Story archive for March 2007

Sunday, April 1

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

• Junior and Senior High School Art Show opens today

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

• Cougar spotted in Myrtle

• Woman involved in car wreck dies

• Taking a bite out of school lunch

• The rifle range that became a park

• Cranes: No mere birds

• Frost mans compilation of caps earns world-record status

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

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

• Column: Local projects receive bump in Senate bond bill

Friday, March 30

• Accident victim still in critical condition

• Conn. woman leads police on chase

• Bike-A-Thon wants more teams to ride

• David Parnell spent 23 years addicted to illegal drugs

• Condemned house owner says he will go to court

• Outdoors: Springtime flies and other constants

• Outdoors: Ice melts, fishermen lines the shores

• Column: America denies certain immigrants its blessing

• Column: King Kong connection with the ALHS ring

• Editorial: Does Iowa prize its liberties?

• Death Notice for Friday

• Marvel Nelson, 91, Albert Lea

• John Wright, 69, Clarks Grove

• Stephen Froiland, 45, Oakland

• Nancy Mummert, 74, Albert Lea

• Woman retires after half a century in restaurant business

Thursday, March 29

• Program raises money, helps planet

• Column: Hooray for the Gophers, Tubby Smith is here

• Column: Education bill addresses needs of students

• Column: When side effects are worse than the ailment

• Editorial: Penny is good fit for SMIF

• Death Notices for Thursday

• Mary Ulve, 75, Albert Lea

• Eleanor Nelson, 86, Rochester

• All-school science fair Saturday at Northbridge

• The Singing Cowboy to appear in concert in Kiester

• Friend: Trucker probably had a stroke

• Students making video on driving

• City gets $2.5 million additional funding

• Semi hits car on Main

Wednesday, March 28

• Lou-Rich to open its doors on Saturday

• Column: Good things are starting to happen for the U

• Vandenheuvel wins state

• Column: Elizabeth Edwards life will be her legacy

• Column: The earth revolves and then you spring ahead

• Editorial: Slow down for the ducks

• Death Notices for Wednesday

• Lloyd Perkins, 85, Northwood

• Stanley Axsmith, 54, Albert Lea

• Douglas Felt, 26, Geneva

• Hit-and-run reported

• Penny named SMIF president

• Why are lady beetles all over the place?

• Local soldier wounded in Iraq

• Fountain Lake ice is out

Tuesday, March 27

• City gets grant to help improve local homes

• Column: In 2027, there will custom-designed babies

• Column: 10 things to do outside within the city limits

• Editorial: Even the TV listings are important

• Sarah Lunde, 73, Bowling Green, Ohio

• Merle Aase, 77, Northwood, Iowa

• Van reported stolen

• Boston, here they come

• Ex-TV reporter dies from overdose

• Hollandale school to hold fundraiser

• Big rig hits bridge; man dies

Monday, March 26

• March is National Womens History Month

• Hansen enjoys season with a special group

• Hansen keeps Panthers winning

• Column: Minnesota tax system must be fair

• Column: Africans die in the name of environmentalism

• Column: What chemicals are in the products we use?

• Column: Affirmations can help create the lives we want

• Column: You are a worker ant and one day its all over

• Henry Borglum, 74, St. Paul

• Joyce George, 74, Albert Lea

• Blanche Sydnes, 85, Lake Winona Manor

• Vending machines reported damaged at Progress Castings

• Council to vote on housing application

• Welding contest inspires, recruits students

• Downtown building may face destruction

• Public transit from past to present

• A.L. Transit a big boost for seniors

• Gyms see boost in members

• By Sarah Light, staff writer

• Column: Dont panic get ready instead

• Column: Museum staff is springing into action

• Column: Birds know, but theyre not telling

• Building boasts an interesting history

• Albert Lea woman celebrates a 70-year affiliation with American Association of University Women

Friday, March 23

• Editorial: Mall of America can build its own garage

• Frederick Bauers, 72, Albert Lea

• Radio-controlled cars stolen

• Governor to speak at agriculture lunch

• Key vote on Iraq today

• Student art sought for keepsake coin

• Cops find 66 grams of meth

• Population loss is nature of rural America

• 6-year-old boy has big dream fulfilled

• Outdoors: Indian Hills: Oh, deer!

