Story archive for July 2008
Thursday, July 31
- Storm hits Albert Lea
- Exploring Albert Lea: The Cottage
- City sets $8,000 for lake treatment in 2009
- SoyMor waits for good market
- Freeborn County Fair: Testing the rides
- Relay for Life honors caregiver for her support
- Craig Morgan echoes through the Freeborn County Fair
- Weekend Planner: Fair, breakfast, music top weekend events
- Harvest Day downsizes this year
- Woman bitten while checking meters
- Youth First Fall Sports to begin registration
- BOSS Ride raises $3,450
- Picnic set
- MnDOT still has far to go
- A trip to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
- Has God abandoned the United States?
- Peek at the Past
- Thunder finds coach
- The Yankees and the Minnesota Twins
Wednesday, July 30
- Freeborn County Fair: The Human Cannonball
- In today's issue: 30 under 40
- 2 Albert Lea residents named in Austin sting
- Severtson running for county commissioner
- Language of bill for landfill spurs 2 agreements
- Albert Lea welcomed Oak Ridge Boys to town Tuesday
- Crime: Woman reportedly injured in mo-ped wreck Tuesday
- Think about eating local produce, stop by the farmers market
- The Falcons ride again
- City warns of people asking for water samples
- U.S. is the 16th happiest nation in the world
- City needs solution for lake treatment
- Learning to appreciate the power of photos
- Peek at the Past
- Albert Lea seeks redemption
- MLB second half will be fun to watch
- Thunder will announce new head coach
- Prep Schedule for July 30 and 31
Tuesday, July 29
- Prairie Profile: Back in the Midwest
- Let the judging begin
- Winona man nicked by knife
- Council approves Ridge Road work
- The crew of the Black Pearl
- Crime: 3 Freeborn County men arrested in drug sting
- Old woes emerge for Albert Lea
- Crunch time errors cost USC Legion game
- Blackhawks end season with four-game tilt
- Prep Scores
- Prep Schedule for July 29 and 30
- Roads are worse farther south
- What incentives are there for dog training?
- Teens don’t deserve stricter driving laws
- Bridge Avenue area is centrally located
- Brian Davis deserves the GOP nomination
- People need to speak out on cable television
- Peek at the Past
Monday, July 28
- Council approves Ridge Road project
- Area Scores
- Business Monday: 30 years of day care
- ShineFest delivers food
- Crime: Man reportedly stabbed
- Convictions
- Eagle Scout awarded
- Elks donate soccer balls
- Nice to Know: United Way Golf Outing a success
- Daybreakers Kiwanis receives Kiwanis Bike-A-Thon award
- Perfect attendance at Rotary
- Club receives literacy award
- Freeborn County Home Council
- VFW Auxiliary
- Danish Brotherhood
- Campus Notes
- Rotary bids farewell to exchange student
- Locals join hands to help community
- Get to the county fair
- Should you attend your class reunion? Yes
- Loose heifer was part of Missouri man’s family
- Visit the booth for the Independence Party
- Legislature improves health of Minnesotans
- Is crossing illegally a form of stealing?
- Two maidens surprise walker through A.L.
- Peek at the Past
- USC bounces back with victory
- Albert Lea sweeps into state
- Prep Scores
- Prep Schedule for July 28 and 29
Saturday, July 26
- Care in the air: Take a ride in the newest Mayo One helicopter
- Steve Schwab will be sworn in Aug. 29
- United Way names executive director
- Public hearing about Ridge Road project Monday
- Thumbs
- Letter: Walz looking for energy options
- Letter: Fourth of July a time for free speech
- It’s not a summer of love, Iraq isn’t Vietnam
- Summer civility and the promise of more
- Peek at the Past
- A-Best customers donate kids’ blankets
- Artspace donation
- SCORE offers help to the Albert Lea community
- Port Authority meeting Aug. 6
- Same Day Clinic and Urgent Care change hours
- American Family agent achieves distinction
- Clarks Grove business adds Simplicity, Snapper lines
- Warehouse awarded certificate of excellence
- Albert Lea High School releases honor rolls
- Former Albert Lea stars take on world
- Albert Lea athlete deals with injury rehab
- Offense deserts Colonels at playoff time
- China cleans up for games, but will it remain that way?
