Story archive for February 2007

Thursday, March 1

• Column: A.L prepares for snow like the third world war

• Death Notices for Thursday, March 1

• Ann Gulbrandson, 88, Albert Lea

• Column: Pondering Kevin Garnetts future with the Wolves

• Robert Dockwell, 50, Albert Lea

• Carter Hogen, 2, Albert Lea

• Antique tractor show comes to Northbridge

• Northwood-Kensett students keep busy

• Clarks Grove feels loss of native killed in Michigan accident

• Trucker honored for 50 years of service

• Where is the snow? Its on its way

• Big changes at the medical center

• Bonus points key Apple Valley win over Tigers

• Rebels rule on day one of state

• Column: Too much suspicion bad for your childs health?

Wednesday, Feb. 28

• Garage reported broken into

• Southwest Middle School to present The Last Gladiator

• Freeborn-Mower: Getting ready for round two

• Callahan begins job as interim county administrator

• Loan denial affects local businesses

• Column: A busy time for all

• Tigers Olchefske signs with MSU

• Wolverines put on show

• Hansen carries NRHEG to victory

• Column: Continued support of Riverland still needed

• Column: Remembrance of a good dog, a good friend

• Editorial: Move cars, help plows do their job

• Death Notices for Wednesday, Feb. 28

• Eleanor Dubey, 72, Moses Lake, Wash.

• Rev. Lester Wolter, 89, Albert Lea

• Yvonne Phillips, 88,Bricelyn

• Shirley Medrano, 56, Albert Lea

• Lance Klimek, 35, Rochester

• Gordon Michaelis, 74, Albert Lea

Tuesday, Feb. 27

• Column: It was a good weekend to be named Forrest

• Tiger hockey team earns academic recognition

• Panthers fall to WEM, MVL trips up USC

• Quick start helps Tigers avenge last years loss

• Column: Follow the cybertrail from your checked past

• Death Notices for Tuesday, Feb. 27

• Man cited for providing to alcohol to underage drinkers

• City Council approves rules of decorum

• Some 300 co-op customers remain without power

• DM & E denied loan

• Beau, Cody Hansen continue family wrestling success

Monday, Feb. 26

• Column: Are humans the source of global warming?

• Death Notices for Monday, Feb. 26

• Steven McKay and Linda Botten, Ventura County, Calif.

• Arletta Hummer, 84, Kiester

• Man cited for DWI after crashing into store

• Minnesotans dig out following storm

• Life as the child of a tailor

• The Wolverines fall to Goodhue in section play

• Tiger swimmers qualify for state in three events

• Schwartz finishes fourth at the state meet

• NRHEG sends seven, USC five

• Tigers tie last years mark, send 9 to state

• Column: School board deserves recognition for work

Saturday, Feb. 24

• Winter storm slams southern Minnesota

• New Humane Society director ready to handle challenges of job

• Resolutions on final plat for Flying J up for vote Monday

• City gives developers official list of requirements

• Not a baa-d way to help the United Way

• Its time spent together that makes for beautiful memories

• Column: Natures Q and A

• Recalling an attempt to bridge Fountain Lake

• Albert Lea A Peewee team advances to regional tourney

• Van Fossen and Dorman lead Tigers

• Blue Earth trips up NRHEG, 62-50

• Schwartz wrestling for third at state

• Panthers look strong at individual sections, the Rebels still fighting

• Thirteen Tigers have perfect day

• Column: Loving yourself proves good for everybody

• Column: Make sure you choose the right lunch partners

• Jeanette O'Connor, 94, Austin

• Rena Christensen, 69, Farmington

• Man arrested on burglary charges

• Kids win Elks essay contest

Friday, Feb. 23

• Editorial: Choose the right college, not a name

• Column: It pays to speak weather talk

• Austin downs Tigers to conclude regular season

• Schwartz still wrestling at state

• A-C wins sub-section game in OT

• No shortage of offense for Tigers

• Column: Voyeurism is unleashed in Anna Nicole case

• Column: Second visit by a human fly ended in a fall

• Death Notices for Friday, Feb. 23

• Steven and Linda Botten, Ventura County, Calif.

• Train collides with car; man cited for DWI

• A.L. student wins regional spelling bee

• Who should control National Guard?

