Story archive for June 2006

Friday, June 30

• Column: Reflecting on visits to a farm

• Fourth of July Weekend: The fun starts today!

• Worker killed in Northwood factory was supervised

• Northwood, Bricelyn, area cities hold Independence Day festivals

• Benefit helps family fight father's leukemia

• Kristina Hanson

• Ronald Leger, 52, Austin

• Magdlena Adams, 106, Austin

• Editorial: Let's have green lawns, blue lakes

• Column: Here's a special salute to sesquicentennial farms

• Nothing big but Owatonna wins

• Column: Dream season

• To get wet little by little or all at once?

Thursday, June 29

• Bringing home the loot

• County fires head of Child Services

• Column: It's a beautiful summer to play a little baseball

• Colonels blast Owatonna, 12-0

• Wild at Wells Fargo

• Column: Are you ready for the Fourth of July weekend!

• Editorial: 3 choices: Quit. Quit. Quit.

• Area death for Thursday

• Rita Pappas, 58, Maplewood

• Farm & City Days on tap

• Man injured when tractor tips over

• Pre-holiday activities abound this weekend

• Bartuseks lead United Way campaign

• Albert Lea man dies after work accident in Northwood

Wednesday, June 28

• Terrific Tuesdays

• Column: Waiting on a draft day dud

• Small rosters lead to big numbers

• Column: Cats are more astute than people think they are

• Column: Remember the fallen

• Mary Lou Bartleson, Tonasket, Wash.

• City, state ready to clean dump

• One year later, Freeborn County remembers Corey Goodnature

• Breaking news: County terminates Child Protection Services director

• Breaking news: Albert Lea man dies in workplace accident

Tuesday, June 27

• Prairie Profiles, Emily Staloch, Nissa Nordland: Charlotte's camp

• Albert Lea splits two with Winona

• Column: Your home is not necessarily your hometown

• Editorial: There's plenty of fun stuff to do

• Gordon Lesto, 81, Wells

• Warren Froning, 81, Sheffield, Iowa

• Earl Ness, 86, Albert Lea

• Cancer shaped Relay co-chair

• A.L. City Council adopts housing plan

• Hughes' lawyers challenge search

Monday, June 26

• City Council holds a changing of the clerk

• Lakers down Colonels in 11

• Column: Tribune staff finds reasons for potluck lunches

• Laetetia Buley, Albert Lea

• Chester Aldrich, 85, of Northwood

• Morin Lake Days: Great Dane Shoot? It isn't dogs

• Council mulls strip club measure

• Kiester Days: Come home

Sunday, June 25

• Column: Preserving the Past

• Colonels roughed up by Austin

• 2006 Tribune Softball Coach of the Year

• 2006 Tribune Softball Player of the Year

• Gordon Lesto, 81, of Wells

• Lorraine Gullickson, 80, of Austin

• Elfreda A. Conell, 93, formerly of Glenville

• Andrew Jellinger, 85, of Brainerd

• Youths get caught in all facets of Charlotte's Web'

• Men find friendly way to strip paint

• Benefit will help family recover from fire

• Septic systems raise health concerns

• Identity Theft: Slipping into the shadows

• Company C returns to Albert Lea

• Geri McShane/AlbertLea Tribune

• Scooby Doo rides again!

Friday, June 23

• Job growth on rise

• Column: Parks around area add to quality of life

• Canoeing is a good way to relax

• Post 56 falls to Rochester A's

• Cursed?

• Runner now points to China in 08

• Column: Playing games with celebrity magazine pages

• Editorial: Historical museum is yours

• Danielle Johnson, 30, of Rochester

• Gwendolyn Rowley, 81, of Kiester

• Couple celebrates 70 years of marriage

• What does southern Minn. Google?

• Health Dept. gets federal grant

• Planning Commission doesn't approve Eagles' Rest

• Air Race Classic: Airplanes and roses

Thursday, June 22

• Colulmn: Is it too late for the suddenly streaking Twins?

• G-E wins in 11

• Column: League of Women Voters come to Minnesota

• Editorial: Habitat funding still is needed

• Dorothy Oberg, 83, of Albert Lea

• Everett Larson, 91

• Country singer to help town celebrate sesquicentennial

• Worth County Fair opens with pet show

• Ham radio operators set annual field day

• Speaker talks on job discrimination

• Writers remember Love Cruikshank

• When grant ran out, Children's Center branch closed

• Biker on!

Wednesday, June 21

• To be at the Kee

• Kiester makes few changes to festival

• Kasson downs G-E, 7-3

• Column: Conquering Grandma's

• Early offense keys victory

• Column: Summer is right time for playing and mowing

• Editorial: Activities were a sight to see

• Discrimination forum tonight

• County offers loans to fix septic systems

• SoyMor sets Minn. standard of quality

• Republicans back Benda for House

• Writers share memories of Cruikshank

• Power goes out for 1,000

• United South Central looking to repair Kiester roof

Tuesday, June 20

• Students need IDs to attend sports

• G-E goes 0-3 at tourney

• Bulldogs post big NIC win

• Column: Albert Lea could host the Alberti Flea Circus

• Editorial: Who wants sewage in their yard?

