Story archive for March 2008

Tuesday, April 1

• Kari Ulrich brings attention to rare disease

• St. Casmirs invites people to Celebrate with the Saints

• Comedy Live returns to Albert Lea Friday

• FMCS awards Rural Electric Youth Tour scholarships

• Real estate agents raise money to support childrens charity

• Cargill unit buys Schweigerts owner

• Winter seemed rough, but really it was only average

• Pelican Breeze II arrives next week

• School bus goes into ditch

• Freeborn-Mower Co-op names CEO

• Several crashes reported

• Educational Opportunties

• Trever Benner, 7, Albert Lea

• Loretta Oetjen, 94, Albert Lea

• Editorial: It looks like a landfill

• Column: Do we have more gripers than other places?

• USC/AC girls and boys excel at Gopher Indoor

• Holiday Lanes bowling scores

• Teacher of the Year finalists announced

Monday, March 31

• Zumbro River Brand makes food

• Column: When globetrotting can count as experience

• Column: Would Easter Bunny exist without women?

• Marianne Sahli, 76, Albert Lea

• Forecast calls for wintry weather today

• Kansas City Barbecue Society sanctions Albert Lea contest

• Schools out

• BREAKING NEWS: Krueger named president and CEO at Freeborn Mower Cooperative Services

Saturday, March 29

• A semester in the youngest country

• Sports briefs

• Hockey league commish visits City Arena, Albert Lea

• Your comments: Charter didnt deliver on Mankato channel

• Column: Tax, finance bills aim to solve budget shortfall

• Column: Dwelling in the shadow of the great volcano

• Loretta Baker, 82, formerly of Albert Lea

• Gloria Petersen, 66, of Albert Lea

• Marion Sorenson, 74, of Hayward

• Barbara Berg, 46, formerly of Austin

• Gov. Pawlenty as vice president of the U.S.?

• Sen. Coleman comes to kick off campaign

• Davis wins Rep. nomination

• Granddaughter of local couple dancing with Carolina Ballet

• Column: Options for tax rebates are stimulating

• Column: Teenage prank was for the birds

• Our public library by the numbers

Friday, March 28

• Will advice clinic planned

• Column: Pets are special friends to children and adults

• Your comments: Story on Farm Family of the Year was done well

• Column: The Lakota view says all of us are relatives

• Column: Memories of the parking meter days in A.L.

• Editorial: Shorten it to just Broadway

• Eugene Langlie, 79, of Ellendale

• Travel Class donates to food pantry

• Column: How do you leave the cemetery?

• Man arrested after chase

• Coleman to speak at GOP district convention

• SoyMors managing company withdraws offering

• Actress will attend renaming of citys theater

• Community Cornerstone transforms St. Paul Clothing House building

Thursday, March 27

• Cancer doesnt keep Nancy Delger down

• Column: Sometimes we have to take a leap of faith

• Iowa Hawks slugger has ties to Albert Lea

• 4 Albert Lea hockey players picked for the Great 8 team

• Stock your closet with the latest trends

• Column: Memories of one excellent Teacher of the Year

• Column: Easter Egg Hunt went over better than ever

• Editorial: Have you noticed the changes?

• Students compete in Math Masters Challenge

• Waiting for the Blazing Star

• Home show and breakfasts on tap

• Austin awarded $439,000 grant

• Watershed district ready for construction

• Forum to look at teen alcohol use

• Kraus Foods sells 33 Dairy Queens

Wednesday, March 26

• Your Comments: Liberals arent the ones doing the wild spending

• Albert Lea volleyball standings

• Column: Closed-door government lacks key part: us

• Column: When spring springs, Earth shows its colors

• No obituaries or death notices

• Larson Manufacturing donates to Albert Lea Medical Center

• SWCD representatives attend legislative briefing

• Join Hands Day hopes to unite the young, old

• Albert Lea City Council awards demolition contract

• Art Center says it didnt receive proper notice

Tuesday, March 25

• Grief Support Group series begins

• Column: Bowling with Elly and the amazing bowling ball

• Summer football coming to A.L.

