Story archive for August 2007

Friday, Aug. 31

• A.L. schools fail to meet mark

• Column: Diversity brings change; thats hard for some

• Bluejays bombard Tigers to win

• Rebels still looking for victory

• USC reels off third straight dual win

• Knights move to 2-0 on young season

• Outdoors: Labor Day weekend promises to be good for some fishing

• Editorial: Drinking? Driving? Think again

• Cancer takes a city favorite

• Overcoming an injury

• Man arrested for felony theft

• Column: Doing the hard sell with our nations coins

Thursday, Aug. 30

• Ski show, waffles on tap for weekend

• New owner at Geneva Meats & Processing

• Northwood gym is updated

• Glenville 4-Her wins top ribbon at Minn. State Fair

• Column: A new era in Minnys sports scene?

• Free hockey for mites

• Knights win opener

• Albert Lea starts season under Thursday night lights in Waseca

• USC/AC does well at Mt. Lake

• Column: Parent involvement is critical to student success

• Column: Getting good words when son goes to college

• Editorial: Neighbors pitch in after disasters

• Clara Rolands, 89, Spokane, Wash.

• Hubert Indrelie, 88, Albert Lea

• Lois Oberg, 71, Montevideo

Wednesday, Aug. 29

• Two cited for illegal consumption

• Column: Scanning the area sports landscape

• Sager, Randall shine for Tigers at Austin CC meet

• Shortstop set for this weekend

• Look who just turned 40

• Column: Does anyone still get handwritten letters?

• Column: Reader: What are the dog days of summer?

• Editorial: People can make air travel easier

• Wilma Roesler, 87, Minnesota Lake

• Library is closed during final stages of remodeling

• Kindergartners head to school for the first time

• Students get ready for school and college

• Most homes passing sewer inspections

• Reward in Sorensen case now at $100,000

• A new look at the Blazing Star Landing

Tuesday, Aug. 28

• An old church is now a gift shop

• Rebels down Huskies

• A.L. tennis girls split in New Ulm

• Column: Life is too short to be mean to other people

• Column: Wine is not a difficult subject to figure out

• Editorial: NFLs Goodell makes the right move

• Arthur Randall, 95, Albert Lea

• Jodi Wangsness, 41, Albert Lea

• Multiple individuals cited after fight

• Fire damages home

• Rochester police plan to update Sorensen case in Albert Lea

• City Council OKs help for flood areas

Monday, Aug. 27

• Animal shelter issues enter spotlight

• Column: Stifling protest: bad choice between law, order

• Column: What constitutes a wonderful life? Money?

