Story archive for June 2005
Friday, July 1
- Fire fighters fill big boots
- Legion falls in thriller with Austin
- VFW suffers 4-0 setback
- Column: A son's salute to his father's military service
- Editorial: Use caution if traveling this holiday weekend
- Yvonne Yokiel, 72, Wells
- Angeline Roalstad, 88, Kiester
- Paul Biggins, 40, Albert Lea
- Life changes
- Rufus is one special guy, says foster mom
- Government shutdown 1st in history
Thursday, June 30
- Local family waits for news of son
- Albert Lea U-17 soccer boys finally tackle Dakota County
- Column: Full-blown truth eventually replaced the innocence of youth
- Editorial: Conference eats up too much money
- Florence Posthumus, 90, Eden Prairie
- Area festival, parades and fireworks planned to celebrate Independence Day
- Sesquicentennial committee unveils logo for city's birthday next year
- Airport runway closer to reality with grant
Wednesday, June 29
- Stink due to decaying lake plants
- Gus Macker Tournament Results
- Eagle Lake escapes Post 56
- Column: Distaste for lawn mowing didn't improve with maturity
- Editorial: Dashed hopes turned into EMS opportunity
- Lorraine Trae, 78, Emmons
- Water treatment plant receives excellence award
- Legal fireworks still require safe handling
Tuesday, June 28
- Mildred Jensen, 87, Albert Lea
- Elks U-13 girls run record to 7-1-1 on the season
- Post 56 splits double dip with Winona
- Colonels keep battling
- Column: Negotiation, cooperation, compromise, it must take center stage
- Editorial: Legislature must find budget middle-ground
- Marion Boyum, 81, Mankato
- Taking care of skin year around reduces the risk of skin cancer
- City back in the scrap iron hauling business with new procedures in place
- Disappointing loss of funding turns into county EMT opportunity
- Letters of interest accepted
Monday, June 27
- Weaving a life
- State leaders say budget deal is close
- Twins distill Brew Crew
- Column: Mayoral candidates, Albert Lea, deserve more than five minutes
- Editorial: Question should be how much is needed?
- Jane Casebolt, 62, Minneapolis
- Duane Kauffman, 73, Northfield
- In the pool hall
Sunday, June 26
- Eunice Sorlien Chomicz, 63, Chicago, Ill.
- Appearance of water weed cause for concern
- Vacant stores being filled one by one
- Arson suspected in local fire
- By the numbers
- Kevin Mueller awarded doctor of optometry degree
- When grackles attack
- Working together, one step at a time, the roof got fixed
- State Champs
- Dakota County, Albert Lea set to square off
- U-16 boys' soccer locals start strong
- Seniors citizens are being reclassed
- Killdeer protecting young offers 'stop and smell the roses' moment
- Editorial: Council should consider its selection process
- Marian Cronister, 81, Blue Earth
Friday, June 24
- 'Pleasant' feline needs a home
- Macker brings area's best to Albert Lea
- G-E Legion edged, 4-3
- Column: Illuminating Brite-Lite for the gas lamp folks
- Employee tip crucial in arrest of Iowa trio
- Editorial: Pastors who served parishes wished all the best
- Completion of County Road 45 expected by fall
- Council to decide process for new mayor appointment
Thursday, June 23
- ALHS track announces 2005 awards
- I-90 A's keep winning
- Colonels tangle with tough competition
- Column: Learning poetry never seemed a hardship like memorizing music
- Editorial: Find out what it really costs to educate pupils
- Berneice Paczkowski, 82, Albert Lea
- Margaret Tjepkema, 94, Albert Lea
- Big weekend planned for community festivals
- Boats may pass under bridge again
- Vandalism comes at high cost
- Resident's generosity helps pets
Wednesday, June 22
- CVCC volunteer finds people just want someone to talk to
- Close win for Legion Wednesday night
- On the road to success
- Column: Have you ever wondered why you can't sneeze just once?
- Editorial: Use caution around fireworks
- Kenneth Petersen, 84, Albert Lea
- James Paulson, 66, Clarks Grove
- Elizabeth Haddy, 89, Scottsdale, Ariz.
