Story archive for April 2009

Thursday, April 30

• Schaeffer Academy continues to frustrate Wolverines

• Southland storms back in seventh against Glenville-Emmons

• Knights win despite errors

• Alden-Conger boys' golf defeats Wolverines

• Prep scores for April 30

• Editorial: Good luck, Larry!

• It’s time to talk to your kids about drinking

• Offering some gratitude to longtime teachers

• President follows Carter’s diplomacy

• Thumbs down to the thumbs down

• Peek at the past

• Vets going to World War II Memorial

• FEMA yanks local coloring book

• Relay for Life names honorary caregiver

• County 19 to close for bridge replacement

• Garden Diva hopes to spread joy of gardening and design through Hayward business

• Walk through solar system this weekend

• ACT’s ‘Forum’ offers great distraction from life today

• Did an IC&E train hit a trailer east of Hayward?

• Vehicle damaged

• Council recognizes contest winners

• Chamber of Commerce offers aid grant applications

• KSMQ to halt analog signal

• Law Day 2009 to honor bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth

• Big Nine Music Festival is scheduled for Friday in Austin

• Just For Kix show Saturday

• ALMC supports ALHS choir

• Lakes Foundation donates to boathouse

• Grace Lutheran Altar Guild

• Evening of healing prayer at Our Father’s House Friday

• Ostomy Support Group meets

• Schmit trying for 4th trip to state

• USC/A-C boys’ win Lions meet

• USC pitcher loses no-hitter in fifth in 15-1 win

• LeRoy-Ostrander defeats Glenville-Emmons boys’ golf again

• Offense goes missing for NRHEG baseball

• Viking girls’ golf team places second

• Spring Grove hands Wolverines softball team loss

• Colonels looking for players for upcoming season

• Rice Lake Golf Course holding two-person best shot Sunday

• Prep schedule for April 30 and May 1

Wednesday, April 29

• Get Moving Night

• House fire cause: natural gas leak

• To add sidewalks or not? Council hears from citizens

• Bakk discusses Senate budget proposal

• Case of swine flu in Minnesota probable

• May Friendship Day is Friday

• Fugitive arrested

• Editorial: Pressure isn’t good for Senate case

• Just remember: ‘We’ is good and ‘they’ is bad

• Remove government from the liquor business

• Americans are losing cherished freedoms

• Peek at the past

• Tigers hand West first losses

• Tigers track takes 2nd at home

• Tiger girls' golf team knocks off conference champ

• Tiger boys’ take 2nd at Century

• Offense goes missing for NRHEG baseball team

• USC pitcher loses no-hitter in fifth in 15-1 win

• LeRoy-Ostrander defeats Glenville-Emmons boys' golf again

• Spring Grove hands Wolverines softball team loss

• West routs Tiger softball team twice

• Alden-Conger softball player hits for cycle in 14-4 win

• Rebels softball pounds Medford

• Falcons knock off Tiger tennis team

• Viking girls' golf team places second

• USC girls' golf places sixth at Triton Invite

Tuesday, April 28

• Prep scores for April 28

• Sen. Specter switches parties

• 3 hurt in a.m. house fire

• Task force offers its budget suggestions

• Crime Victims Rights Week recognized

• Austin begins cleaning fire mess

• City staff begins sealing cracks on downtown streets

• Convictions

• Editorial: Temporary senator would have been Minn. nice

• Religion by any other name still is religion

• Minnesota DFL is hungry for incomes taxes

• Marriage licenses are about parenting

• Peek at the past

Monday, April 27

• Tiger girls’ golf remains perfect in Big Nine

• N Dakota St’s Ben Woodside getting NBA tryouts

• West knocks off Albert Lea boys' tennis 7-0

• USC hurler delivers in 11th inning

• Tiger boys' golf takes 2nd at Mankato

• NRHEG softball falls to W-E-M

• Northwood-Kensett golf teams take second at North Butler triangular

• NRHEG boys' golf fires low in cold

• LeRoy-Ostrander fights off Glenville-Emmons boys' golf

• Offense returns for Rebel softball team

• Prep scores for April 27

• Editorial: Let there be plants along the shore

• Fancier and fashionable isn’t always happier

• Texting sexy pics creates ‘Trouble in River City’

• Building at Morin Park should be for parks

• Peek at the past

• Becoming their own boss

• State puts kibosh on clean-car proposal

• Promenade paparazzi

• Arbor labor

• Convictions

• N-K junior juggles five sports

• A-C boys’ golf takes 5th at J-W-P invite

• Albert Lea tennis falls to Blue Earth

• Prep Schedule for April 27 and 28

• Checkup coming on Minn. county budgets

Saturday, April 25

• Drinking has consequences

• Idea for energy lines has route in southern Minn.

