Story archive for January 2005

Tuesday, Feb. 1

• Old-world charm

• Alice Mae Belshan, 88, Austin

• Two open chiefs' positions a rare opportunity

• Gloria Margaret Bock, 95, Albert Lea

• Fire leads to meth arrest

• New name chosen for Farmland

• Melvin Tatge, 92, Wells

• Column: How second presidential terms fail

• Editorial: Restrictions reflect city's urban growth

• Column: FDA must follow its own rules

• ALHS icemen roll at Winona

• Shorthanded G-E girls fall short at Lanesboro

• Trophy time

• Marlo A. Durby, 68, Lake Mills, Iowa

Monday, Jan. 31

• City explores no-cost changes for library

• Youth Hockey

• ALHS wrestlers edged by Adrian

• Column: The power to make change comes from the ground up

• Editorial: Good sign for cooperation?

• Grace M. Ferring, 90, Albert Lea

• Egil L. Hovey, 87, Albert Lea

• Alliance brings health care to the people

• Discovering a gift

Sunday, Jan. 30

• Toys big and small, they like 'em all

• Moral victory

• Owatonna holds off ALHS boys

• Column: Cutting a few Zs was interferring with life

• Editorial: To save wetlands, get to the heart of the problem

• Robin Marie Lee, 48, Fairmont

• Vincent Lane Christenson, 77, Pontiac, Mich.

• Evelyn C. Mock, 89, Hartland

• New Credit Bureau owners find business a good fit

• Interfaith group aids victims of flood

• Senate bonding package includes flood-relief funds

• ACT brings music of Leiber and Stoller to life

Friday, Jan. 28

• Editorial: Community benefactors recognized

• Swimmers dominate Austin in dual meet

• Albert Lea hockey boys rally past Faribault

• ALHS matmen dismantle Mayo, 58-13

• ALHS hockey girls fly past Faribault

• Column: Reviving the days of Saturday afternoons at the movies

• Sandra Lee Petersen, 65, Albert Lea

• Lorraine 'Rainy' F. Groff, 77, Albert Lea

• Timid at first, Mella's learning to trust people

• Police ring in New Year with impaired drivers

• 104 years young

• Web site offers answers about watershed

Thursday, Jan. 27

• Local officials react to Pawlenty budget

• Panther girls edged in overtime

• ALHS boys aim to peak for playoffs

• Column: The Cruikshanks were nothing if not adventurous

• Editorial: State needs to reconsider its casino proposal

• Eunice Mae Wichmann, 74, Albert Lea

• Irving Arnold Flatness, 86, Northwood

• Antonia V. Martinez, 82, Guckeen

• Benefit, fund-raisers and comedy on tap for weekend

• Appeals court upholds lower court ruling against local company

• Crash kills two

• Outlet owner awaits verdict

Wednesday, Jan. 26

• Waldhoff honored with top Scouting award

• USC basketball girls avenge loss to A-C

• No. 1 West tops ALHS basketball boys, 67-54

• ALHS icemen can't stop Century

• Column: Taxing obesity by the pound could put us all on a new eating plan

• Editorial: Use caution when riding snowmobiles

• Adrian Kenneth Storvickd, 76, Glenville

• Community comments on White Lake plans

• Sorensen Bros. wins Hatch Bridge bid

• Options sought for Bridge Ave.

• Serving the arts

Tuesday, Jan. 25

• District 241 reduces budget by $351,500

• Swimmers fall short in dual at East

• ALHS hockey girls tie Winona

• Column: Discussion on Social Security subdivides the generations

• Audrey Jean Giese, 72, Easton

• Muriel (Hagerud) (Severtson) Hawkins,

• A teacher's hope

• Caroleann R. Lohman, 70, Austin

• Irene A. Johnson, 84, Frost

• Kathleen M. 'Kacky' Nelson, 81, Albert Lea

• New rates proposed for business, industrial districts

• First court appearance a non-event

Monday, Jan. 24

• Column: Young lady's words reminder of important things in life

• Klatt, Tigers stop JM

• ALHS girls blast Rockets

• Editorial: More students could be helped if businesses pitched in

• Mildred I. Slattum, 94, Albert Lea

• Eloise G. Jenson, 89, Albert Lea

• Pawlenty budget unlikely to fix chronic problems

• Barkema plans final chapter in Albert Lea

• Prescription outlet goes to court

• Childhood water baby

Sunday, Jan. 23

• Big boys' toys

• Is there a cure for the dreaded Cabin Fever?