- Albert Lea hockey finishes summer camp
- USC blasted by state champion
- Sports Memories
- U-13 Moose Club advanced to state
- VFW goes to final four
- Winners of the Land Between the Lakes Mixed Tennis Tournament
- Freeborn County's Outstanding Senior Volunteers
- Bruce Owens: his patience and persistence are ‘remarkable’
- Nature’s lessons
- Albert Lea’s patriotic windows
- Don’t be afraid to share your insight with those you love
- Crime Victims Crisis Center volunteer named 1 of ‘10 Who Make A Difference’
- Birth Announcements
- ALHS Class of ‘40 to hold reunion
- Freeborn County Fair to recognize past honorees
- You Can Help
- Area youth’s artwork published
Friday, July 25
- United Way announces new executive director
- A healthy competition
- Bikers to raise funds for students Saturday
- ‘It can happen at any time in your life’
- Candidate finds jobs and spending at issue
- Herberger’s, others hold bridal registry event
- Crime
- Farmers can apply for funding to repair flood-damaged conservation practices
- Convictions
- Same Day Clinic, Urgent Care change hours
- St. John’s Auxiliary
- A few answers to local, historical questions
- Complexities of our immigration policy
- Wildlife Refuge may not have enough oil
- Many thanks to Susie Petersen
- Peek at the Past
- Across the Pastor's Desk: Shine like the sun
- Mission trip to Pine Ridge
- Marin to lead service at park
- Healing service at Our Father’s House Aug. 1
- Litomysl’s 37th annual Summer Festival is Sunday
- Our Savior’s Ladies’ Aid
- Post 56 finishing season strong
- The fair always brings back fond memories
- Prep Scores
- Prep schedule for July 25 and 26
- Girls soccer captains’ practice begins July 28
- Albert Lea Knights holding tryouts Saturday
- Thunder needs host families
- Stadheim Jewelers Junior Classic winners
Thursday, July 24
- Area Scores
- Exploring Albert Lea: Olson Manufacturing
- Salvation Army collecting school supplies
- Teen shot near Bricelyn
- New Mower County Jail price goes up one more time
- Weekend Planner: ShineFest youth event, breakfasts top weekend calendar
- One year later: Clarks Grove grain elevator fire
- ShineFest crew builds deck
- Whiter than your average squirrel
- Convictions
- Christian music legend to perform in Albert Lea Sunday
- Norwegians to host stemne event in Albert Lea
- The sports world is turning upside down
- Do something to leave a legacy in Albert Lea
- It’s hard for local artists to give more
- Car wreck victim thanks community
- Work to save the Earth is good for the soul
- Peek at the Past
- Big blast helps Post 75
- Prep Scores
- Prep Schedule for July 24 and 25
Wednesday, July 23
- Riverland Kids College: Learning with rockets
- Property owners call people to action
- Emergency department gets new portable generator
- Crime
- Fair to host amateur talent contest
- Chamber supports Artspace survey
- Head Start program has openings
- Library hosts ‘summer celebration’
- Spraying for mosquitoes tonight
- Hartland man wins $5,000 prize
- A boy’s memories of time before “cool stuff”
- Food and gas pains of a troubled nation
- Protect free speech, stop exploited labor
- Peek at the Past
- Albert Lea delivers victory
- Memories of a sports card collecting fiend
- Prep Schedule for July 23 and 24
Tuesday, July 22
- Area scores
- Audio Slideshow: Bridget’s Journey Part III
- This group of singers is all about Spam
- School board decides to transfer capital funds
- Crime
- Whistle Stop to perform at farmers market
- Have you been to Alba Lea, Blurth, Otonna?