• Edward Claassen, 86, Albert Lea

• Former library is new again

• Joseph Sonnek, 84, Wells

• House fire reported in Alden

• School administrators play musical chairs

Saturday, Aug. 25

• The new Freeborn County chief walks to work, and our reporter went with him

• Pair of Tigers named to Elite League

• USC/AC boys win first meet of the season, girls take fourth

• Tigers soccer team opens season with a tie

• Experience shows as USC wins

• How to let pleasure guide us more than pain

• Stiff warning to readers: Stop the weirdness

• Esther Ann Huston, 86, of Bricelyn

• Don Johnson, 88, of Albert Lea

• Speedy kitten gets adopted

• City may help improve airport

• Lookout! The kids might use their imaginations at the museum

• Bath salts are not just for breakfast anymore

• Deer Creek Park is at former site of creamery

Friday, Aug. 24

• Column: Just shut up, go home and take your children

• Column: The sad, sorry consequences of critter dumping

• Harold Smith, 89, Scarville

• Local assessor looks at damage

• No one expected floods

• Rushford school cleans up

• Outdoors: The big fish story

• Albert Lea U-11 team completes successful season

Thursday, Aug. 23

• Cancer benefit in Conger

• Elevator demolition nears end

• Board votes against saving building

• Water patrol gets new ride

• Column: The Power of Positive Thinking and the Twins

• Column: Taxes and the Interstate 35W bridge collapse

• Column: Songs, books and great thoughts of summer

• Editorial: Thanks for voting online

• Clinton Hanson, 84, Albert Lea

• Fire department holds fundraiser

• Garage door reported broken

Wednesday, Aug. 22

• Freeborn County to help flooded counties

• Column: Ranking the best too early

• Tigers open season with a pair of wins

• Rebels fall to Austin

• Column: Whats not to love? Its the Equal Rites Awards

• Column: The county fair brings out 2 kinds of weather

• Editorial: A change in the season

• Sharon Diaz, 60, Albert Lea

• Woman arrested for DWI

• 4 local Red Cross volunteers help in flood areas

• Local crops growing well

Tuesday, Aug. 21

• No flooding seen in Albert Lea

• Column: On sailboats and Womens Equality Day

• Column: Windyfoggery, ad-diction and curdles clich/s

• Editorial: Meetings are good for everyone

• Sheriffs Posse Ride set for Sunday

• Hog truck turns over into ditch

• District offers ideas for budget cuts

• New Richland family survives flood

• 13-year-old sells doggy biscuits at A.L. Farmers Market

Monday, Aug. 20

• Albert Lea is unlike national housing market

• Little King and Queen are crowned

• By Tim Engstrom, managing editor

• Column: Does your school let students exercise free press?

• Column: Me. Me. Me. Me. Me. Me. Me. Me. Me. Me.

• Column: The rest stops in Iowa have wimpy toilet paper

• 3 arrested for alcohol related charges

• Parade displays Emmons pride

Sunday, Aug. 19

• Law enforcement on the look-out for drunk drivers

• Dealing with emotional impact of tragedies

• Nonprofit might save historic building from demolition

• 2 teachers for a 3-day, 60-mile walk to raise funds to fight breast cancer

• Using the fairgrounds for an airport or athletic field

• A season with something for everyone

• Column: Alaskan cruise report, part two

• Gearing up for a new season

• Column: United Way donations help people in need

• Column: The master woodsman takes a hike up north

• Maridee Riestad, 83

• Twila Hatle, 76, Glenville

• Speed enforcement results are in

• Speedy white kitten may be adopted

Friday, Aug. 17

• Tim Walz speaks to A.L. Lions Club

• Outdoors: Do walleyes lose their teeth?

• Column: This Canadian gave a real salute to Americans

• Editorial: Farmers market hits its stride

• 2 local communications companies to merge

• A.L. 14-year-old baseball team makes state

• Mayo doctor announces 1st District candidacy

• Column: How ethanol production ruins my social life

• Wells crowns Little Miss Kernel

Thursday, Aug. 16

• Column: Do you know 10 community commandments?

• The puzzle comes together

• Father: There arent enough words

• MnDot: Glenville corner not as bad as first viewed

• First citywide comp plan meeting takes place in Sept.

• Wells to be filled with fun

• Glenville and Emmons host community celebrations

• Ryan Truesdell, 20, Albert Lea

• Lois Koch, 86, Glenville

• Column: What was happening in America 110 years ago?

• Column: Saying goodbye to the Minnesota big man

Wednesday, Aug. 15

• Community-minded

• Column: Facing the fantasy football truths

• Local mens softball team gears up for state, national tournament

• Column: School social workers benefit Albert Lea kids

• Column: Alaskan cruise was a relaxing, amazing time

• Editorial: Keep jail in downtown Austin

• Upcoming Glenville Days is a festival like no other

• Vehicle struck by lightning

• Shell Rock septic notices mailed out

• Man dies after falling into grain bin

Tuesday, Aug. 14

• City orders building torn down

• Three-peat for Schmidt at City Open

• Column: Grandfather appears in photo at end of film

• Editorial: Carol Molnau needs to resign

• Ruby Knudtson, 86, Albert Lea

• Donald Gooden, 83, Emmons

• Car stolen, found afterward

• Store does better than owner expected on opening day

Monday, Aug. 13

• Volunteers turn out to clean lake shore

• Tigers take part in Luther camp

• Column: The other Reagan doctrine: Keeping the lid on

• Column: More in America than bridges is crumbling

• Editorial: Time to invest in public transit

• Man knows 25 years of car sales

• Fun in the sun and rain

Saturday, Aug. 11

• Five new families come to Wells for school

• TV deliberations could put Big Ten teams outside the box this fall

• Maturi sees big things for the U sports teams in time

• New leadership starts with you and with me

• Recipe for avoiding risky bridge: Hold the Mayo

• Death notice for Dominic and Ruth Weigel

• Kitten rides under hood over 80 mph

• Council to vote on Boat Landing project

• Kids understanding cancer

• Relay for Life exceeds fundraising goal

• Albert Lea Community Theatre announces new season

• Museum fundraisers bring the past to life

• Alaskan cruise report, part one

• New Graceland program will honor six area pioneers

Friday, Aug. 10

• Freeborn County Relay for Life: Beading to success

• Column: It was fair, school, football, fall colors

• Age has its effect on this team of Ragbrai bikers

• State fastpitch tourneys set for this weekend

• Column: Saying more than just one word about plastics

• Column: When real beer was brewed in Albert Lea

• Editorial: Are there too many roads?