• City Council to review 3 fiscal policies

• Brie’s Photo Contest winner

• High winds restart fire Thursday

• Hartland man wins lottery

• Disc golf club to hold first meeting

• Minn. Safety Council awards Freeborn-Mower Cooperative Services

• Mark Anderson of Good Samaritan Society chosen as future long-term care leader

• Karen Adkins promoted at Citizens State Bank

• Gregg Koch becomes Ameriprise Platinum financial services adviser

• Albert Lea RE/MAX agents honored for sales achievements

• Sales staff at Motor Inn Co. complete training

• Ediorial: Thumbs

• House passes bills for ag, vets, education, public safety

• Sandwich, please; hold the salami and cheese

• Water safety is key in the summertime

• Peek at the past

• Wolverines pull off sloppy win

• Wolverine response comes too late in 10-7 loss

• Albert Lea boys’ track fights injury bug at Rosemount

• Alden-Conger softball drops another close game 5-1

• Tigers ‘C’ baseball team completes three-game run with Rochester schools

• Sports Memories

• Albert Lea JV baseball falls short in 3 games

• Glenville-Emmons girls’ golf wins again

• Lake Mills golf teams sweep Vikings

• USC bombs Bucs

• Bucs snap USC win streak

• NRHEG girls’ track finishes second at Blue Earth meet

• USC boys’ and girls’ golf place 5th at Belle Plaine

• ACT to open musical comedy Thursday

• An empty gourd rattles the loudest

• A look back at when ACT produced the show 26 years ago

• A close look at Best Friends Animal Society

• What happens today is history tomorrow

• Birth Announcements

• Austin Duplicate Bridge Club

• NARFE

• You Can Help

• Head Start accepts applications

• Our Savior’s Ladies’ Aid

• Teacher retirement banquet scheduled

• St. John’s Auxiliary

Friday, April 24

• Prep scores for April 24

• Shrine auxiliary to meet Monday

• Double the prom

• Fire scorches Mower Co.

• Man faces animal abuse charges

• Sibley hopes for Reading Corps tutor

• Former DFL leader Entenza running for governor

• Senior Center hosting fundraiser

• Freeborn County Republicans elect new leaders

• Special speaker at Assemblies of God Church Sunday

• Crossroads hosts marriage class

• Rochester unit to deploy Saturday to Belize

• Local student places third in Junior Duck Stamp contest

• DNR issues ATV riding season primer

• Calvary Baptist Church celebrates 135th anniversary

• A time to go with our heads as well as our hearts

• Peter and Paul Wendinger to provide music for service

• Editorial: Texas isn’t all that patriotic

• An update from the editor of Town Talker

• Book reviews for Tom Clancy, Hugo Chavez

• Peek at the past

• Rockets rally to beat Albert Lea

• Tigers stay among top in Big Nine

• Miscues haunt Albert Lea softball team against John Marshall

• Tiger tennis can't find doubles win in loss to Owatonna

• Glenville-Emmons boys’ and girls’ golf earn victories over Mabel-Canton

• Panther comeback attempt gets snuffed out in eighth inning

• Alden-Conger baseball knocks out 13 runs in win over St. Clair

• Alden-Conger boys’ golf takes second at Madelia

• Alden-Conger softball falls in final frame

• Viking boys' golfers place third at Nashua

• USC baseball continues resurgence with 2-1 win

• Rebels softball grabs fifth straight win

Thursday, April 23

• Prep scores for April 23

• Editorial: Is it a sin to make more money?

• Pharmacist Danny Cottrell has the right idea

• Healthy schools are more than health class, P.E.

