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