- Adrienne Hanson, 26, Eagan
- County denies further use of land
- Possible arson reported
- Smoke-free hearing draws a crowd
Tuesday, June 21
- New look, new name
- Budd first in Fountain Lake Five
- ALHS weight room hours announced
- A wonder on the course
- Column: Science doesn't change the opinion
- Column: Personal attacks on Hillary will give her amunition to discredit critics
- Editorial: Trade plan must involve everyone on equal footing
- Janet Poole, 62, Albert Lea
- Janet Tukua, 85, Hartland
- Bert Veldman, 68, formerly of Albert Lea
- Getting to know you
- School board budget set for next year
Monday, June 20
- Faye Nelson, 79, Apache Junction, Ariz.
- Hockey golf tournament scheduled
- Goalies learn from the pros
- Colonels lose to Mankato Twins, 11-1
- Column: Senate DFL offers real health care reform, not status quo
- Editorial: U of M should reconsider elitist direction
- Kiester residents want to keep longtime tradition alive
- Johnson loves that old-time rock'n'roll
- Cancer survivors happy to be giving back through relay
- Strike up the bands
Sunday, June 19
- Albert Lea Art Center hosts annual tour
- Column: Take a kid fishing day is always a winner
- Glenville-Emmons Legion wins at Byron
- Colonels take sting out of St. Charles
- Column: Father set an example of patience and acceptance which is admired now
- Editorial: Groups take on challenge of betterment
- Harold Pierce, 61, Mankato
- Lila Houg, 97, Glenville
- Magdalen Larson, 89, Owatonna
- Local woman's work with healthcare academy gains national attention
- Community voices hopes, dreams for former plant site
- KSMQ will air festival later
- Band festival hits streets today
- Moving on
- Legends
Friday, June 17
- Nellie and brothers need homes to call their own
- Have a pet? Let's 'pawty'
- Albert Lea High School weight room open mornings and evenings
- Retief the Robot starts well in defense of title
- Column: A rip-roaring review of our state's wrestling history
- Editorial: Lake cleanup provides 'good kind of tired'
- Bernadine Vinck, 98, Albert Lea
- Grant will assist in expansion of services
- Joseph Donovan, 82, Hartland
- Lakeshore debris spoils the view from shore
- Albert Lea teen will be tried as an adult in stabbing
Thursday, June 16
- State plans to shut down
- Cabaret's dancing and singing are simply dazzling, old chum
- Honstad starts siding business to offer customers a choice
- Diane Oldfather, 60, Lake Mills, Iowa
- Lois Peterson, 81, Albert Lea
- Editorial: State leaders, not voters, to blame for budget failure
- Column: Actions proved Eaton's desire to help
- Colonels drop game to Waseca
Wednesday, June 15
- Column: The mystery about three deep holes on the Batt farm is solved
- Editorial: Pump-and-run legislation helps us all
- Cordelia Johnson, 95, Albert Lea
- Circle broken
- Development will remain a priority for Al Brooks
- Mayo gives money to SM Initiative
- Four more minutes
- Twins come through in 11th inning
Tuesday, June 14
- Special election not necessary
- Council votes to spray for mosquitoes this summer
- Celebrate the flag
- Developing young leaders
- Legion Team topples Lourdes
- Column: Politicians and clinics should not determine fate of embryos
- Editorial: Community needs a leader to move forward
- Marion Paxton, 87, Wells
- Lillian Raines, 87, Albert Lea
- Earl Perry, 74, Albert Lea
- Other cities discuss smoke-free ordinances
Monday, June 13
- Meth law designed to limit labs
- Running Rebels end another successful season
- Column: Good news for the cause of good government
- Editorial: Republicans, DFLers must compromise
- Gerald Burkart, 65, Albert Lea
- By Ann Austin, Tribune staff writer
- Positive job market predicted in area
- Officers write 60+ tickets to those not wearing a seat belt
Sunday, June 12
- Future of ground is now in health care, and that's progress
- Bring on those lazy, laid back days of summer!
- U-14 boys win at Winona
- Records keep falling at state
- The streak continues
- Women can go anywhere they want, sometimes they just need a little education
- Editorial: Albert Lea must move on and up
- Bernadine Vinck, 98
- Gary Sleeper, 63, Dawsonville, Ga.