- America now has a do-it-yourself economy
- Moral relativism alive and well
- Peek at the Past
- Alden shines in Albert Lea
- Wildcats drop pair to end postseason run
- Prep Schedule for July 22 and 23
- Prep Scores
- Is there a solution to green lake?
Monday, July 21
- Area scores
- Audio Slideshow: Bridget’s Journey Part II
- Business: Same faces, new hangout
- Ellendale Days deals up family fun, poker too
- Smart vacation planning helps avoid weight gain
- Writer’s group donates
- Crime
- Convictions
- Albert Lea VFW moves on to final four
- Reds comeback twice
- USC Legion wins a pair to stay alive in playoffs
- Prep Scores
- Prep scores for July 21 and 22
- Customer service, prescriptions and semis
- Good or bad, the wild Web is being fenced in
- Congress takes step forward on Medicare
- Be sure to check the leanings of sources
- Peek at the Past
Saturday, July 19
- Thumbs
- Theme for United Way reflects principles
- In sweet July, the dumb stuff doesn’t matter
- Sign in parade was fact, not hate message
- Audio slideshow: Bridget's journey
- Freeborn County under tornado watch
- Local business owner runs for Freeborn County commissioner
- City begins surveying for Artspace project
- Relay for Life hosts ice cream social
- Tribune photographer receives national magazine’s Photo of the Month title
- Starbucks expands list of Minn. stores to close
- Book signing
- Freeborn County United Way meets national membership criteria
- Riverland Comm. College’s accountability tracked online
- Walks cost Albert Lea Legion
- Area cowboy tries to become part of PRCA
- Area schedule
- USC suffers first-round playoff loss
- Beijing offers Western amenities but buyer beware of deals
- Sports Memories
- Alumni soccer team wallops youngsters
- Legion All-Stars
- Knights make a run at state
- Knights squeezed at Tournament of Champions
- For the Love of Selena
- Nature Lessons
- The truth about Albert Lea Tommy
- Library’s children’s room recognizes readers of the week
- Birth Announcements
- Eagles Auxiliary Past Presidents Scholarships awarded to students
- AAUW accepting scholarship applications
- Nice to Know: Soccer fundraiser was huge success
- Austin Duplicate Bridge Club
- United Methodist Women
- You Can Help
- First Lutheran Church Women
- Hayward 4-H
- Freeborn 4-H
Friday, July 18
- Area scores
- A ‘Dark Knight’ at Cinema 7
- Housing task force closer to final draft
- Teens face stiffer driving laws Aug. 1
- Police arrest man on two charges
- Dissolutions filed
- Blaze burns hog barns
- Convictions
- Church repairs
- WWII medallion now available
- Arc hosting pool party Saturday
- Expand Myre-Big Island State Park
- Making easy choices with reading and TV
- Health care Web site seeks local feedback
- Tribune photographer keeps getting better
- Albert Lea photo was printed in San Diego paper
- Firefighters raise more than $4,000 for MDA
- Didn’t the Democrats filibuster ANWR drill?
- Peek at the Past
- Wells scores big playoff win
- A weekend at Clear Lake
- It is hot, but the fishing is good
- Albert Lea alum competes for deadlifting title
- Captain’s practice for boys soccer begins July 28 at Hammer Field
- Prep Scores
- Prep Schedule for July 18 and 19
- Truckstop Ministries Inc.starts chaplaincy program at Trails Travel Center
- Have you opened your present?
