Story archive for August 2006
Friday, Sept. 1
- Talking Twins
- Owatonna downs Tigers, 6-1
- USC dominates Fairmont to win
- Tigers looking to fill the stands
- The 79th Shortstop set for this weekend
- Rebels win Highway 109 battle, beat Alden-Conger for first win
- Column: A Canadian wilderness adventure
- Fighting to the very end
- Column: How the fairs Floral Hall changed local crops
- Editorial: Exercise caution this weekend
- Peg Mannens, 91, Albert Lea
- Virginia Dralla, 81, Hanlontown, Iowa
- Tigers comback ends just short
- Frederick Weitzel, 72, Port Orange, Fla.
- Gutknecht talks farm bill, ethanol, corn
- City considers Main St. lights
Thursday, Aug. 31
- Column: Lakeview Boulevard perplexes people
- Column: Minnesota Twins and the Three Little Fishes
- USC falls in four
- Top-ranked FBA downs the Panthers
- No. 14 Bulldogs cruise in opener
- Tigers score early, often in win over Faribault
- Marquardt wins Austin Invite
- Column: Labor Day is reminder for school, football, mom
- Gardner Louden, 86
- Evelyn Leach, 68, Albert Lea
- Arabian horse show on tap for holiday weekend
- Hartland salon gets new location, stylist
- Medical center to break ground Friday
- Albert Lea gets new industrial park
- 2 boys arrested for bottle bombs
- Online pharmacy
Wednesday, Aug. 30
- Boats could get fuel station
- Column: The rodeo and a memorable weekend
- Tigers get Big Nine win over Faribault
- Wasmoen a winner in her Tiger debut
- Defending Big Nine champs spoil Albert Leas opener
- Ambriz sparks the Tigers victory
- Column: Readers list what they miss about yesteryear
- Editorial: Long day means high blood pressure
- Lucille Miller, 83, Waseca
- Robert Calderon, 53, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Watershed ready for budget hearing
- United Way gets ready to kick off campaign
Tuesday, Aug. 29
- A.L. teacher to try weightlessness
- Kickball coming to Albert Lea
- Column: Albert Lea cheers for the Minnesota Vikings
- Editorial: U.S. needs to embrace alternative fuels
- Lee Meredith, 79, Topeka
- Connie Monson, 58
- Eva Hareid, 89, Albert Lea
- Edgar Schuenke, 91, Faribault
- David Jacobsen, 59, Alden
- Council denies TIF for drug store
- Prairie Profiles, Gary Hillman: Thrown a curveball
Monday, Aug. 28
- Northwestern Singers get set
- Borderfest: A good time at the state line
- Tigers drop first game of the season, 4-2
- Wrapping up the rodeo
- Column: Reading a different view makes people think
- Editorial: Make Clark Street stop
- Janice Knutson, 64, Alden
- William Bos, 86, Hollandale
- Crisis Response Team seeks volunteers
Sunday, Aug. 27
- Edith Hastings, 84, of Austin
- A-C volleyball team falls in four games
- Rebels, Tigers kick off 2006 cross country season
- Walters goal enough to earn win
- Geraldine Seaton, 82, of Albert Lea
- Man pleads guilty to motel robbery
- Eden Prairie man rides bike across Minnesota
- Siren confusion prompts look at guidelines
- Rural Glenville home burns
- Rodeo is big part of life for ranch family from Wells
- Column: Looking Back
- Preserving the Past
- A season with concerts for all ages
Friday, Aug. 25
- Storms slam into southern Minnesota
- Column: Thinking about the family's early camping expeditions
- Memories are created on northern lakes
- USC dominates Tigers in victory
- Column: Owatonna has a nearly forgotten state park
- Editorial: Planet definition has clear' flaw
- Kathryn Kalis, 93, Wells
- Amanda Carlson, 23, Rochester
- Karen Butler, 65, Kensett
- Elnor Sanvik, 80, Albert Lea
- Son of country music legend comes to Austin
- Council to discuss TIF for Walgreens
- Village Cooperative opens its doors
Thursday, Aug. 24
- Cyclist rides from Int'l Falls to A.L.