• G-E boys run winning streak to three

• Hockey Tigers set for Century

• Wally's world

• Column: Don't mess around help is there for those with depression

• Editorial: Legislators cannot ignore impact of simple action

• Eunice Mae Wichmann, 84, Albert Lea

• Cecil Warren Heskett, 79, Albert Lea

• Lionel Lee Peters, 87, Albert Lea

• Joseph John Myran, 86, Glenville

• Clarence Joe Albert Olson, 75, Albert Lea

• Local teacher named to state teaching board

• Childhood memories bring owner full circle

• Meth still hot topic at capitol

• 'La Fiesta Grande'

• History Is... How will future historians interpret our lives?

• Tips on caring for your pet from the Humane Society of Freeborn County

• Going to Phil's for fine food

Friday, Jan. 21

• Wedge Creek added to long-range water plan

• Vikings name Loney offensive coordinator

• Freshman wrestlers shine at section

• Big Nine leaders show Tigers why

• Column: How Albert Lea High School chose its team mascot, identifying colors

• Editorial: Area bank, local woman recognized

• Warren R. Hill, 83, Albert Lea

• Lorraine Evelyn Bock, 75, Owatonna

• Decision-makers

• Sneakers rescued from a wild life outdoors

• Council to set utility rates

• A stubborn fire

Thursday, Jan. 20

• Inaugural message marked by hope of freedom's advance

• Column: Bush is resolute, but not inconsistent

• Column: Family dedicated to principle of motto, but lenient in practice

• Editorial: National drug bargaining simply a must

• Ag background helped Aeikens when he bought hardward store 21 years ago

• Project would develop housing county-wide

• Vintage toy program planned at doll museum

• County discusses televised meetings

Wednesday, Jan. 19

• Java ladies

• ALHS basketball boys whip Waseca

• Swimmers fall to Faribault

• ALHS basketball girls give Waseca a battle

• Albert Lea hockey girls top Owatonna

• ALHS icemen humble Huskies

• Column: In lieu of community paper, Hartland has Harold who dispenses news

• Editorial: True intent of wetlands act dismal failure

• Mary Ludlow Mimi Crandall, 68, North Attleboro, Massachusatts

• Stephen Carlyle Schutz, 54, Northwood, Iowa

• Phosphorous ban may not solve pollution problems

• Workforce healthcare program receives award

• County turns down tax abatement

• Watershed assessment approved

Tuesday, Jan. 18

• White Lake options discussed tonight

• B Bantams skate past Faribault and Austin but fall to Owatonna

• Sportsmen club elects new officers

• NRHEG wrestlers run record to 17-5

• Marshall, Raptors top Timberwolves

• Opinion: Drug companies seek alternative reason to take medications labeled bad

• Editorial: Stay indoors when temps dip below zero

• Bernice Venem, 90, Albert Lea

• Cold snaps electrical wire; no one hurt

• Learning the language

• Government in action

Monday, Jan. 17

• King Day creates awareness

• Eagles end Vikings' season

• G-E boys win a pair

• Swimmers bring home trophy

• Streak hits 12 for ALHS icemen

• Column: Another Hillary scandal could spell trouble should she make a presidential run