- Hymn sing Sunday at United Methodist Church
- Hundley to lead service at park
Thursday, July 17
- Rental housing task force to vote on ordinance next meeting
- Exploring Albert Lea: New York Point
- 5 men to vie for mayor of Albert Lea
- No further charges expected from rock throwing at parade
- USDA inspector runs for commissioner
- Company leads disaster relief drive
- Ellendale Days starts today, runs through Sunday
- Benefits, breakfast garden tour top weekend events
- County 34 washout
- ALHS picks ‘Cinderella’ for fall musical
- Crime: Hardee’s drive-through screen smashed
- Convictions
- One councilor voted for the people
- A poem for the return of the local soldiers
- Franken forgets state’s pro-gun viewpoint
- Fundamentalists are so sure yet so wrong
- How many more will die at County Road 34?
- Ventura was a voice of the common people
- Fascists will give people peace and prosperity
- With immigrants, think about the golden rule
- Obama should mull Sen. Hagel for veep
- Pawlenty appoints political ally again
- Peek at the Past
- A Twins mid-season snapshot
- Reds win Blue Division
- Prep Schedule for July 17 and 18
Wednesday, July 16
- It’s Camp Invention!
- City attorney now judge
- County 34 now has more barricades
- Election season going to be busy
- One injured in truck-train collision
- Loose cow at Wendy’s
- Convictions
- Marriage licenses issued
- Antique tractors wanted
- Small things sought in a big world of stuff
- Minnesotans need real solutions to gas prices
- Founder of Canada’s system leaning private
- Opposition to illegal immigration isn’t hate
- Peek at the Past
- Sons of Norway Normanna Lodge
- Take me home
- REACT serves 5,400 travelers during holiday safety break
- Thunder coach resigns
- Post 75 pounces in sixth for win
- All-Star game needs more attention than Derby
- Best ball tournament set for Albert Lea Hockey at Green Lea
- Junior golf classic held at Green Lea July 21
- Prep Scores
- Prep Schedule for July 16 and 17
Tuesday, July 15
- Vehicle hit by train
- ‘Fresh perspective’
- Red geranium is city flower
- Rochester man faces charges stemming from hit and run
- Sviggum wants streamlined workers’ comp
- Starbucks to close seven stores in Minnesota
- Quiet on the green
- Time article has local connection
- Crime
- New judge announced today
- Ideas for downtown vitality
- Albert Lea offers urban, suburban, exurban
- Protesters should have thanked the soldiers
- Be kind to the elderly the poor, the disabled
- Can you believe what Fixed News is saying?
- Commissioners push through hog operation
- Illegal immigrants are ruining the country
- Peek at the Past
- Waseca slips past Albert Lea
- Albert Lea VFW wraps up No. 2 seed for playoffs
- Hockey school begins next week
- Firearm safety classes offered at Moose Club
- American Legion All-Star team features three area players
- Area Scores
- Prep Schedule for July 15 and 16
Monday, July 14
- The new digs
- Anheuser-Busch sold to Belgian brewer
- EcoWater enters Albert Lea market
- Weyerhaeuser sale won’t change Austin operations
- Local watercolor artist to lead workshop in Spring Valley
- Blood donors awarded pins
- Convictions
- Sparky Tournament distributes proceeds
- Naeve Auxiliary Bridge Marathon winners announced
- Local Masonic Lodge marks 150th year
- First Baptist ABW
- New Kiwanians
- Mistakes plague Wells again
- Online voters like
- Scattered in life and to be scattered in death
- Prep Scores
- Obama neuters Jesse Jackson’s race baiting
- Prep Scores for July 14 and 15
- Why restrict free speech on Independence Day?
- The U.S. is becoming nation of lawbreakers
- Don’t blame the sign for the person’s injury
- Peek at the Past
Saturday, July 12
- Live, laugh, love, run
- City, watershed have no plans to treat green lakes
- Albert Lea’s Erik Larsen files to run for Minnesota House District 27A seat
- Rep. Robin Brown announces intent for another term
- Editorial: Thumbs
- City to vote on used book store, coffee kiosk for library
- What if everyone had political parade signs?