- Column: How the piranhas key success for Twins
- Rodeo coming to Albert Lea
- Column: Good luck in the real world, college freshmen
- Evelyn Williams, 82, Alden
- Helen Yokiel, 94, Wells
- Mabel Nelson, 95, Albert Lea
- Emmons' Borderfest has a few changes
- 8 things to do before summer ends
Wednesday, Aug. 23
- USC falls to Austin in opener
- Column: Things are starting to get interesting
- Column: There must be a better way to start the day
- Editorial: Let's give our children a legacy
- Veva Amundson, 81, Albert Lea
- Principal named Fulbright Scholar
- Off-duty Wells chief makes assault arrest
- Hormel Institute to add research facility
- Glenville Days: Loud vs. louder
Tuesday, Aug. 22
- Prairie Profiles, Heather Meyer: Throwing pots
- Column: Where were you when the Twin Towers fell?
- Tigers impressive in win
- Eileen Gosmann, 65
- House DFL leader visits Katherine I.
- Price of adult breakfasts at school goes up
Monday, Aug. 21
- Sheriffs use motorcycles to raise funds
- Santana dominates in the Dome
- Colulmn: What if it were OK to color outside the lines?
- Editorial: Cigarette butts are plastic
- Restoration of lakes includes a party
- Safe and Sober campaign kicks off
Sunday, Aug. 20
- Darrell Meuser was a true music maker
- DeVries has new appreciation for favorite sport
- Eleanor Peterson, 87, of Geneva
- Beverly Malepsy, 72, of Albert Lea
- David Deaver, 50, of Phoenix
- Elbert Gamble, 83, of Roseville
- Jerome Richard Hauge, 77, of Glenville
- Clarks Grove gets Cub Scout troop
- Minnesota will keep using paper ballots
- Who has the slowest tractor of all?
- Rodeo activities keep Mattson busy most weekends of the year
Friday, Aug. 18
- Editorial: Ignorance of the law is no excuse
- Freeborn prepares for disaster drill
- Speaker of House Sviggum shares views
- Column: Seeing favorite lakes and discovering new lakes
- Headed to the quarry
- Big money putt
- Column: Park is named for Horace Austin but not city
- David Deaver
Thursday, Aug. 17
- Donald Turnbull, 77, Albert Lea
- Wells tornado: Aug. 17, 1946, Recalling a devastating anniversary
- Clydesdale recovers from tummy woe
- Sec. of State to visit
- Comedy, kids' parade added to Glenville Days fun
- Plenty of fun on tap at Wells Kernel Days
- Benefit set for cancer patient Saturday
- Anna Tuttle, 84
- Viola Laskewitz
- Editorial: Pheasants benefit from CRP
- Column: Relay for Life had memories, Mountain Dew
- Twins' bats come alive late to get win
- Column: Childress putting his stamp on team purple
Wednesday, Aug. 16
- Column: I can't believe what I just heard
- A new Monday Night Football'
- Column: Can you get lutefisk on a stick at the county fair?
- Editorial: National Guard says it isn't ready
- Julia Harper, 98, Wells
- Reunion to revive school memories
- Watershed Board gets a new member
- Manchester to get options for sewage
- Car windows vandalized around city
- Vikings preseason opener
Tuesday, Aug. 15
- Prairie Profiles, Mark Wendland: Following a call
- United South Central considers closing a school
- Dog show
- The Vikings lose, but look good in opener
- Column: If extreme' is in brand name, will you buy it?
- Editorial: Vikings sail into fresh waters
- Dennis Broitzman, 59, Millville
- Charles Peterson, 89, Mankato
- Clifton Cavanaugh, 80, Emmons
- Lawrence White, 86, Albert Lea
- Council postpones strip club decision
Monday, Aug. 14
- County to manage project on Albert Lea Lake Dam
- Schmidt leaves no doubt in repeat win
- Column: You can judge a restaurant by its restrooms
- Editorial: Proof that smoking bans are a good idea
- Robert Watt, 78, Kiester
- Sandra Meaney, formerly of Albert Lea and Grand Medow
- City Council takes up issue of strip clubs again tonight
Saturday, Aug. 12
- Nature's myths
- Dahl honored for excellence on the ice
- Iowa gets a jump on the fall football season
- To the Relay for Life, Thumbs up
- Kenneth Jarvis, 81, of Lino Lakes
- Frieda Hagemann, 92, of Wells
- Lakeside landscape class to be offered
- Hartland entertains for Harvest Days
- It will blow you out of the water.'
- Memories of county fairs gone by
- New cemetery program to feature six area pioneers
Friday, Aug. 11
- City Open set for Sunday at Green Lea
- Column: How long has the fair been at the fairgrounds?
