Story archive for April 2007

Tuesday, May 1

• Tina Honsey makes a point to connect

• USC no-hit by FBA

• Tigers track team continues to shine

• Knights 10-run the Wolverines

• Knights break through against G-E

• Column: Sound meditation benefits people of all ages

• Column: What people see when searching Albert Lea

• Editorial: Solution: Downtown must be the place

• Marion Schuenke, 81, Faribault

• Imogene Brooks, 85, Hudson, Wis.

• Two hurt in motorcycle accident

• Childrens Center plans first carnival

• A different present for Moms Day

Monday, April 30

• Three generations gear up for bike ride

• Column: None dare call it sabotage, but that is what it is

• Column: Finding the balance between weeds, flowers

• Cookbook commemorates teacher

• Church celebrates 100th anniversary

• Staying alive in downtown A.L.

Sunday, April 29

• Lanesboro sweeps Wolverines

• Vikings struggle on course

• G-E falls to Houston

• Tigers finish second in Big Nine triangular

• Northwood-Kensett girls win triangular with ease

• Waseca takes down Rebels

• Winona takes down tennis Tigers

• Mistakes haunt Tigers in loss to Faribault

• NRHEG battles at Blue Earth

• The Panthers win wild one over FBA

• Column: Its time for compromise at the State Capitol

• Column: The occupational hazards of being chosen

• Death notice for Sunday

• Joseph Welch, 82, Marshalltown, Iowa

• Helen Greenwood, 90, Mankato

• Susan Mollergren, 83, Albert Lea

• Marjorie Stephenson, 73, Albert Lea

• Warren Christenson, 86, Albert Lea

• Halverson student wins writing contest

• Sons of Norway offers chance to learn Norwegian

• Citizens pitch in to clean up

• Column: City marks 40th anniversary of deadly tornadoes

• Hillcrest Cemetery: from crisis to success

• Leave no child inside

• The Sound of Music: ACT opens the beloved family musical Thursday

Friday, April 27

• Panthers lose to Randolph, 10-2

• Column: In wake of Virginia Tech, people must talk

• Column: Leaving the home of Lebanon for America

• Damage reported

• New watershed district forms

• D.C. lawmakers enter Iraq showdown

• Expert speaks on gun laws

• Ross tours citys project

• Young Glenville boy battles aplastic anemia

• Outdoors: Fishing with a grandchild is always time spent well

• No-no not enough for the Knights

• NRHEG girls win dual

• Tennis Tigers get their first win

Thursday, April 26

• Take a walk through the solar system this weekend

• A home-grown poet

• Tribune wins awards for photography

• Student wins raffle coin art contest

• Watershed sewage efforts to start soon

• Albert Lean wins Jefferson Award

• Column: Three Twins pitchers and the Laws of Probability

• Marion Ross donates truck

• A-C falls to St. Clair

• Tigers take second at St. Peter Invite

• Panthers run into tough competition at Maple River

• Albert Lea battles conference foes on the track

• Panther girls edge USC at Triton tourney

• Tiger boys do well at the Faribault Quad

• Column: House bill begins to address health coverage

• Column: Virginia Tech shooting leaves parents worried

• Editorial: Benda is in a good spot

• Classmate Quilters of Iowa to show quilts bound for Tanzania Sunday

Wednesday, April 25

• Paths to Peace hosts gun control advocate

• Tiger softball falls to Mayo

• Knights finish second in triangular

• Column: Is anyone else feeling the draft?

• Glenville-Emmons baseball struggles continue

• Panthers win own invite, fall to Blue Earth, 1-0

• Tigers win easily at St. Peter Invite

• Rebels continue to roll, get win 12-5

• No. 2 Mayo downs Albert Lea, 6-1

• Tigers blanked by Mankato West

• Panthers pound Medford

• Column: American sensibilities have been distressed

• Column: Put The and IRS together and you get

• Editorial: Save habitat first

• Shop broken into

• See Pickerel Lake on a canoe trip

• Chamber chooses an interim director

• Pit bull bites postal worker

• Should teenagers face tighter driving rules?