- Letter to the editor on Obama was inaccurate
- Campus Notes for July 13
- Liberals like Walz will hurt the price of oil
- Westrum’s comments were blatantly racist
- People who stole fireworks deserve duds
- Library begins podcasting
- KIMT hires new account executive
- At 96, the Wonder still has plenty to say
- Peek at the Past
- ALHS brings in new girls’ basketball coach
- Rain ends Albert Lea chance
- Area Scores
- USC ends regular season with win
- Albert Lea Legion offense struggles in Rochester
- Sports in brief
- Tourney title winners
- Art Center to host annual Art & Garden Tour
- Magical bugs
- Iowa church to observe sesquicentennial
- Going great distances in the name of family
- What color is green?
- P.E.O. flower sale raises $4,000
- Birth Announcements
- Auditions set for ‘Tales of Two Counties’
- You Can Help
- Genealogical society to meet Monday
- ALHS Class of 1953 seeks classmates’ addresses
- Family Reunions
Friday, July 11
- Erik Larsen officially files for District 27A seat
- Robin Brown officially announces bid for re-election
- Welcome home!
- April Sorensen half marathon ‘is a blessing’
- Carp turn up dead along Albert Lea Lake, Shell Rock River
- Crime
- ALMC offers scholarships
- Auditions slated for ‘Tale of Two Counties’
- Audubon Science Center receives memorials
- Keeping elephants away
- Gospel artist coming to Hayward Sunday
- Wal-Mart donates to Bowl-a-thon
- Moscow Lutheran to hold drive-in fundraiser
- Ryan Rasmussen to be ordained
- West to lead state park service Sunday
- Have you seen the new Pelican Breeze II?
- See the real world outside
- Have you been to little old Muckland lately?
- Gas card winner says thanks and good job
- Engstrom displays pretence, arrogance
- Place the blame on the rock throwers, not sign
- Was the statement on the sign inflammatory?
- Peek at the Past
- City wants to invade privacy of landlords
- Eight men in for Glenville-Emmons Legion
- Camping can be a great way to enjoy outdoors
- Albert Lea soccer team state bound
- Prep scores for July 11 and 12
Thursday, July 10
- Prep scores for July 10
- Area scores for July 10
- Channel could be fixed up
- Report: Meth labs, use are down
- Easy as pie
- Park cleanup to start in Sept.
- Sewer letters being sent out
- Owatonna state senator seeks seat in Congress
- July Jubilee starts Friday
- Weekend Planner: Bowling and festivals ahead
- Model sought
- DFL Picnic is this Saturday at Edgewater Park
- A vibrant downtown helps everyone
- How many shopping days before Christmas?
- Man who gives birth is a mother and father
- Sign sought to draw reaction from crowd
- Letter writer repeats smears about Obama
- Patience pays off big for Reds
- Peek at the Past
- The Minnesota Twins’ new dynamic duo
- Former Albert Lea basketball player heading to Taiwan
- Area Scores
- Prep Schedule for July 10 and 11
Wednesday, July 9
- Not rambling on
- Guard unit coming home Thursday
- Husband of woman hit by rock speaks out
- Family, co-workers gather to remember second County Road 34 victim
- FEMA won’t pay to fix washout
- Peas now available at the market, green beans coming soon
- Crime
- Firefighters collect more than $4,000 for MDA
- Campus Notes
- Alliant Energy supports Arc
- 50-year pin awarded
- A blooming success
- Dialogue over parade entry is healthy
- Did you blame someone else on June 13?