• Column: This is the 95th year for Al La Ha Sa, Ahlahasa

Thursday, March 22

• Minneapolis man could lose A.L. home

• Comp plan adviser picked

• Lakeview Elem. principal studies in Finland

• Freeborn County slightly down in population

• Column: Remembering days of catch with my dog Kinky

• Column: Adults, take care of unprotected and needy

• Editorial: Childhood spending is a smart move

• Death Notices for Thursday, March 22

• Linda Schultz, 58, Coralville, Iowa

• Howard Ringham, 85, Northwood, Iowa

• Money stolen from house

• Alden family stays on the same farm for 100 years

• Band promotes album with Surf Ballroom appearance

• Home show marks 25th anniversary

Wednesday, March 21

• Drillers are at site of ethanol plant

• New transfer rule liked and disliked

• Column: All things NCAA and other stuff

• Bestul named first team all-stater

• Column: Dont let lawmakers cut special-ed funding

• Column: On the Loafers Club, cell phones, traveling

• Editorial: Leagues rule corrects a problem

• H. Elizabeth Earley, 92, Perrysburg, Ohio

• Elaine Sickels, Roseville, Calif.

• Alyce Brimacomb, 84, Austin

• Man arrested for burglary

• United Preschool to hold open house

• Have you seen this cornerstone?

• License Center works to combat lines

Tuesday, March 20

• 11-year-old to compete in state free-throw competition

• Hanson, Bestul first team all-conference performers

• Legacy of the 1919 champions

• Column: And now, a word or two about income taxes

• Column: If only more people had to do baby duties

• Editorial: NCAA basketball is sport done well

• Diane Kardash, 56, Farmington

• Raymond Kilian, 88, Albert Lea

• Tailgate stolen at dealership

• Youth for Christ opens golf season

• Austin man shot in Florida

• A.L. school board makes $400,000 in cuts

Monday, March 19

• Death Notices for Monday, Feb.

• Health foods are on the rise

• Column: Does it matter how much religion you know?

• Column: Too fluffy or not too fluffy? That is the question

Sunday, March 18

• Column: Truths about family and Midwestern cowboys

• Elizabeth Schroeder, 66, Coon Rapids

• Curtis Reyerson, 79, Northwood, Iowa

• Daniel Pitcher, 48, Wells

• Pilot program looks at early childhood

• Missing cat found after months of searching

• Students prepare for state science fair

• N-K basketball team secures schools first championship

• Students celebrate Dr. Seuss birthday

• When white was the color for St. Patricks Day

• St. Theodore School auction gets back to the 50s

• Column: A little about thundersnow

• Tiger hockey players are recognized

• N-K brings home first state basketball title

• Column: Look for property tax relief by end of month

Friday, March 16

• Mock trial team places ninth in state

• Column: Spring was not a time for staying dry

• Northwood-Kensett boys in title game

• Column: Who hates America? Look in the United States

• Column: Tom Mixs second visit and the great premiere

• Editorial: You can find it in Albert Lea

• Death Notice for Friday, March 16

• Wells residents know their citys police officers

• Lonitta Nash, 89, Albert Lea

• Dorothy Jacobsen, 85, Freeborn

• Ascension to install new pastor Sunday

• Township elections experience usual low turnout

Thursday, March 15

• Donald LaValley, 78, Austin

• Decision to close interstate freeways isnt made lightly

• Students learn about water quality

• Choir competition boasts Vegas-style entertainment

• Freeborn officials and residents continue planning for sesquicentennial celebration

• Clifford Flann, 91, Albert Lea

• Alan Jacobson, 66, Austin

• Editorial: Limit powers of U.S. presidents

• Column: Heres some of the best advice Ive ever heard

• Column: When courts peer into newsrooms, watch out

• Column: Thank Pawlenty for property tax increases

• Column: Armchair books: Sports reporters can write, too

Wednesday, March 14

• Travel center greets northbound motorists

• Column: Its OK to be mad, right?