• It's more than just green fees

• Column: Hints on how to cover the 2008 candidates

• Column: Economic policies only making things worse

• Editorial: Pats on the back for making it

• James Benesh, 87, Myrtle

• Edna Nesheim, 91, Duluth

• Richard Wasmoen, 78, Albert Lea

• Rhett Johnson, 43, Albert Lea

• Marlene Tautges, 57, Albert Lea

• Watch out for speed patrols

• Woman arrested for driving after suspension

• Art Center, Susanne Crane make cases before Austin court

• Students bring home new ideas from Young Writers Conference

• Alden challenges everyone to be the biggest loser

• Local man had been on ship that sunk

• A.L. City Council says OK to hockey team

• Gas spills into city sewer

Monday, March 24

• Guitar lessons are a good fit

• It was a crazy day for NCAA

• Column: Do the math; Albert Lea is a good investment

• Column: Smack dab in the middle of no word origin

• Harriet Hanson, 99, Albert Lea

• Vehicle rolls over off interstate

• The Mower County jail battle is far from over

• Evict? A.L. Art Center wont budge

• BREAKING NEWS: 100 to 200 gallons of gasoline spill

Saturday, March 22

• Observing Easter a century ago ...

• USC/AC boys and girls start track season on right foot

• Prep schedule March 25, 27 and 28

• The Tribunes 2007-08 Girls Basketball All-Area Teams

• Riverland fares well down south

• Captain rights Vikings ship

• Kate Hartman is leading Northwood-Kensett to a better level of basketball

• Column: Trouble with guilt? Its time to let it all go

• Column: Lessons to be learned from the doubters chair

• Ruth Marcus, 74, Albert Lea

• Kenneth Benesh, 79, Myrtle

• John Wayne, 93, Ellendale

• Clayton Palmer, 90, of Albert Lea

• Free workshops offered to seniors

• Touring education fair is April 9

• Paulsons earn seniors real estate specialist professional designation

• Students could take high school online

• City may do construction on four busy streets

• The schools greenhouse is full this time of year

• Column: Do you have a family tradition? Share it with us

• Column: Archway pays tribute to enduring spirit of pioneers

Friday, March 21

• Department of Human Services offers food drive challenge to Government Center staff

• Column: Searching for the perfect lure

• Renters insurance is worth the extra cost

• Column: Medical center assesses customer satisfaction

• Column: Earlier Fountain Lake ice-out dates discovered

• Editorial: Govt. works best in sunshine

• Ronald Rasmusson, 67, Emmons

• Bruce Reed, 78, Albert Lea

• Dale Seifert, 86, Elgin, Ill.

• Mavis Knutson, 84, Albert Lea

• Vione Wuerflein, 93, Albert Lea

• Masons sponsor archery program

• Area Learning Center lists 2nd-quarter honor roll

• Foundation receives $100,000 grant to help flood-ravaged communities

• Stroke Support Group to meet at HealthReach Wednesday

• Two arrested for DWI, 3 minors ticketed

• Students going to state, international science fairs

• Downturn not hurting animal shelters, yet

• Candlelight vigil honors perished soldiers

Thursday, March 20

• Riverland back, ready to take another step

• Column: Tubby got all he could from Gophs

• Column: 2008 legislative session reaches midway point

• Column: Airlines need to straighten up and fly right

• Editorial: This is a great place to live

• Ervin Rickheim, 73, of Caledonia

• March Madness Preview Cattle Show winners named

• Free legal workshops offered to seniors

• Free tax assistance available to low-, middle-income taxpayers

• Fifth annual egg hunt slated

• Manchester, Myrtle rank high on state wastewater list

• Chemistry-physics club students work on projects

• Investigators practice at witness stand

• Report: Lighters caused Sat. blaze

• The historical side of Sears

Wednesday, March 19

• Insurance, financial advisors to meet on Thursday

• Students calculate vehicles speeds

• A.L. could get hockey team

• Residents call for moratorium on hoglots

• Tim Penny looks at past, present, future

• Column: Long live the tradition of the Easter Bunny

• Column: Why does a raincoat say Dry Clean Only?