- Sign in annual parade ruined a good time
- District 27A residents worry about economy
- Passenger rail is sign of forward thinking
- Don’t blame sign for actions of throwers
- Tribune’s obit section is looking better
- Story on Burma-Shave signs was a reminder
- Peek at the Past
- Albert Lea falls in final frame
- Panthers end Lake Mills playoff run
- LZR swimsuit renews old arguments
- Albert Lea girls show improved play
- Prep schedule for July 9 and 10
- Area scores for July 8
Tuesday, July 8
- City to spray for mosquitoes
- Our neighborhood is The Neighborhood
- Videos add to Trib’s coverage
- FEMA application process begins
- Area residents encouraged to come out Thursday to welcome home troops
- Facility manager shuffles many teams
- Pechumer remembered as ‘friendly guy’
- Troops come home Thursday
- Mike Lee runs for county commissioner
- Sign in parade prompts questions
- Mountain bicycle found
- Kiester native is now full professor
- Clark Street to close for the week
- Free retirement planning seminar set
- Corrections
- Nice To Know: Take a Swing for Prevention was a success
- Peek at the Past
- Boating is part of fun at Camp Moraine
- Hate message not welcome in parade
- Tim Walz fails to grasp U.S. needs for oil
- A great plan b trip
- Second half burns A.L.
- Small ball proves difference for Albert Lea
- USC keeps fireworks going with offense
- Prep Scores
- Prep schedule for July 8 and 9
- ‘Truth will finally prevail’
Monday, July 7
- Prep scores for July 7
- Clark Street to close for the week
- Freeborn County under severe thunderstorm warning
- Higbie Gardens
- People mourn for mom from Myrtle
- Starbucks in Albert Lea to close
- Hartland man dies in motorcycle collision
- Get in line for the Chicken Run
- Fuel for thought
- Bricelyn’s ambulance washer
- Albert Lea native serves as president of Academy of FertilityCare Professionals
- Woman hit in face with rock
- Repeated bad news can turn guts inside out
- July offers plenty to do in Albert Lea, Hayward
- Peek at the Past
- Obama’s change is unbelievable
- School board needs to consider taxpayers
- Lake Mills loses early lead
- Prep Scores
- Prep schedule for July 7 and 8
Saturday, July 5
- Bam! Bang! Boom!
- Freeborn County Relay for Life asks teams to register
- Ah, the days when muscle cars raced
- Garden tour spices up Bricelyn’s Fourth of July festivities
- New bench on Katherine Island
- Meals on the Go summer picnic Wednesday
- Thumbs
- A beautiful swing, a compromised future
- United Way has a proud mission statement
- Peak at the Past
- Cable TV treats Albert Lea differently than Rochester
- People can accept gays but disapprove lifestyle
- Johnson Heating & Air Conditioning adds 4th generation
- Thrivent consultant honored for achievement
- Robert Hoffman joins Century 21
- Long-term care seminar scheduled
- New hours at Albert Lea Art Center for summer
- Pam Schmidt joins Edina Realty
- Security Insurance adds new personal lines agent
- Bayside rocks on Fourth of July
- Albert Lea hockey players plan for future
- Albert Lea Hockey hosting golf tournament at Green Lea
- Camp Courage benefit golf tournament set for July 12 at Oak View
- Prep schedule
- Olympics provide China a chance to change perception
- Rally for the Cure golf outing scheduled for July 26 at Oakview golf course
- Albert Lea basketball camp award winners
- Albert Lea track awards and captains
- Emmons firefighters raise funds for gear
- Hammer School memories
- Catch of the Week
- Sports Memories
- When Nature Calls
- Nature’s Q and A
- City played big role in advertising history
- Military News: Corey Westeng
- Davidson-Gulbraa Reunion
- Class of 1988 to hold 20-year reunion
- Last County 34 wreck passenger released from hospital
Friday, July 4
- These notions couldn’t be stopped
- Honor the U.S. flag ‘whenever it passes’
- Independence from government meddling needed
- Third of July Parade: ‘Weather was awesome’
- Watch two videos for Third of July Parade
- India Children’s Choir impresses