• I-35W bridge collapse slideshow on extratribune

• Only one individual charged from Thursday incident

• Man cited for underage drinking

• Book chronicles story of a tarnished childhood

• Predatory offender fails to register

• Council discusses former Midwest Antiques building

Thursday, Aug. 9

• A.L. test scores below state levels

• Column: The Minnesota Twins idenity crisis

• Soccer team plays well at state

• Column: Waging peace in the name of religion, not war

• Column: Stop, slow down, remember your priorities

• Editorial: Bridges arent supposed to fall

• Larson Mfg. distribution center goes up

• Three cited for cocaine

• Let loose at Borderfest

• Relay, magic show top weekend events

• Family Y capital campaign in final push

• 2 businesses fail tobacco checks

• One step at a time, the Relay battles cancer

Wednesday, Aug. 8

• Column: July was a month for nudes, veggies, tap water

• Gopher AD Maturi to speak in Albert Lea

• Column: Fall and football is on the way

• Column: Big families would actually be good for planet

• Editorial: Who failed to pay the bills?

• Donald Hultgren, 71, Laverne

• Four cited for illegal consumption

• Worth County students eligible for school supplies

• Todays ShineFest events listed

• Bratwurst for sale at farmers market

• Mower County puts cap on jail spending

• Katherine Island bridge work to begin

• 2 ways to support water

• Will new ethanol plant make traffic dangerous?

• The yellow shirts are out for ShineFest 2007

Tuesday, Aug. 7

• Column: A visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center

• Column: Sometimes it takes awhile for news to sink in

• Editorial: Relay for Life is coming

• Death notice for Tuesday

• Watershed Board looks at its goals

• School district focuses on math and reading

• Georges of Geneva has new owners but the same name

• Colonels season comes to an end in Rochester

Sunday, Aug. 5

• Erma Pollei, 86, Albert Lea

• Anker Mathiason, 94, Alden

• Singing sisters shine at the fair

• Power outage shuts down grocery store

• Mower County jail vote is Tuesday

• Prairie musical to stop in Albert Lea this month

• Demolition derby wows fair-goers

• Column: Greetings say a lot about us

• Column: Just what are those hedge apples?

• New book features Marine pilots with local connections

• Local woman celebrates 100 years of a busy life

• Flyball invades City Arena

• Fashions for my age are harder to come across

• Twins made the right choices

• Gary Lamb, 69, Emmons

• Sybil Moja, 84, Wells

• Roger Passer, 86, Wells

• Clarence Christenson, 70

Friday, Aug. 3

• We can never say this will never happen here

• Column: Tetonka Lake try it and I know you will like it

• Column: The two big bombs that ended a world war

• Column: There is too much money in pro sports

• Editorial: Pray for the bridge victims

• Donn Smith, 71, Clarks Grove

• Senior Day started with lively music

• Jake Owen lights up the stage with his million dollar smile

• Watershed, fair bring way to conserve water

• Albert Lea residents react to news of collapse

• 2 A.L. natives recount bridge collapse

Thursday, Aug. 2

• Albert Lea residents react to news of bridge collapse

• Do local bridges compare?

• Colonels bats quiet against Kasson

• Beverly Anderson, 73, Albert Lea

• Man arrested on multiple charges

• Relay for Life team crafts quilt to help fight cancer

• Permits issued for warehouse and remodeling

• New art exhibits open this weekend

• Little Anthony and the Imperials entertain fair-goers

• Dont miss out on Hartland Harvest Days

• Help us with our coverage of the collapse

• Column: Minnesota Twins and the Little Things

Wednesday, Aug. 1

• Heartland band comes out rockin at the fair

• Humor and hypnotism

• Column: Sizing up the Vikings by position

• Column: Fashionistas make politics distasteful for many

• Column: Mr. Batt goes to Washington D.C., that is

• Editorial: Get to know the new laws

• Mary Van Rossum, 72, Wells

• Norbert Wanzek, 84, Wells

• Crash reduces Interstate 35 to single lanes near Elko

• Faith community ready to serve