• Editorial: Fund vocational education, too

• Grace Lutheran announces services

Tuesday, March 18

• Dancing competition to take place April 11

• Coming Wednesday at Albert Lea Tribune.com

• Antique car on display locally

• A.L. High School evacuated for an hour

• Paul and Karen Hansen family is Farm Family of the Year

• School board wins on teacher pay

• Albert Lea fifth-graders to play in Pacesetter

• Family Y hosts youth track

• Column: How come political wives stand by their man?

• Column: These are a few of my favorite Albert Lea things

• Editorial: The Easter bunny is coming!

• George Dreyer, 83, Austin

• Lucille Opdahl, 88, Emmons

• Bike-A-Thon is coming May 3

Monday, March 17

• Flu vaccine wasnt a perfect match

• Family Y holds youth track program

• A.L. Squirts cap season with consolation victory in Wisconsin

• Column: Here comes Peter Cottontail thinking of Easter

• Editorial: Sidewalk program would be a plus

• Darryl Lee, 73, Albert Lea

• Waltman earns emerald-level Masters Award

• Tina Stripe joins Ramada Inn

• Pops concert Tuesday

• Salvation Army asks seeks help during Food Share Month

• Local is state Hotelier of the Year

• Grant to pay for cataloging of regional resources

• Fire takes Pearl St. home

• Albert Lea High School evacuated

• Writers group shares creative work

Saturday, March 15

• Past inductees of the Rock and Country Hall of Fame

• Sloppy defense dooms Panthers in subsection championship match

• Tax bill could mean changes for state tax filers

• Coffee shop chatter, like, it was great, totally

• A stroll through the Minnesota Rock & Country Hall of Fame

• Lucille E. Opdah, 88, of Emmons

• Malinda Heaney, 102, of Albert Lea

• Selma Hughes, 96 of Albert Lea

• Jaydon Henderson, 4 months, of Owatonna

• Nadine Spellman of Albert Lea

• Albert Lea graduate now raises tortoises

• Program looks at cardio health

• SoyMor stops producing biodiesel

• Students show steers and heifers at preview show

• March is National Nutrition Month

• Natures happenings

• Recalling the era of the parking meters

Friday, March 14

• Column: Its spring. Do you know where your cat is?

• US Department of Education official tours Albert Lea Schools

• Alano Society hosts pancake breakfast

• BREAKING NEWS: SoyMor halts production of biodiesel

• Christian school to hold auction tonight

• Theres going to be a grocery-cart race

• Traffic crash involves three people, two vehicles

• Scouting for Food happens Saturday

• Albert Lea Eye Clinic and Vision Plus are moving

• Area Community Choir to perform Easter cantata

• Genevieve Romer, 95, Albert Lea

• Pearl Krueger, 60, Albert Lea

• Nellie Sipple, 74, Albert Lea

• Orville Bjerke, 78, Fairview, Okla.

• Editorial: Wink, wink, nudge, nudge

• Column: Rocking chairs, Tommy and just a little verse

• Column: A class in State Transportation Funding 101

• A.L. girls basketball wins GPA champs

Thursday, March 13

• Students to perform comedy on Friday

• Prep schedule for March 14

• Column: On a mission to see baseball in Fort Myers

• New Prague ends Tigers season

• Column: Read to children before kindergarten begins

• Column: Many good people made Progress 2008 happen

• Editorial: You get more than the news

• Jacob Varner, 20, Hollandale

• Mary Adams, 56, Lake Mills, Iowa

• Mildred Budach, 84, New Richland

• C. Pat Russell, 89, Mankato

• Malinda Heaney, 102, Albert Lea

• Waldorf Wind Symphony to give concert at Oakland Lutheran Church Sunday

• Column: Why not take a journey into your own creativity?

• Tigers Roar, figure skating show top weekend events

• Emmons group looks to improve Gateway Park

• Fire consumes vehicle in rural Albert Lea

• Chambers unsure who won food-drive competition

• Red Cross building doubles

• Stoneking to present voice recital at Luther

• St. Patricks Day meal, party planned

• Weight restrictions start today

Wednesday, March 12

• Naeve Alumni and Nurses Club offers scholarships

• Prep schedule for March 12

• Column: Taking a look back at my time at the Tribune

• Column: Time for more sunlight on government meetings

• Column: How do you mend a sparrows broken wing?