- Editorial: Relay for Life is worth visiting
- Edna Huber, 102, Geneva
- Lunder Lutheran celebrates centennial
- Albert Lea, Fountain lakes cleanup Saturday
- Protest finds resolution
- Dorr tours SoyMor, stops at Exol
- Column: Gas cuts into traveling to great places
- Riding the Pelican Breeze
Thursday, Aug. 10
- Protesters stand near Union Center
- Surprise, I'm home from Kuwait
- Gutknecht, USDA officials visit organic farm
- Dorr: Farm bill to bolster rural areas
- Column: An adventure across Iowa on RAGBRAI
- Morneau reaches milestone, Twins win
- Relay for Life is understood once you go to it
- Editorial: ID law benefits consumers
- James Ziebell, 66, Myrtle
- Sylvia Foth, 82, Albert Lea
- Steele County Free Fair keeps getting bigger
- Port Authority authorizes lot sale
- Shinefest, Relay for Life events on tap
Wednesday, Aug. 9
- Bracing to sell bracelets at Relay for Life
- Column: Football is a contact sport
- Bayside Skiers third at nationals
- Column: Coffee not his cup of tea and diet has fat chance
- Edtorial: Delivering pizza is no easy task
- Emergency personnel train for extrication
- Area banks host silent auction
- Undersecretary of Agriculture arrives today
- Car wreck leaves 3 hurt
Tuesday, Aug. 8
- Prairie Profiles, Karen O'Byrne: Upholstery is her specialty
- Tigers tame Liriano
- Junior golfers impressive
- Column: Parking. How close can you get to the door?
- Editorial: Fair left behind a disaster zone
- Isabel Schaefer, 77, Austin
- Robert Escen, Fargo
- Mattie Wachlin, 82, Albert Lea
- Alvira Hendrickson, 88, Albert Lea
- New district financial manager takes seat on school board
- Car stolen in Hollandale; arrest made in South Dakota
- High-speed pursuit starts as a gas theft, police say
- School board asks for financial help
Monday, Aug. 7
- Man charged with touching 9-year-old
- Gaines couple lights up derby
- Column: Women aren't the only ones with PMS at work
- Editorial: When do you take the keys away?
- Lois Stiehl, 81, Albert Lea
- Singer's just right amount of country
- Freeborn County Fair: Big feats on a small stage
Sunday, Aug. 6
- Puppeteers keep centuries-old art alive
- Vikings take out some aggression on the Chiefs
- Genevieve Olson, 95, of Hayward
- Louise Boverhuis, 94, of Hollandale
- Vendor harnesses moisturizing qualities of goat milk
- Nichols shares songs, humor at the fair
- Meetings slated to discuss 2007 Farm Bill
- Plans to build on Pickerel Lake take shape
- City's first church bell still rings
Friday, Aug. 4
- Freeborn County Fair: Fairways for the fair
- Column: Kids don't care what kind or size of fish they catch
- Twins pound Royals, get back to winning
- Column: When the champions came to the country club
- Editorial: Give us football
- Richard Clark, Minneapolis
- Galen Orville Johnson, 82, Albert Lea
- Darin Oakland, 39, Hayfield
- Kick back and relax with Blake Shelton
- Oak Ridge Boys return to Albert Lea
- Skunk problems might have solution
- Two Albert Lea girls are National Merit scholars
Thursday, Aug. 3
- Freeborn County Fair: Head, heart, hands & hunting
- Column: The Twins' destiny is meant to be
- Colonels conclude the regular season with loss
- Column: High temps prompts thoughts of Hell, Mich.
- Editorial: Get over to the county fair
- Rosemary Wulff, 85, Albert Lea
- Fans pack the house for Miranda Lambert
- Bricelyn has new arena for vet work, training
- Teachers' art show opens at Art Center
- Gabrielsen issues apology for words
- Wells student is Nat'l Merit Scholar
Wednesday, Aug. 2
- Freeborn County Fair: Fooooooooooood!
- Column: The Big Ten bullies
- 2006 Green Lea Club Champions
- Column: Don't take for granted the little things in life
- Editorial: Anyone can dispute a tax bill
- Permit issued for hospital remodeling
- Cook looks to change city government
- Thunderstorm brings much-needed rain
- Gracin kicks off grandstand entertainment