• Eight Albert Lea teams earned academic titles

Tuesday, April 24

• Sandy Maiden served as a medical specialist in Army

• G-E wins dual over LeRoy

• Tigers win third in a row

• USC finishes third at Blooming Prairie

• Tiger golfers take down Austin by 8

• Panthers finish second at Redbird Invitational

• Wolverines split a pair of games in New Richland

• USC/AC does well in shortened meet in Blue Earth

• Tigers girls struggle in conference dual with Packers

• Rebels steamroll JWP

• Column: Lawmakers played doctor, God and patient

• Column: Whats the best way to show friends Albert Lea?

• Editorial: Read this to your teenage driver

• Alice Curry, 85, Albert Lea

• Bernhard Lee, 75, Glenville

• Northwood man dies after motorcycle accident

• Kehr named interim Chamber director

• Officials honor victims advocates

• Council orders building demolished

Monday, April 23

• Worth County nonprofit grants $2 million

• Knights win Lyle/Pacelli tourney for second year in a row

• NRHEG boys finish 10th at Redbird Invite

• Teams battle conditions at Panther Invitational

• Column: Should you be concerned about marijuana?

• Column: Not much money, oh, but honey, aint we got fun

• Robert Kaasa, 73, Albert Lea

• Man cited for DWI

• City Council to discuss College St. site

• One auto dealer buys another

Saturday, April 21

• Wolverines fall to Mabel-Canton, 4-2

• Panthers fall to J-W-P, 6-2

• N-K girls win dual with North Iowa

• G-E takes seventh at Stewartville Invite

• N-K, Bulldogs split

• Familiar ending leaves bad taste for Tigers

• Tigers go extras to win second in a row, 7-6

• Skydive holds lessons for life about trusting

• Thanking U.S. history for our comeuppance

• Grace.V. Lorimor, 81, Austin

• Milton D. Adams, 76, Oakland

• Avix Mercedes Christianson, 91, Blooming Prairie

• April Jean Sorensen, 27, Rochester

• ALHS offers auto class at Riverland

• Man charged with attempted sexual conduct

• Students learn the pride of giving

• Albert Lea will hold its first ever week to help the earth

• Busy week ahead at the museum

• Albert Leas five and 10 theater

• Actress returns home to open new exhibit

Friday, April 20

• Police seek help in homicide

• Albert Lea Animal Shelter has tail tales

• Rebels do well in triangular

• USC puts up 10 on LCWM

• Tigers dig hole, make comeback to win

• Tigers fall to John Marshall

• Tigers trounce Century

• Big inning sends Mankato East past Tigers

• Column: Guns on campus wouldve saved student lives

• Column: Book features folk medicine of another era

• Editorial: Yahoo is not so yee-haw

• Alma Becker, 108, St. Paul

• Michael Roberts, 61, Pueblo, Colo.

• Grace Lorimor, 81, Austin

• ALHS to present murder mystery this weekend

• A bicycle ride to Silver Lake

• Man cited for misdemeanor

• National Volunteer Week honors people

• Seminar teaches prevention, safety

• Outdoors: Notes from banks of our local lakes

• Virginia Tech professor grew up in Albert Lea

Thursday, April 19

• KIMT newscast is at A.L. studio

• Rochester homicide has Hayward tie

• Column: Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow and ...

• Northwood-Kensett shows well on the golf course

• Loyola blanks Panthers, 6-0

• NRHEG girls take second at Panther Relays

• Column: Earth Week will offer ways to get involved

• Column: Do you remember those old console stereos?

• Editorial: How to pull together for A.L.