• Editorial: 1200, 1202, 1204, um, uh, what is that?

• Wayne Sime, 89, Albert Lea

• Green helps identify, prioritize top aging issues for seniors

• Lineworker scholarships offered

• Independence Party meets April 5

• Any group need a good building?

• 15 houses in southeast Albert Lea will get safety help

• Moscow Township sees record turnout

• Chambers still unsure of who won

• Legion Auxiliary

• Albert Lea Farmers Market to hold annual meeting Tuesday

• Township clerk retires after 30 years

Tuesday, March 11

• Phyllis Wagner, 75, Albert Lea

• Prep schedule for March 11 and 12

• USC falls to Blue Earth

• Taking a look back at my time at the Trib

• Senior backcourt powers Panthers to win, 50-46

• Column: The media exposes the emperor has no clothes

• Column: Whats hard to find: Straight advice on money

• Editorial:Signs needed to help visitors

• Gertrude Kelly, 101, Northwood, Iowa

• Amanda Strenge, 98, New Richland

• Crime Victims Crisis Center plans volunteer training

• Three arrested on outstanding warrants

• Class learns about germ theory

• Dog park debated at council meeting

• Alleged stabber hears charges

• Severtson will run for commissioner

• Theater named for Marion Ross

• Goskesons to perform Thursday

• Movie about Holocaust memorial Thursday

• It takes patience, personal experience to counsel others

Monday, March 10

• Lucille Nelson, 85, Rochester

• Cora Lancaster, 69, Albert Lea

• Kathryn Boettcher, 99, Kiester

• Marjorie Lange, 93, Winona

• Charles Nelson, 96, Albert Lea

• Evens Motz, 83, Ellendale

• Auditions for Father of Bride tonight, Tuesday

• Two ticketed for theft

• One water dealer in Albert Lea buys another

• 40-year-old man stabbed Saturday

• More than a family store

• Firearms safety classes begin April 2

• Berhow finishes sixth for Gophers

• Tigers put three on all-state hockey team

• Column: Legislation would benefit House District 27A

• Column: Mother-in-laws, a son is a son till he gets a wife

Saturday, March 8

• People urged to contact lawmakers for landfill cleanup

• School conserves energy, money

• The cost of school activities fees can be hard for families

• Column: Museum, genealogical society team up for trip of a lifetime

• When cheese was made in Albert Lea

• Two 17-year-olds to provide special entertainment during skating show

• Column: A few words about owls

• Prep schedule March 10 and 11

• Guadian running Boston Marathon for a good cause

• The long road to decision day

• Regular season ends with a loss for Albert Lea

• Your comments

• Column: An open letter to Republicans (and Democrats)

• Column: The look of love is more than meets the eye

• Cecil Robran, 83, Hartland

• Margaret Dowd, 72, Albert Lea

• Herbert Ellis, 73, Glenview, Ill.

• Club to pay special tribute to its graduating seniors

• Frieda Miller, 92, Albert Lea

• Caroline Matthies, 95, St. Cloud

• New industrial park construction less than expected

• Pestorious wins first place in corn yield contest

Friday, March 7

• Knights rally past Tigers, 48-40

• Edlund places 18th at Junior Olympics

• Three hockey players named to all-conference

• Prep schedule March 7 and 8

• Outdoors: Fish houses on ice are no longer there

• Ben Woodside named first team all-conference

• A father and son on a roll

• Column: Controlling the first drop pays off in long run

• Column: Rise and demise of the hometown merchants

• Editorial: There is no theater loophole

• Blanche Monson, 91, Emmons

• Mary Guenther, 79, Albert Lea

• Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week is March 16-22

• Grocery store tours planned with a dietitian from ALMC

• Watonwan Farm Service grows in Clarks Grove after the grain elevator fire

• New banners to promote Tiger pride

• Landfill cleanup makes bonding bill

• Freeborn Lumber will move to Albert Lea

• A.L.-Austin chambers compete for food

Thursday, March 6

• Can a roll of quarters function as a battery?