- Walz blasts Bush over gas prices
- County issues building permits for six new homes
- Holiday closings announced
- Bulldog bats ring in playoffs
- L.M. pitcher keeps calm in first varsity year
- Peek at the Past
- Thunder schedule released
- Albert Leans can be proud of Marion Ross
- Mayor Erdman helps people with requests
- Church hosts supper
- Confirmation classes
- Gospel concert set at Hayward Lutheran
- Otterman to lead state park service
- Ryan Rasmussen to be ordained
- Fishing with grandkids is good
- Mille Lacs Lake gets new boat access
Thursday, July 3
- 2nd person dies as a result of County 34 crash
- Prep scores for July 3
- Home Federal Savings Bank named People's Choice
- Albert Lea troops returning from Kosovo
- Authorities continue investigation into County Road 34 wreck
- Clerk at motel says security was lacking
- Birth Announcements
- You Can Help
- The women of war
- Coleman discusses energy at Lou-Rich
- Albert Lea experiences 5 dog bites in week
- Fountain Lake patrol stresses water safety
- County supports passenger rail
- 2 injured in CR 34 incident released from hospital; 3 remain
- Lots of fun ahead for holiday weekend
- Farm & City Days begins July 10
- Crime
- Gas schedule changes for holiday
- Celebrate freedom, America
- Life happens too fast, and Saturday was fast
- Web hits, visitors and impressions, oh my!
- Peek at the Past
- Legislators won’t give answers on immigration
- Albert Lea sweeps Waseca
- Miracle on 34 Kirby Puckett Place
- Bulldogs reach milestone win
- Prep scores
- Prep schedule for July 3 and 4
Wednesday, July 2
- Two injured from County Road 34 wreck released from hospital; three remain
- Third of July Parade lineup
- India Children’s Choir to perform after parade
- Doc Evans Jazz Festival returns after hiatus
- Albert Lea gets ready for big Third of July Parade
- Yabba-Dabba Ski!
- Who is the ultimate ‘Guitar Hero’?
- ‘Kids were her world’
- 2 men wearing masks rob Albert Lea motel
- Session displayed medium progress
- Mayor Erdman files for re-election
- People come out to file for seats in Wards 1, 3 and 5
- Eight people file for public office in Freeborn county
- Pink Ribbon Ride stops locally
- Crime
- Local agencies to step up DWI enforcement
- ALMC lists holiday hours
- Spraying for mosquitoes by air tonight
- Nashville artist to appear at the Marion Ross Performing Arts Center
- Community Education hosts writers seminar, workshop
- Winter Texan gathering slated for July 24
- ‘Over 60’ Band to perform at parade, Thorne Crest
- Where was the Women’s Open?
- The questions people ask during travels
- Peek at the Past
- New system provides greater accountability
- The Pentagon crowds out domestic economy
- Playoff prep begins
- No punch to Albert Lea offense
- Two-out hitting gives L.M. win
- Get ready for the best Fourth of July event
- Prep Scores
- Prep schedule for July 2 and 3
Tuesday, July 1
- Prep scores for July 1
- County supports public transportation from Twin Cities to Albert Lea
- Living life
- One dead in Sunday incident
- Erdman first in line to announce bid for re-election
- Filing for elected office begins today
- Area Salvation Army reflects on experience in flooded Iowa
- Tenth-grade reading up almost 20 percent
- Survey says county roads receive insufficient funding
- Signup period on for wetland restoration program
- Correction
- Garden club sponsors bus trip to St. Cloud
- Nice to Know: Veterans appreciate crew
- Eighth-graders do egg drop
- Innovance supports project
- Alliant Energy supports project
- Hawthorne Elementary’s Battle of the Books participants
- Alden seeks cohesion
- Pitchers fan 31 hitters in duel
- Lake Mills escapes with 9-6 win
- Albert Lea U-15 boys’ soccer team one win away from state trip
- Prep scores
- Prep schedule for July 1 and 2
- Feel free to submit an event
- Football needs fewer players, fewer pads
- You hear it at the store: Paper or plastic?
- Peek at the Past
- Have a conversation with a gay person