• Ron Gabrielsen speaks

Thursday, Feb. 22

• Column: Reality and the Minnesota Twins

• Hansen scores 1,000th point in Panther win

• Hebrink, Schwartz survive first day at state

• Icemen finish regular season, head to districts

• Column: Take a moment to read I Have a Dream speech

• Death Notices for Thursday, Feb. 22

• Dorothy Neitzel, 94, Waterville

• Its like family at Korner Kafe in Hayward

• Hollandale musical is Esther-ordinary

• Disney takes the stage in town this weekend

• Al Franken looks back on Albert Lea

• Amy Klobuchar visits Albert Lea

• Flying J crosses planning hurdle

• Man wins $1 million at casino

• City to build a lighted trail

Wednesday, Feb. 21

• Casanova is important part of top-seeded section team

• Recorder named interim leader

• Column: Back to the state tourney and other thoughts Im wrestling with

• Tigers get win on Senior Night over Mankato East

• G-E posts section victory over Titans

• Lake Mills duo off to state

• Column: A clever tax scheme: earn less and make more

• Column: Hartland Harold delivers the news for town

• Editorial: HPV vaccine doesnt promote sex

• Elaine Carlsen, 72, Albert Lea

• Marilyn Gottberg, 70, Wells

• John Hubbard Sr., 66, Wells

• Virgil Taylor, 90, Albert Lea

• Al Franken talks politics

• Discussion forum looks into lives of three victims

• District announces staff cuts

Tuesday, Feb. 20

• Man spends $15 to try to rob store

• Wolverines drop a pair of conference games

• NRHEG junior Harrington honored with ExCEL Award

• Albert Leas Jean, Ehrhard honored in Region I

• U-12B hockey wins district tourney

• Editorial: A guide to getting around Albert Leas streets

• Death Notice for Tuesday, Feb. 20

• Mavis Horning, 69, Albert Lea

• Klobuchar to stop in Albert Lea Wednesday

• Presidents Day was a snow day

• Singer gets shot at fame

• Anesthesiologist writes song about cross-country ski race in Wisconsin

Monday, Feb. 19

• Tigers repeat the feat, headed back to the state tournament

• Column: Romneys religion shouldnt matter but does

• Column: A nose by any other shape would still smell

• Death Notices for Monday, Feb. 19

• Shirley Kinny, 81, Austin

• Coalition sees aid to cities as tax relief

• Clinic helps travelers to keep on truckin

• Knights take fifth at conference tourney

• Lake Mills sends two to state meet

• USC does it again

Saturday, Feb. 17

• Region emerges as a leader in renewable power sources

• Column: Tips on honoring our parents as they grow less independent

• Albert Leas first real post office

• Albert Lea Figure Skating Club to present annual show

• Column: Dont waste another day: Get the Lead Out

• Second-half surge powers Spring Grove past Wolverines

• Kortz, Tigers shoot down Century

• OMeara leads Panthers past Tigers, 73-56

• Column: I-90 Coalition gives southern Minn. advantage

• Column: Its a leap from City Hall to the White House

• Benjamin Segerstrom, 89, Red Wing

• Marjorie Emmons, 81, Bloomington

• List of consultants for plan is narrowed

• School district to cut 25 teachers

Friday, Feb. 16

• Students to compete in speech tournament

• Ducks Unltd. honors Freeborn County

• Column: Fly fishing is sort of like playing hockey

• USC shocks Blossoms

• Tigers crush the Cougars, 71-3

• Column: Casting the first stone in the GOP litmus test

• Column: A human fly first visited Albert Lea in 1921

• Editorial: Drop charges on 74-year-old

• Should your daughter get vaccine?

• Death Notice for Friday, Feb. 16

• Orville Budach, 75, Estherville

• Bills would help rural health

• Six state troopers hit by cars in past month

• The Frankens moved to Albert Lea in 1955

Thursday, Feb. 15

• William Dorman, 77, Albert Lea

• Biofuels lead to changes in diesel program

• Walz shares his challenges in D.C.

• What is that new teacher pay scale?