• Publisher writes poem on Brett Favre

• Column: Planning a trip to spring training Twins trip

• Column: Its WWAKD: What would Alex Keaton do?

• Column: Uninterrupted Disney World fun to the rescue

• Editorial: What about safer roads?

• Anne Anderson, 91, Albert Lea

• Irene Sackreiter, 96, Lewiston

• Carl Schmidt, 92, Alden

• Local chamber receives national accreditation

• Woman ticketed for DWI

• Show choir contest, tribute concert, fair top weekend events

• Longtime residents, artists share March gallery show

• 4 Seasons purchases All Continents

• Watershed district honors 2 families

• Department of Health: No theater loophole

Wednesday, March 5

• BREAKING NEWS: Department of Health says there is no theater loophole

• Prep schedule for March 6 and 7

• Column: NFL free agency and state wrestling

• Tigers complete successful season

• Column: Government needs to safeguard personal info

• Column: Honoring the last veteran from World War I

• Editorial: Where are you right now?

• Howard Trostem, 71, Keister

• Donald Wedge, 94, Albert Lea

• Dogs are welcome at mall on Sunday

• Watershed district looks to coming projects

• County radios will need an upgrade

• Southwest student places in national acting competetition in Los Angeles

Tuesday, March 4

• Editorial: Time to end sewage problem

• Green Bay Packers QB Brett Favre retires after 17 seasons

• Column: Whats going on in March? The bureau knows

• Column: There are more important things than money

• Thelma Anderson, 90, Albert Lea

• Mary Aldaco, 62, Eagle Pass, Texas

• Leslie Petersen, 92, Rochester

• Frederick Wakefield, 98, New Richland

• Garnette Samudio, 75, Albert Lea

• Vera Zimmerman, 82, Maryville, Mo.

• Permit issued for new Moose Club

• Wine tasting to benefit Senior Resources

• Walz: Partisan fighting is hurting Congress

• School board to cut staff in autumn

• Zenk could have worked in Texas; he chose Albert Lea

• Column: Tips for preparing youngsters for the arrival of a new baby

• Albert Leas first major fire occurred 100 years ago

• Freeborn County to celebrate Daffodil Days March 10-15

• Amy Wasson has a new focus after surgery and treatment for cancer

Monday, March 3

• Prep schedule for March 3

• Buzzer-beater goes begging for G-E

• Column: Have women made campaigns easier for men?

• Column: Someday, somehow all secrets will come out

• Editorial: Albert Leas request is not a plus

• Susan Borland, 47, Prior Lake

• Predatory offender registers in Albert Lea

• Sibley students connect math, dance

• Home-based businesses work for some

• Tigers drop a pair of games over weekend

Sunday, March 2

• Albert Lea finishes as state dual runners-up

• Bonsack brings home title for USC

• Van Fossen leads strong final day for swimmers

Saturday, March 1

• Nelsons Faribault store wins sale promotion

• Moen named RE/MAX Broker Owner of Year

• The Skyline Plaza partners hope that new Moose Lodge increases foot traffic

• Company founder to speak on expansion in Albert Lea

• Area Learning Center celebrates 20 years of helping kids succeed

• New ALMC Urgent Care hours to begin Monday

• Man arrested after car chase involving children

• Two families have 20-year-old grudge

• Big I. Rendezvous considers BBQ fest

• Express Care goes from mall to grocery store

• Dutch supper is Tuesday

• Walz to speak to Kiwanis Club

• SMIF offers fund for bio activities

• Belshan, Vanek promoted at Alamco Wood Products

• Eagles Auxiliary Past Presidents Club offers scholarships

• Peoble attends photography convention

• Column: Twins and the 2008 baseball season

• USCs season comes to an end

• Prep schedule March 3 and 4

• Knights down Awesome Blossoms

• Tigers off to a fast start in the pool at state

• Cory Hansen, Bonsack in state finals

• Tigers on to the state finals

• Column: Budget forecast shows need for job creation

• Column: Why they are looking at the skinny guy

• Donald Dillemuth, 81, Albert Lea

• Philip Benbow, 79, Albert Lea

• Ardine Solum, 86, Albert Lea