• Tire reported slashed

• Glenvilles EXOL changes its name

• Albert Leas Teacher of the Year

• Plenty of fun for families on tap for weekend

• Thorne Crest loses power

• NRHEG school board cuts its budget

Wednesday, April 18

• Glenn Kaehler, 90, Bricelyn

• 400 hear governor at Ag Luncheon

• Governor talks development, visits Blazing Star Landing

• By Sarah Kirchner, staff writer

• Bullet found at Halverson School

• Power lines near Emmons get upgrade

• Bertha Larson, 91, Kiester

• Editorial: Please fix the House smoking bill

• Column: Letters came in response to my dogs death

• Column: Schools demonstrate options for their students

• Tigers do well in first meet

• Tigers tripped up by Austin, 8-5

• Passingham, Tigers push the Huskies

• USC earns sweep over the Panthers

• Tigers test Austin in conference doubleheader

• Column: Spring is a great time to cover sports

Tuesday, April 17

• Albert Lea resident was in Kennedys funeral procession

• Waseca blanks Tigers on tennis courts

• Wolverine golfers start season with a win

• Late-inning offense dooms Knights in loss

• Panthers drop three at West tournament

• Errors add up for the Wolverines, Spring Grove gets 14-1 victory

• Tigers fall short on home course

• G-E impressive in opener, wins 11-0

• Column: I got advice from parents; heres advice for them

• Editorial: Keep the JOBZ program going

• Death Notice for Tuesday

• Robert Hansen, 80, Albert Lea

• Mark Arthur, 48, Owatonna

• Man held on assault charges

• School board: Continue co-ops for wrestling team

• Students disciplined for alcohol

• Target will build distribution warehouse elsewhere

• Virginia Tech gunman was a student

Monday, April 16

• Breaking news: Target Corp. picks Cedar Falls over Albert Lea for distribution center

• Tiger golfers get season under way

• Tiger tennis challenges tough competition

• JM downs Tigers twice

• Tigers drop two to JM

• Column: Eliminate JOBZ? Its true some want to end it

• Column: Please hold while we transfer you to a

• Editorial: A few words on the weather

• Bergen to be on CNN

• Fewer dairies, fewer princesses

• A.L.s unused upstairs

Saturday, April 14

• On Target: Tuveson takes second at nationals

• Column: Legislative committee work winding down

• Column: Trying to escape a childs good reputation

• Column: Blazing Star Landing a diamond in the rough

• Death notices for Sunday

• Janice Schmidt, 68, Albert Lea

• Arlyss Kremer, 66, Mankato

• James Flugum, 70, Hutchison

• Robert Arrett, 65, Northwood, Iowa

• Glenville-Emmons kids bring history to life

• Southwest Middle School holds its first ever run/walk fundraiser

• Column: Springtime tips for growing healthy kids

• College Street building had many tenants

• Al Batt, Nature's World

• Who will be District 241's Teacher of the Year?

Friday, April 13

• CVB selects new director

• Ten Tiger wrestlers named all-Big 9

• Tigers recognized for efforts in the classroom

• Column: Take a canoe ride to learn about Pickerel Lake

• Column: Albert Leas military mascot named Cap

• Death Notices for Friday

• Anna Kycek, 93, Albert Lea

• Jacqueline Jepson, 50, Albert Lea

• Bruce Roberts, 83, Wells

• Outdoors: Theres still time to apply for a bear license

• Lincoln Nesset, 78, St. Petersburg, Fla.

• Two cited for underage consumption

• Dancing with local celebrities

• NRHEG school board to make budget cuts

Thursday, April 12

• Riverland student an outstanding vocalist

• Spring storm closes schools, slows traffic

• Column: Random thoughts covering all of the major sports

• Casanova first Tiger selected for event

• Column: Minn. House resumes work after short break

• Column: Can positive thinking make it stop snowing?

