk through Graceland revives the past
- Panthers win big
- Volleyball Tigers fall to Owatonna
- Vikings blow out Bulldogs
- Owatonna overpowers football Tigers
- Development, diversity and residents praised
- Column: Design Team works with community to create vision, action plan
- Soccer girls keep it close against Century
- Clarice E. Malepsy, 74, Medford, Oregon
- Youth theatre offers '12 Dancing Princesses'
- Bike club rides in memory of veterans
- Sales tax may not be only option
- Ribbon cut for Quality Pork
- Tubbs can't say enough about great Scouting experiences
- History, museum fit into whole package of Albert Lea's future
- Fall's a good time to resume feeding the birds
Friday, Sept. 10
- Water plan requires updating
- $515,000 goal benefits 18 area agencies
- Breuer leads Riverland to victory in golf invitational
- Swimmers win again
- Tigers lose more than meet
- Column: Those missing parts of Iowa's border counties explored
- Editorial: Riverland's diversity efforts applauded
- James C. Toft, 74, Albert Lea
- Write a note thanking teachers for dedication
- Trinity's Altar Guild celebrates milestone
- Haren runs for president
Thursday, Sept. 9
- Grant helps Riverland continue diversity training
- County approves levy
- Column: Bush really hasn't accomplished what he thinks he has
- Festival brings yesteryear to life
- Mall hosts one-stop shopping Saturday
- Commissioners approve land sale to DNR
Wednesday, Sept. 8
- Verna Tysver, 78, Albert Lea
- Soccer girls drop Big Nine opener
- Swimmers cruise at Owatonna
- Volleyball Tigers swept by Waseca
- Column: Bush's decisions are the problem
- Column: Food-on-a-stick, other anomalies standard fare at State Fair
- Editorial: School's open drive with extra caution
- Sgt. Juan Calderon Jr., 26, Weslaco, Tex.
- Gary Lee Davis, 64, Austin
- William Edward Nothwehr, 82, Albert Lea
- United Way's 'Breakfast of Champions' Thursday
- Meth fight continues
- Welcome to the race
- Color of caution
Tuesday, Sept. 7
- Keith D. Bjorklund, 68, Blue Earth
- Jail seized by inmates for 7 hours
- Albert Lea Lake cleanup scheduled Sept. 18
- Keith Fligge appointed to Albert Lea Port Authority
- Healthcare academy prepares workforce
- Working out the knots
- Rebels run well at Mountain Lake
- Hockinson wins Shortstop
- Column: Something was different at the Republican convention
Monday, Sept. 6
- Fewer carp in Pickerel Lake, thanks to company
- Network aims to help caregivers
- New location helps expedite services
- Column: Bush bounce a'building
- Column: College takes leadership role in working through cultural diversity
- Sharp-shooter
Saturday, Sept. 4
- Couple to lead United Way campaign
- Club offers friendship activities for singles
- Confusion with an Irish name
- The science of learning
- Nature's World: Q and A on rain and birds
- Wolverines can't contain Mabel-Canton
- Vikings crush SCMT
- Albert Lea soccer girls prevail 2-0 at Loyola
- NRHEG cruises in opener
- Tigers can't catch West
- Column: Kerry needs a change of subject
- Column: Republican convention highlights government's financial excesess
- Editorial: Cooperation provides source of comfort
- Christopher Jude Johnson, 27, Albert Lea
- Helen J. Weiler, 95, Golden Valley
- Betty Lou Herfindahl, 75
- Lana L. Otterson, 61, St. Paul
- A familiar face
- Overgaard wins state honors at MN fair
Friday, Sept. 3
- Myron C. Thompson, 93, Albert Lea
- ALHS tennis girls upended at Owatonna
- Swimmers fall to Mankato West
- Shortstop tradition continues
- Volleyball Wolverines improve to 2-0
- Column: A labor of love
- Editorial: Local workforce program matches workers, jobs
- Column: Rummage sales by the block, town, and by the mile
- Ann Cibert, 89, Albert Lea
- John E. Olson, 83, Bricelyn
- Betty Lou Herfindahl, 75, Austin
- Beth Audrey Sorenson, 92, Albert Lea
- Aldon Elroy Holstad, 74, Glenville
- Nurses in high demand as retirements could create shortage
- Marin serves community through parish, council position
- Local JOBZ efforts praised
- Cooperative efforts bring swift justice to goose killer
Thursday, Sept. 2
- Conservation conscious
- District realizes additional savingsDistrict realizes additional savings
- Economic survey considered
- Column: Cruise on the Pelican Breeze resurrects memory of a sand pit swim
- Thomas Mattson, 75, Albert Lea
- Auto workers' contract agreement reached
- Providing eats for all sorts of critters
Wednesday, Sept. 1
- Donation to school board will benefit disadvantaged children
- Karl Henry Brune, 86, Conger
- Marvin L. Anderson, 80, Glenville
- B. Marie Sunde, 85, Fairbury, Neb.
- Column: Nagging questions get answered by the 'master of wit'
- Editorial: Meth clean-up costs belong to landlords
- ALHS netters blanked by Marshall
- Taco John's plans move
- Dealership, workers continue talks today
- The results are ...
- Workforce program exceeds state average
- Volleyball Tigers drop opener