• Terrence Terry Whalen

• Virgil J. Ryan, 71, Albert Lea

• Helen Bernice Randall, 64, Albert Lea

• Tax aid available for senior citizens through retired persons association

• For the love of wildlife

• 18-chair dialysis unit may open in Albert Lea

• Telles may take the stand

• Editorial: Welfare reform bills merely a distraction

Sunday, Jan. 16

• ALHS girls can't hold off Mayo

• Local musician records easy-listening CD

• Highly visible windows promoted locally made products

• Column: Woodpeckers are plentiful

• Youths get hands-on feel for government

• Fatality reported

• Legislature puts focus on flooding, meth this week

• Aragon Bar changes hands

• Christina Espinosa Garcia, 50, Albert Lea

• Walter Thompson, 87, Albert Lea

• James D. 'Jim' Mildenstein, 66, Albert Lea

• Wilma Eileen Schilling, 88, Austin

• Albert Lea boys win key game at Mayo

• Anderson reaches 1,000 career points as NRHEG girls top USC

Friday, Jan. 14

• Gift of life

• ALHS boys' swimming team drops nonconference dual at Northfield

• Elks Hoop Shoot free-throw contest set for Saturday

• Albert Lea wrestlers breeze past East

• Tigers rule at Rochester Lourdes

• Column: Mary Peek was the state's best known terrorist victim

• Editorial: Inconvenience is a sad commentary on society

• Rosie Marie Harty, 73, Albert Lea

• Inez J. Johnson, 88, Lake Minnetonka

• Dimiter James Ivanoff, 85, Shakopee

• James Jim D. Mildenstein, 66, Albert Lea

• Returning the gift

• Farmland soil tested for toxins

• Woman's legacy will live on in India

Thursday, Jan. 13

• Crash leads to arrest on drug charge

• Vikings worth more with Moss than without

• Timberwolves slide into a loss against the Magic

• JV boys' basketball team improves to 3-1 with win over Austin

• Not the same old Mayo

• Column: Hibernation has to be a better alternative to the winter months

• Editorial: Support Eagles cancer events

• Evelyn Ruth Thomas, 91, Albert Lea

• Eric Thomas Aguilera, 28, Mason City, Iowa

• Orlando N. Thompson, 90, Albert Lea

• Greater Jobs annual meeting highlights progress

• Eagles' events raise money for cancer fight

• 18-month-old doing fine after attack by family St. Bernard

• From one extreme to another

Wednesday, Jan. 12

• Finding the source of pollution

• Swimmers drop dual at Farmington

• Lyle/Pacelli hands G-E boys another tough loss

• Tigers do everything but win against Fairmont

• Albert Lea basketball boys blast New Ulm

• A measure of revenge

• Column: New 'lessons' not the noble ones

• Column: When is it cold enough? If you have to ask, it is too cold

• Editorial: Unemployment rates down in Freeborn County

• Dean R. Woody Wood, 56, Minnesota Lake

• Steven Allan Van Ryswyk, 41, Albert Lea

• Benefit planned for family who lost home Christmas Day

• A little security

• Fountain Lake fueling docks approved

• Coming of age

Tuesday, Jan. 11

• Arguing the case

• Junior Gold hockey squad knocks off league's first, second-place teams

• A Squirts remain hot with three victories

• ALHS hockey girls win at Waseca

• Border battle

• Column: Helping the tsunami victims will take years and years

• Editorial: Overall, cities fared well despite cuts

• Eleanor Serene Bigelow, 85, Albert Lea

• John Gregory Horvat, 83, Austin

• Speech team will host 250 students for second contest

• KFC closes restaurant

• Wood burning stoves still OK

• State cities fare well despite cuts

Monday, Jan. 10

• Reader enjoys life in Albert Lea

• Wolves fall as Wizards win fourth straight

• Albert Lea swimmers seventh at invitational

• Vikings qualify for playoffs with win

• Column: Who's a penny pincher?

• Opinion: Cooperation more likely with appointments

• Column: Who will tell justices' retirement time has arrived?