• Janet Johannsen, 73, of Albert Lea

• Ivan Barickman, age 61, of Naples, Fla.

• Program assists aspiring dairy farmers

• Morin Lake festival focuses on youth

• Relay co-chair is a cancer survivor

• Prairie Profiles, Ken Nelson: Albert Lea's Ben Franklin

Monday, June 19

• Twins win again, run streak to seven

• A few weeks into summer and kids are bored'

• Editorial: Don't forget dear old Dad

• Freeborn County hires new director of Human Services

• Minnesota Crime Wave' is coming

• Watershed approves fee

• Watershed participates in study of phosphorus

• Eddie Cochran Weekend: British invasion?

Sunday, June 18

• In sports History

• A one-hit wonder

• A little fun run, jump and toss

• The beautiful game of soccer

• Thumbs up:

• Joanne Delger, 72, Albert Lea

• Donald Jones, 82, Lake Havasu City, Ariz.

• The Eagles are landing

• John Tomczak, 70, Albert Lea

• Caroline Rayman, 99, Glenville

• Love Cruikshank, 89, Albert Lea

• Diamond Jo Casino adds slot machines

• Talks on holding pond go private

• Kids invent during camp

• United Way names new executive director

• Fatherhood found, twice

• Albert Lea Art Center to hold annual Art and Garden Tour

• June Dairy Days was a moo-veable celebration

• Column: Odds, ends from Nature's World

Friday, June 16

• Cochran inducted into Minn. hall of fame

• Bike riding at Okoboji

• Column: Thanks pop

• Long ball sparks G-E to win

• Column: It could have been the city's most unusual park

• Editorial: Partisan bickering is back

• Don Paczkowski, 62, of Minneapolis

• Marion Jergenson, 89, of Bricelyn

• Joan Gimberline, 59, of Wells

• Help Us Grow Safely chooses new logo

• Gubernatorial candidate Mike Hatch stops in Albert Lea

• Column: Ways to keep Grandpa busy

• Festival of Bands is on Sunday

• Eddie Cochran Weekend: It's cars and rock 'n' roll

Thursday, June 15

• Column: The confusing Twins and the talking heads

• Thank you. Thank you very much

• Campaign seeks to make state healthy

• Aragon Bar keeps dancers while city debates

• What is that itty-bitty car?

• A.L. lawyer seeks Dorman's seat

• Freeborn Days has many highlights

• Classic cars, bands on tap this weekend

• Alo Church, 85, of Albert Lea

• Nancy Euerle, 61, of Glenville

• Harry Beulke, 79, of Virginia

• Editorial: Now that was a good game!

• Column: Lakeville to Albert Lea and back every day

• Colonels continue to struggle

• NRHEG well represented on all-conference team

• Are you ready for some football?

Wednesday, June 14

• Legion nine grounds Eagles

• Column: Cherry Blend in Missouri Meerschaum pipe

• Editorial: Graduates, make sure you read this

• No death notices or obituaries for Wednesday, June 14, 2006.

• Reduction in bail denied for suspects

• Watershed plans to enforce septics

• Albert Lea Lake dam proposal rejected

• Yahnkes question search warrant

• With extension, Paul Sparks to retire in one year

• Sentencing to Service: Helping hands

• Column: What Riles had to say

Tuesday, June 13

• Council approves bids for bank building

• Prairie Profiles, Matt Trygstad: Baseball's been very good to him

• Two A.L. school board members won't run again

• Green Lea to host the Shortstop

• Redesign makes newspaper easier to read

• Editorial: June 14 is Flag Day

• David Coultas, 44, of Albert Lea

• Joey Herbst, 31, of Owatonna

• Bertina Haines, 95, of Albert Lea

• Irma Hagen, 94, of Twin Lakes

• AL man flees police

• School district will test tests

• Man charged with molestation

Monday, June 12

• A.L. City Council to look at bids on bank building

• Wildcats win

• Rebels claim top 10 finish at state

• Forget Shiloh Nouvel Jolie Pitt, meet Tayler

• Zoning code needs open space

• Students step up to mileage challenge

• Pennsylvanian reportedly found in county with drug materials

• A fishy Fountain Lake

Sunday, June 11

• Vanda Pauline Dunn, 95, Clarks Grove

• G-E continues to struggle on defense, falls to Adams

• Continuing a tradition of fun

• Ups and downs at state

• To Clothing Care Center, Thumbs Up

• Herman Lloyd Johnson, 79, Rake

• Frances Herman, 91, Wells

• Bernice Haukoos, 94, Walters

• Daniel V. Hansen, 66, Albert Lea

• County administrator sought Fla. job last year

• Riverland to offer classes about designing Web pages

• Union sues New Richland schools

• First local option sales tax check arrives

• Companies struggle with high gas prices

• Column: Warbler experience brightens memories

• June Dairy Days was a special celebration

• Oh you beautiful doll

• Roger Lonning talks with children from St. Casimir Catholic School in Wells during a tour of the Story Lady Doll & Toy Museum in Albert Lea.