• Group aims to give support to teen moms

• Breakfasts on tap for weekend ahead

• Theres no place like Manchester

• Its not about me, its about we

• Eva Hanson, 72, Albert Lea

• Orville Budach, 75, Estherville, IA

• Editorial: Al Franken isnt from Albert Lea

• Column: United Way makes a difference in Freeborn Co.

• Column: Accomplished historian makes Harvard history

• Panthers are Gopher Conference champions

• Column: A basketball tradegy remembered, a lesson to be learned

Wednesday, Feb. 14

• Column: Some more thoughts on this, that and the other

• Tigers fall to Winona at Southwest

• Albert Lea skaters down Mankato East, 9-3

• Packers do it again

• Tigers pin down title No. 23

• Column: Valentines Day celebrates bird mating season

• Editorial: School board takes positive step

• Death Notices for Wednesday, Feb. 14

• Donald Paulson, 84, Bloomington

• Dean Routh, 57, Waseca County

• Olav Haugen, 89, Albert Lea

• NRHEG superintendent contract approved

• Big Island Rendezvous settles suit

• Theyve just been wonderful, loving parents

Tuesday, Feb. 13

• Artist likes to color outside the box

• City to seek out clay tile connections

• Albert Lea peewee hockey team takes a first and second at tournaments

• Free throws give Knights victory over G-E

• Column: Like families, companies are recycling more

• Column: People say Anna Nicole was beautiful. Why?

• Editorial: Get over to the Art Center this month

• Death Notice for Tuesday, Feb. 13

• Ralph Obermeyer, 93, Kiester

• Nestor Sybilrud, 94, Glenville

• Donna Meredith, 77, Topeka, Kan.

• Deloris Kelly, 76, Clarks Grove

• Frieda Johnson, 97, Forest City, IA

• Patrol officer injured in accident

• Masons to hold open forum on Islam

Monday, Feb. 12

• Dorman, Van Fossen lead Tiger swimmers

• Panthers go perfect 4-0 at W-K tourney

• The Knights finish tournament strong

• Lake Mills, NC/NK combine to advance 8

• Column: President Bush takes an executive time out

• Column: Guys, you might not want to read this one

• Death Notices for Monday, Feb. 12

• Pamela Olmanson, 53, Waseca

• Dr. Donald Haase, 83, Blue Springs, MO.

• Bernice Low, 87, Albert Lea

• Lorraine Backes, 85, Albert Lea

• Smoking ban divides A.L.

• City measure could affect your sewer line

• Is it the Nature Center? No, its the Art Center

Saturday, Feb. 10

• The woman who started Shoreland Heights

• Panther wrestlers score big win over Medford

• Spring Grove 52, G-E 32

• Wolverines down Lyle/Pacelli, 66-63

• Albert Lea comes up short against Scarlets

• Lake Mills falls to the Bison

• Bulldogs wrap up third-place conference finish

• Panthers back in familiar territory

• One issue on which Americans stand united

• Column: America needs more caribou and less Holsteins

• Lloyd Parker, 87, Alden

• Joseph Richard Shea, 91, Owatonna

• Bernice Low, 87, Albert lea

• Trip to St. Paul focuses on states environmental issues

• Larson Contracting to build for Larson Mfg.

• Golf course developers agree to compile analysis

• Scouts take to the ice

• Tribute to Johnny Cash coming to Civic Theatre

• Column: Dont put off making that call to someone you love

• Column: Things to look for in February

Friday, Feb. 9

• Brown presents her first bill to a committee

• Column: Cabin fever begins to set in

• Food pantries receive federal aid

• Winter offers new ways to go

• Albert Lea bounces back, downs Mankato West

• Tigers down Spartans big

• This time NRHEG gets the win

• Albert Leas first line shines

• Column: Play a round or two of Watershed Jeopardy

• Column: Finally, riding to the farm on the Bug Line

• Death Notices for Friday, Feb. 9

• Thelma Dahl, 92, Lake Mills, IA

• Manly Jensen, 86, Hayward

• Guard unit prepares to come home

• What are effects of meth residue?

Thursday, Feb. 8

• WFS Elevator of Clarks Grove

• Column: A baseball coach who will earn his money

• Four with a 4.0

• Column: Public schools and why we dont fight more

• Column: Thank you to the hospital, friends and family

• Editorial: Who pays the smoking bill?