• Knight B-squad concludes season

• Column: Accreditation process is good for education

• Column: Saving daylight can be trickier than planned

• Editorial: Greening Minnesota is good for business

• Mildred Hinders, 92, Albert Lea

• Howard Jorgenson, 87, Ellendale

• Gordon Blake, 80, Wells

• Dominos Pizza broken into

• Watershed faces an active year

• Landfill would score high

• Waters rise in southern Minnesota

• Date set for county attorney pay case

Tuesday, March 13

• Drinking, driving deaths go up statewide

• Two scoring outbursts down NRHEG

• Column: Use pesticides with a good dose of knowledge

• Column: Blue Earth, Faribault, city-county mismatches

• Editorial: Smoking ban doesnt ban smoking

• Death Notices for Tuesday, March 13

• Earline Ness, 88, Albert Lea

• Dick Uittenbogaard, 81, Hollandale

• Michael Lestrud, 47, Austin

• Margaret Tennis, 62, Lincolnshire, Ill.

• Juvenile cited for shoplifting

• City Council to repair Margaretha Avenue

• Girl gives up hair for a good cause

Monday, March 12

• Red Cross looks to add more marrow donors

• Winona ends Albert Leas season, 54-39

• Role players star for N-K

• Column: Arena of politics should be a kid-free zone

• Column: Snowplow drivers work long, get little credit

• Death Notices for Monday, March 12

• Manuela Martinez, 73, Albert Lea

• Gerald Schaefer, 59, Owatonna

• Kenneth Jensen, 87, Albert Lea

• Driver injured in accident

• Giving blood saves lives

• Former U.S. Rep. Tim Penny talks ag

Saturday, March 10

• Freeborn Bank changes appearance

• U-12B girls hockey team headed to state

• Experienced group leading N-K

• Column: Legislation would ground rural America

• Column: Legislature should focus on smarter spending

• Column: Some plain talk about classroom dioramas

• Vicki Steindel, 47, St. Louis Park

• Edward Lunning, 65, Albert Lea

• Lilly Burgess, 87, Albert Lea

• Donkey basketball coming to ALHS March 18

• City council to decide on resolution to improve Margaretha Avenue

• Truck did not need saving

• Relay for Life names honorary chairpersons

• Public wireless hotspots in Albert Lea

• Where are the wireless hotspots? When will wireless be available citywide?

• Column: Why not focus on healthy eating habits for a lifetime?

• Column: Spring is in the air at the county museum

Friday, March 9

• Column: Minny stadium squabble is not that improtant

• Victory over WEM puts Panthers back in familiar postseason territory

• Tigers look to bring home trophy

• Column: Whats the local sales tax being spent on?

• Column: Back when Tom Mix rode through Albert Lea

• Death Notice for

• James Wodash, 73, Willmar

• Watershed receives a $112,000 grant

• Walz says Kosovo isnt non-combat mission

• Brown, Sparks applaud 25 by 25 energy standard

• Interstate Meats sold to JB Group

• Column: Pickerel Lake and crappies are a match

• Snow brings snowmobiles

Thursday, March 8

• Head of hospital appointed to area foundations board

• City seeks landfill funds

• National Guard unit going to Kosovo

• Bill would boost school funding

• Northfield gives Tigers bitter ending to season

• Things fall apart in seconds at state tourney

• Tigers upend Wingers, advance

• Column: Legislation will help area nursing homes

• Column: All who compete can stand tall as winners

• Editorial: Will the talk on VA care result in change?