Friday, June 9

• A.L. Medical Center plans expansion

• Column: Woods & Water

• Go fishing with a kid, win memories for life

• Behind the Mike: I'm not a number

• New Richland wins with big seventh inning

• State golf tournament: Pederson rebounds, girls finish seventh

• Austin makes last rally hold up

• Bang! Pop! Fizz! It's good to know which fireworks are legal in Minnesota

• Column: Making Waves

• Column: Between the Corn Rows

• Editorial: Fight between Bok and city is a good lesson

• Harriet Hinkley, 97, of Alden

• Bernice Haukoos, 94, of Walters

• Robert Larson, 87

• County deeds land to Hartland

• School board ponders IDs for students

Thursday, June 8

• On the road: Geneva

• Column: Playing the waiting game with the Minnesota Twins

• Mistakes on defense doom the Colonels

• Wildcats take tumble in seventh

• Hoop dreams

• Column: Friends of Love Cruikshank write tribute to beloved local writer

• Editorial: Find a kid, go fishing, smile

• LeRoy Fann, 88, Austin

• Alvin Zabel, 83, Blue Earth

• School board passes budget without cuts

• Jury convicts man for downtown burglary

• Fireworks, bullets brought into county courthouse

• Founding a foundation

Wednesday, June 7

• Pederson throws no-no by Sentral

• Column: Tales from Exit 22

• Editorial: Americans less healthy than Canadians

• Gary A. Clausen, 52, of Albert Lea

• Mildred Linn, 79, of Alden

• Vets' memorial seeks $1 mil

• Students will pay more for lunch

• Burglary court trial begins

• Get wet, kids

• Column: On the Rebound

• Legion loses season opener to Waseca

Tuesday, June 6

• School newspaper named best in state

• County updates public info system

• Canoeing the Shell Rock

• City files misdemeanor charges against its leading critic

• Two selected for the all-star softball series

• There's so much communication that there's less communication

• Editorial: Tractor ride was a fun time

• Henry Herman Stevermer, 103, Wells

• Merle McGinnis, 66, Albert Lea

• Dr. Paul A. Wilke, 87, Fort Dodge

• Justin Nicolai Astrup, 88, Dagmar, Mont

• Henry Carlson, 88, Oakland

• Earl Anderson, 80, Albert Lea

• Helen W. Wipplinger, 94, Albert Lea

Monday, June 5

• Firefighter going to competition

• Mankato Twins down Colonels, 3-0

• Lake Mills drops two

• USC/AC girls qualify for state in eight events

• Column: Sometimes, it's OK to be 12 years old and run around free of worry

• Tractors beam in sunshine

Sunday, June 4

• Mystical Ink leaves lasting impression

• Apple Valley proves to be too much for the Colonels

• One team united

• USC's Tyler Pederson is making his fourth straight trip to state

• Katie Thelma May, 88 of San Antonio

• Wells teachers, paras head to The Big Easy'

• Class of 2006 is a list of successes

• 1,136 miles of road: 69-year-old runner makes trek from Texas to A.L. via US Hwy 69

• Column: Families First

• Celebrating Colonel Albert Lea Days

• Dragons, Dreams and Daring Deeds: Summer reading program begins Monday

Friday, June 2

• 1,136 miles of road

• Column: Sunday Funday

• Lake Mills picks up first win of the season

• Column: New chapter of Muskies Inc. formed in southern Minn.

• Tis the season for personal watercraft

• Tigers take part in first day of sections

• Panthers forced out early

• Column: 1856 was an interesting year out on the southern Minn. prairie

• Editorial: Legislature leaves USC empty-handed

• Merle Wehr, 73, of Waterville

• Bertha Oftedahl, 89, of Ankeny

• Man running length of U.S. Highway 69

• School is out; fun is in

• Woman reportedly bites sheriff's deputy

• Smart blondes

Thursday, June 1

• Alden class learns money skills

• Column: The future and coach Childress

• Blue Sox down Colonels, 11-1

• Four-run seventh inning dooms Bulldogs

• North Central tops N-K, 10-9

• Tigers' successful season ends

• Column: Americans often believe the government and not news on war

• Editorial: CBS covers its war coverage too much

• Julie Godston, 67

• Drinking party near Hartland results in teen stabbing

• Steven Groe, of Minneapolis

• Tractors come rollin' in

• What to do after the fire?

• Fireworks fund-raiser Friday

• Housing authority looking to buy Dept. of Ag property