• Leah J. Fynbo, 82, Albert Lea

• Sarah Abrego-Diaz, 52, Albert Lea

• Informational meetings scheduled, open to public, for White Lake lakeshed

• Search of clothing reveals drug paraphernalia, meth

• Three killed in head-on collision

Sunday, Jan. 9

• Volunteers value time with nursing home residents

• Pleasant surprise

• Bulldog boys drop another tough one

• Albert Lea basketball girls bow to Austin

• Tigers can't catch Packers

• Column: Pollutant high on MPCA list is mercury

• Editorial: Viking must find a way to beat the Pack

• Charles Skip Buchanan

• Viola (Ausen) Hemingway

• Phosphorus ban, debt collection changes among laws in effect since Jan. 1

• Program gives eyeglasses to those in need

• Greenbelt plans underway

• Energized by his work

• Column: Donations make museum the treasure it is

• Art center conducting annual membership drive

• From photos to oil and more, all-member show has it all

Friday, Jan. 7

• Family seeks tax relief

• Anderson, NRHEG girls win key conference contest

• Swimmers pick up another dual win

• Tiger hockey girls blanked by Mayo/Lourdes

• ALHS matmen flatten Faribault

• Wanted: More information about Lefty Johnson

• Take a bow: City, county workers who clear our roads

• Marcia Jane Frisk, 57, Austin

• Officials apply for grant to continue prevention of underage drinking in community

• City continues discussion of utility, lighting rates

• Tigger 2, a typically playful kitten, loves playing with others and needs a home

• Former HS may have new owner

Thursday, Jan. 6

• Watershed, city will collaborate on sales tax effort

• Tigers expect a battle with Austin

• Column: May the first footer of your new year bring good luck

• Editorial: Legislators must produce on promises to the people

• Eula P. Peterson, 86, Albert Lea

• Lynn Knutson, 62, Waseca

• Irma J. Wangen, 93, Albert Lea

• Art show, book signing, pancake breakfast highlights of weekend's activities

• Diversity video welcomes immigrants to Freeborn County, Albert Lea

• Hiring process for fire, police chiefs outlined

• Veteran memorial design approved

Wednesday, Jan. 5

• Donation helps pay off gun bill

• Hagen leads NRHEG girls past Kasson-Mantorville

• ALHS boys' basketball team falls at East

• Slow start costs Tiger hockey girls at Austin

• Tigers annihilate arch-rival Austin

• Albert Lea girls knock off East

• Column: Swami visits Batt with predictions right or wrong for 2005

• Editorial: Traffic deaths are always unacceptable

• John Bickford, 90, Albert Lea

• Mary J. Storlie, 73, Hokah, Minn.

• Cornelius Corny G. Diaz, 50, Albert Lea

• Motorists should use care on county roads

• Dave Mullenbach new board chair

• Carload of books

Tuesday, Jan. 4

• Junior Gold icemen 1-2 in tourney

• Tice, Vikings have mixed feelings about backing into the playoffs

• Tigers edged by JM/Century, 4-3

• To be successful with resolutions, you must have a plan

• Editorial: Residents shouldn't accept state gimmicks

• Elmer Edward Richter, 75, Conger

• Orville Ole M. Stenseth, 86, Glenville

• City charter dictates actions for removal

• CADET teaches kids the dangers of drug use

• Making roads safe

Monday, Jan. 3

• ALHS icemen bring home tourney title

• Column: President Bush has won undying enmity of many large media groups

• Editorial: Bumper stickers belong in the trash bin

• William Gene Harriman, 74, Albert Lea

• Alice W. Herrmann, 93, Winnebago

• Verlin J. Draheim, 93, Wells

• Passing the puck

• Meth task force receives $5,000 grant for education

• Rising health costs pressure benefits

• ALHS girls edged at Target Center

• Vikes make playoffs despite another loss

• ALHS boys' basketball team can't miss at Target Center

• Tigers come through in The Clash

Sunday, Jan. 2

• Select Foods construction remains on track

• Growth requires more housing

• Review of CVB finances by state auditor in 1997 indicated no illegal spending

• Dinner is served

• This store was the city's electrical connection

• Historic glory

• From outdoor viewpoint, it was a memorable year

• Birkhofer earns varsity tennis letter at Cornell

• Panthers do it with defense

• Reynen gets second letter for soccer at Northwestern

• Dancing for the sport of it

• Editorial: Generous people made 2004 a good year

• Editorial: Make family a number one priority

• Lorraine D. Braff,

• Antoinette Elbring, 77, Kahului, Hawaii

• Sorum sets sail on Navy's newest Aegis destroyer

• Timothy Richard Schwab, 53, Owatonna

• Tribune names publisher, ad director