• Death Notices for Thursday, March 8

• Police look into fake checks

• Column: Art center displaying work of K-6 students this month

• Weekend of fundraisers is just ahead

• Parents say birth of their twins was a miracle

• Women, Infants and Children program gives help

Wednesday, March 7

• Money raised helps area students

• Column: Putting the finishing touches on the Xcel

• Lau reaches 1,000 points in career

• Truman ends A-Cs season

• Column: Dreaming of fame creates young narcissists

• Column: Hoodie Hoo Day, global humidity, the Cubs

• Editorial: A word of advice

• Death Notices for Wednesday, March 7

• Donald Oliphant, 84, Albert Lea

• Jerry Bergland, 64, Albert Lea

• Delona Peterson, 85, Albert Lea

• Patricia Anderson, 72, Lake Mills, Iowa

• Elmer Trostheim, 85, Lake MIlls, Iowa

• Ruth Nelson, 95, Albert Lea

• Phyllis Guse, 80, Arlington, S.D.

• County seeking top dog

• Youth Citizen of the Year picked

• Minn. lawmakers weigh in on Walter Reed

• Teamwork for these athletes began during childhood

Tuesday, March 6

• Column: Heres a passenger bill of rights for the airlines

• Column: Little things are difficult when you are small

• Editorial: Johnson leaving is good for Vikings

• Death Notices for Tuesday, March 6

• Irene Poole, 94, Albert Lea

• Florabelle Hanson, 89, Albert Lea

• Richard Bohonek, 72, Conger

• Ford truck reported as stolen

• Fiddler on the Roof to be performed at Alden-Conger High

• ALHS teacher Ken Fiscus experienced zero gravity

• Panthers move on in postseason

• No. 5 Hayfield too much for NRHEG

Monday, March 5

• Don Twito, 72, Albert Lea

• Obscenities shouted at funeral

• Winter can boost bottom line for some

• Watershed gets grants to make video

• Van Fossen, Dorman swim at condensed state meet

• Tigers down Winona for third time

• United South Central continues to show it belongs

• Tough ending for pair of Tigers at state

• Tigers going back to state

• Brekke stands tall on biggest stage

• Column: Why student newspapers need to be strong

• Column: If smoking is banned, then what comes next?

• Editorial: Winter residents, give yourselves a pat

• Death Notices for Monday, March 5

• Chris Svenningsen, 99, Wells

Sunday, March 4

• Eldon Picha, 73, Albert Lea

• Tigers make consolation final

• Tough day for the Rebels

• Hansen, Morris each looking for state title

• Schlaak, Brekke, Holland into state finals

• Column: Snow and surplus lead Capitol news this week

• Column: Bringing the Met to theaters in Minneapolis

• Area deaths for Sunday Richard Dean

• Food pantries encourage donations this month

• School calendar under discussion

• Mom and daughter battle cancer together

• The other harbingers of spring

• 150 years of local education

Friday, March 2

• Mock trial team heading to state

• Nasty snowstorm blankets state

• Seniors lead way for the NRHEG Panthers

• Ambeg, Bonsack get it done by themselves

• Three Tigers still have title hopes

• Column: Remember, war is neither glorious nor painless

• Column: Memories of eating places from another era

• Death Notices for Friday, March 2

• Mildred Stiles, 90, Albert Lea

• Violet Baker, 77, New Richland

• Stay indoors when the outdoors is unavailable

• Students get taste of ER in new simulation labs

• If the fans could make it, they enjoyed state wrestling action

• Column: Snow brings much-needed moisture

• Walz could support DM & E loan with changes

Thursday, March 1

• Clarks Grove feels loss of native killed in Michigan accident

• Big changes at the medical center

• Column: Pondering Kevin Garnetts future with the Wolves

• Bonus points key Apple Valley win over Tigers

• Rebels rule on day one of state

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

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

• Death Notices for Thursday, March 1

• Ann Gulbrandson, 88, Albert Lea

• Robert Dockwell, 50, Albert Lea

• Where is the snow? Its on its way

• Carter Hogen, 2, Albert Lea

• Antique tractor show comes to Northbridge

• Northwood-Kensett students keep busy

• Trucker honored for 50 years of service