• Column: New face coming to Art on Broadway Gift Shop

• Lutgens keeps newspaper rolling in New Richland

• Help an organization this weekend by eating breakfast

• Work to begin soon on new bridge to Katherine Island

• Department advances with community policing efforts

Wednesday, April 11

• City wins government innovation award

• Celebrate with the Saints

• Column: Johnson plays his game, gets a green jacket

• Column: Why everything about springtime taxes me

• Column: Airhead Day, moldy bread, Bunsen burners

• Carl Hanson, 72, Albert Lea

• Dolores Carlsen, 89, Albert Lea

• Stephan Weckwerth, 66, New Richland

• Man cited on multiple charges

• Council commends beautification efforts

• Riverland, Chamber unveil new program

• MinneSnowta weather strikes again

Tuesday, April 10

• Lawrence Gustafson, 99, Albert Lea

• USC, St. James split on course

• Offense explodes for USC win

• Tiger tennis falls 4-3 in opener

• Column: Need for trained, skilled workers on the rise

• Column: Childhood memories of biking and golfing

• Ronald Swanson, Cottage Grove

• David Brekke, 45, Austin

• Dorothy Beckmann, 86, Wells

• Melvin Hansen, 83, Glenville

• Thomas Wolf, 77, Rochester

• 14 cited for illegal consumption

• Column: Getting in the swing of things

• Decision on former antiques building still unclear

• Walz visits A.L. to discuss farm bill

• Retired administrator helps market his wifes insurance agency

Monday, April 9

• Triathlon ready for third year

• Column: County will help dispose of hazardous waste

• Column: Fun can be lost upon entering the adult world

• Carl Hanson, 74, Albert Lea

• Haircut of love

• Restaurant owner finds getting started was not as tough as she thought

Saturday, April 7

• Council to decide future of old Midwest Antiques building

• Rep. Walz proud of work done

• Baby steps to a better life

• Love and what it means to children

• There are lots of new things to see at your museum

• When robins go territorial

• On the move for the March of Dimes

• On the verge of war 90 years ago

• Crossroads wins dartball playoffs

• Cold weather keeps spring sports on sideline

• Former Tiger standouts find way in Alexandria Blizzard

• National debt need not spin out of control

• Take a hike Midwesterners; itll do you good

Friday, April 6

• Author to speak at Waseca County Historical Society

• Outdoors: Now is the time to look for crappie on area lakes

• Johnson to join national champs

• Column: Matching the product to the ingredient list

• Clifford Johnson, 81, Albert Lea

• Leo Zobel, 88, Albert Lea

• Juvenile cited for illegal consumption

• USDA loans available for rural development

• Berthelsen highly regarded by associates

• Family, friends celebrate life of car wreck victim

• Dan Dorman chosen as new executive director

Thursday, April 5

• Candidates tour county

• Column: The Metrodome is not all that bad to play baseball

• Column: America is playing war games with terrorists

• Column: April showers bring May flowers and baseball

• Editorial: More than just a sport

• Death Notice for Thursday

• Robert Berthelsen, 76, Albert Lea

• Elaine Sickels, 67, Roseville, Calif.

• Obama stumps in Iowa

• Support for library in Lake Mills is strong

• Easter events on tap

• Crime Victims Crisis Center looking for volunteers

Wednesday, April 4

• City getting bids on cost for removal

• Column: The good-looking Twins and Greg Oden

• Column: Options available for gifted and talented kids

• Column: Hometown headlines and childhood memories

• Richard Hyland, Ankeny, Iowa

• Alice Hunt, 89, Bricelyn

• Robert Johnson, 86, Rochester and Naples, Fla.

• Janelle Reule, 20, Albert Lea

• Flagpoles stolen

• State Patrol explains its error

• Get your child checked for autism disorder

• Veterans get state aid for transit

• Cars, alternative fuels and the earth

Tuesday, April 3

• Adam Kirsch makes a dream come true

• Death Notices for Tuesday

• Roger Rickheim, 76, Albert Lea

• LeRoy Vietor, 79, Holland, MIch.

• County, city issue permit reports

• District exceeds energy-saving expectations

• Column: Clinton weakened America during presidency

• Column: Vacation inspires thoughts on family and future

• Casino has another big winner

• Board wrestles with dissolving co-op

Monday, April 2

• Graffiti reported at three sites

• Hospice director retires

• Young scientists present their work at annual all-school science fair

• USC/AC girls win, boys second

• Column: Common sense on homes has been foreclosed

• Column: Theres a battle between storage and clutter

• Editorial: A troop is a unit, not a soldier

• Death Notices for Monday

• Patrol changes report on accident

Sunday, April 1

• Junior and Senior High School Art Show opens today

• Cranes: No mere birds

• The rifle range that became a park

• 2007 Albert Lea Tribune Coach of the Year: Cotter and success go together perfectly

• 2007 Albert Lea Tribune Co-Players of the Year: The state champion

• Frost mans compilation of caps earns world-record status

• Taking a bite out of school lunch

• 2007 Albert Lea Tribune Co-Players of the Year: The record writer

• Column: Local projects receive bump in Senate bond bill

• Column: Someday in the park with George W. Bush

• Woman involved in car wreck dies

• Cougar spotted in Myrtle