• Death Notice for Thursday, Feb. 8

• Manly Jesen, 86, Hayward

• New exhibits open at local art center

• Band students talk to famous composer

• 15-year-old leads high-speed chase

• City gets one new officer and one new lieutenant

Wednesday, Feb. 7

• Is vocational education prepared to meet demands?

• Column: The final words on a very busy Super Sunday

• FBA ends Panthers 25-game conference win streak

• No. 9 Lourdes downs Tigers

• Tigers tumble in second half

• Column: The handwriting of Bush, Reid and Pelosi

• Column: Looking back on the month named for Janus

• Editorial: Thanks to United Way volunteers

• Death Notice for Wednesday, Feb. 7

• Sharyl Bertelson, 54, Albert Lea

• Verna Jacobson, 81, New Richland

• Permits are issued for library project

• County wants state to pay its fair share

• The cold plans to stay

Tuesday, Feb. 6

• A.L. teachers get new pay formula

• Knights down Madelia

• Column: Sense of community makes newspapers succeed

• Editorial: Lets hope the surge in Iraq goes well

• Death Notices for Tuesday, Feb. 6

• Patrick McDonald, 65, New Ulm

• Ethelyn Erickson, 93, Albert Lea

• Ruth Loken, 87, Albert Lea

• One-act team loses in close competition

• America has jobs; Mexico has laborers

• Angie Troutman enjoys drawing faces

Monday, Feb. 5

• Basement fire injures 1

• Albert Lea takes big step toward securing top section seed with overtime win

• Column: An interview with indefatigable Molly Ivans

• Column: Stop for a moment of prayer every day at 8 p.m.

• Death Notices for Monday, Feb. 5

• Glenys Brua, 71, Owatonna

• Mildred Marsh, 91, Albert Lea

• Collage of Albert Lea available

• In wake of flu death, theres still time to get the vaccine

• Why immigrants come to America

• Brown wants to overhaul school funding

• Should minimum wage go up?

Saturday, Feb. 3

• Column: Just Hand Over the Chocolate and No One Will Get Hurt

• No. 5 Vikings roll past Riceville, 61-43

• Albert Leas U-12 girls continue to roll

• Albert Lea A Squirts win home tourney, make it 2 in a row

• Tigers topple Huskies by 4

• No. 5 Owatonna pours it on Albert Lea

• Not this time

• Column: Tax relief, early education top Senates agenda

• Column: Ooo! Aaah! The withering glare of the spotlight

• Arthur Sherman, 97, Albert Lea

• Elaine Knutson, 82, Frost

• Cold, colder, frigid

• Minnesota scientist: Global warming report raises concerns

• Cold doesnt keep kids from liking competition

• Column: A visit to the big nest

• The rise and fall of a local landmark

• For collector, meeting people is as much fun as finding toys

Friday, Feb. 2

• Column: Placing pennies on the tracks of the Bug Line

• Editorial: 10 reasons to do business in A.L.

• Death Notice for Friday, Feb. 2

• Planned Parenthood seeks middle ground

• Soldiers share views on border patrol

• United Way names campaign leaders

• One-act team wins subsection

• City seeks funds for dump

• Column: Favorite outdoors books keep cabin fever away in winter

• A.L. skaters get victory

• Tigers brush aside Winhawks

• Column: Paths to Peace offers alternatives to military

Thursday, Feb. 1

• Toy show ahead for weekend

• Pigs arrive at fairgrounds for weigh-in

• A.L. man sentenced for making terroristic threats

• ACT opens funny, sentimental tribute to grandparents

• Customers drop Taco Johns in suit, but not owners

• Albert Lea soldiers patrol border area

• Column: Spring and baseball is in the air

• Waseca tops the Panthers

• A.L. Icemen are victorious, 6-5

• Column: Property tax relief is front and center at Capitol

• Column: Put some clothes on when you go outside!

• Editorial: Vikings need to wait for stadium

• Death Notice for Thursday, Feb. 1

• Neil Rasmusson, 88, Emmons

• Dora Tollefson, 96, Moscow Township

• LaVaine Raatz, 67, Madelia

• Convenience store open again in Hollandale