- Equine experience
- LETTER OF RESIGNATION
- Civilians will transport non-violent criminals
- Current caretaker
- Mayor's seat filled by new election
- Recalling a big dam blowout at Northwood
- Birding in Utah
- Come to the Cabaret
Friday, June 10
- Rebels fall in heartbreaker
- Column: Riverland reflects on year's successes
- Column: Our U.S. Forest Service is now a century old
- Take a Bow: Businesses, volunteers add richness to life
- A variety of events scheduled during Eddie Cochran weekend
- Software will be upgraded at lower cost to the county
- Jean Eaton's resignation
- Couple plans to give additional $100,000 to education foundation
- Mayor resigns
- Running Rebels send four to state; girls take second at sections
Thursday, June 9
- Bonfire will benefit Make a Wish Foundation
- Anderson hired as AD, football coach
- ACS's Relay event goal is $75,000 this year
- Lakers' Mikan a hero to many
- Panthers take three events to state
- Rebels move to title game, end year for NRHEG
- Sweet season, bitter end
- Column: Old house has seen its share of humor with our family
- Editorial: Health care legislation provides benchmark
- Joyce Elaine (Moyer) Gresczyk, 69, Albert Lea
- Eddie Cochran festival, take a kid fishing, much more make for a busy weekend
- Weather can't dampen spirits
Wednesday, June 8
- Interstate 35 detour on County Highway 46 causes further deterioration
- Panthers bow out at sections; Rebels' hopes remain alive
- Wolverines to play for state
- Column: Graduates: What comes next isn't entirely up to you
- Editorial: Stick around this weekend have fun
- Joyce Gresczyk, 69, Albert Lea
- City hires new library director
- CB operators help keep public safe
- Walk of love
Tuesday, June 7
- Editorial: Inattentive driving must be curbed
- Jennie Lewerke, 91, Mason City, Iowa
- Physical appearance backs up officer's suspected use of meth
- Mental exam ordered for Robert Hughes
- Theft charges against Eaton dropped
- From start to finish
- Area teams continue play deep into post-season
- Legion team scuffles in opener
- Column: A year of memories from others helps solidify father's legacy
Monday, June 6
- Mavis Farris, 82, Conger
- A sweet life
- City tries to determine value of community mosquito spraying
- Flags wave for Company D
- Three injured Friday in Wells accident
- Baseball Rebels keep season alive
- Albert Lea girls' track team competes at Section 1 Class AAA meet
- Wolverines split section games
- Thomas leads A.L. track Tigers
- Column: Annual summer rite of wearing down parents begins
- Editorial: Education vs. health care a tough choice
- Norman Jergensen, 75, Bricelyn
- Martina Navarro, 80, Wells
Saturday, June 4
- Ellen M. Knudsen, 78, Loveland, Colo.
- Taking a kid fishing-it's priceless!
- Current Minnesota lakes fishing report
- Column: Veterans, troops should be honored for their service
- Take a Bow: Jacobson earns Sertoman of the year award
- E. Myrl Stiles, 98, Stewartville
- 28 seconds of truth
- Custom Concrete
- Transit readies for 10- to 15-percent cut
- Housing plan would help address needs
- A friendly greeting goes a long way
- Providing hometown news during World War II
- Nature's World: The search for a rare warbler
- Rounding up readers
Friday, June 3
- Return of soldiers eagerly anticipated
- ALHS track girls compete
- ALHS boys fare well at sections
- Schrader, Rebels march past Saints
- Panthers rally to steal win
- Column: A water heater with a connection to Albert Lea
- Editorial: Show soldiers community support
- Henry Bakken, 96, Albert Lea
- Ada Mae Brindel, 90, Albert Lea
- Albert Lea attorney retires following suspension of license for misconduct
- Boys could be charged as adults
- Parade starts between 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday
Thursday, June 2
- Alcohol task force arrests 37
- Twins earn victory over Cleveland
- Wolverine softball team saves best for last
- Column: Doll costumes have more than sentimental value for owner
- Editorial: Ordinance has no teeth if not enforced
- Olav Nelson, 97, Oakland
- Mavis Nordaas, 72, Albert Lea
- Kurt Knudtson, 40, formerly of Albert Lea
- Road upgrade will improve economic growth, particularly for EXOL, SoyMor
- Commissioners consider new software options
- Facts behind the fiction
Wednesday, June 1
- Column: A moving meal can be a difficult thing to eat, digest
- Albert Lea boys' golf team ends bittersweet season
- Editorial: To spray or not to spray? Cast your vote
- Tigers show improvement at Big Nine Conference meet
- One hit, one run, one win
- Relocation looks promising
- Kyllo named county's Volunteer of the year for work with needy
- Greatest satisfaction
- Norbert Meyer, 84, Albert Lea
- Nell Terpstra, 88, Hollandale
- In search of their futures