• Easter performance was fantastic display

• There are virtues in chaos to humankind

• With high jobless rate, send illegals home

• Peek at the past

• Bags with a message

• City employees offer budget-cut ideas

• Advocate: ‘Nobody asks to be the victim’

• New owners open cleaner, brighter Bend in the Road

• It’s a busy weekend with prom, auction, breakfasts

• Spamettes at Lighthouse this weekend

• Albert Lea Cantori holds spring concert

• Hit-and-runs reported

• New fish for Goose Lake

• G-E stages mock drunken driving crash

• MMA team provides a shot at redemption

• Taking an early snapshot of the 2009 Twins

• Rebels track teams turn in season-bests at Blue Earth

• Alden-Conger softball team shutout by LeCenter/Cleveland

• USC girls’ golf earns win in home triangular

• Albert Lea Knights hosting pancake breakfast Sunday

• Prep Schedule for April 23 and 24

• Rebels softball hold off NRHEG

• Lake Mills girls' track places third at Garner

• Panther girls' track takes third at Maple River

• Viking girls' golf wins home meet, boys place second

• USC/A-C girls and boys track take second at Maple River

Wednesday, April 22

• Gonna dance the night away

• School faces chicken pox outbreak

• Glenville lunch line makeover is slated to start in June

• Federal inmates could arrive this month

• Three other scams reported

• ALMC makes donation to Naeve Alumni and Nurses Club Inc.

• Salvation Army disaster team heads to Fargo

• Get Moving Night is Thursday

• Faith Lutheran women host friendship day

• Screening Friday

• Learn to heal naturally

• Editorial: Immune from lawsuits?

• Does your wife give you ‘honey do’ lists?

• The Republican message still has wide appeal

• When will county have dam solution?

• Peek at the past

• Tiger track team finishes 3rd at home meet

• Century drops Tigers in twinbill

• Tiger girls beat Austin for first time in 7 years

• Tiger girls’ track team takes second in Austin

• Albert Lea golfer beats 2 of state’s top ‘A’ players

• Martin County West jumps on Alden-Conger baseball quickly

• Alden-Conger softball team shutout by LeCenter/Cleveland

• Alden-Conger boys’ golf finishes eighth at Bethlehem Academy invite

• Bulldog boys’ golf claims victory over West Hancock

• Tiger boys’ tennis swept by Austin

• USC earns conference win against NRHEG

• USC girls’ golf earns win in home triangular

Tuesday, April 21

• Prep scores for April 21

• Minnesota far outdoes Iowa on Fortune 500

• Editorial: Stay safe on prom night

• Why not put airport money to better use?

• Minnesota Chamber distorts union issues

• Somalia waters need to be secure for oil

• Peek at the Past

• Radio active

• Senate approves cut in public safety

• Another day, a new hero for Albert Lea

• State report cites Good Sam for neglect

• Budget task force finalizes recommendations

• Freeborn County burning ban lifted

• Suspects identified in scam

• Ruble family to take part in walk for Parkinson’s

• Albert Lea Civic Music announces annual scholarship programs

• Convictions

Monday, April 20

• Tigers push aside Century twice

• Rebels baseball team gets back to business with the bats

• USC softball team continues to pound out hits in latest win

• Prep scores for April 20

• NRHEG boys’ golf takes 3rd at Blooming Prairie Invite

• NRHEG runner sets new school record

• Rebels track teams turn in season-bests at Blue Earth

• ‘Dancing With the Stars’ inspires try at heels

• Legislation calls for service to community

• Smoking is a drain on taxes and lives

• Franken won’t stand for people in Minn.

• Peek at the past

• Son’s hobby becomes a store

• Casino nonprofit hands out $3 million

• Jocks aren’t the only ones who get letters

• Parenting can be hard, but help is available

• Workers at burned poultry plant now looking for jobs

• ‘Pride and Prejudice’ is relevant today

• Scam reported

• He’s not selling auto insurance

• Convictions

• Late rally lifts A.L. past Mayo

• Tigers win NRHEG softball tournament

• Tigers fall short by 2 at Tri-State

• A-C softball goes 2-1 on weekend

• Albert Lea girls’ golf places fourth at invite

• Panthers baseball pick up two wins at home tournament

• USC baseball team drops both games at home tournament

• Prep schedule for April 20 and 21

• Hits hard to come by for Wolverine baseball team

• USC softball team wins LCC tournament

• NRHEG softball wins one at home tournament

• Glenville-Emmons softball takes one at NRHEG tournament

Saturday, April 18

• Thumbs

• At the end of the day, the poet gets the girl

• Senate focuses on budget and bonding bills

• Don’t believe scare tactics about smoking

• Peek at the past

• A love story: Fishing & Albert Lea

• Hearings on alleged abuse moves to May

• Nine inducted into Wall of Inspiration

• “Stop Sexual Violence — Listen & Lead” presentations set for April 23

• Brie’s Photo Contest winner

• ALEDA assistant director earns certification

• Albert Lea Medical Center donates to Lakes Foundation

• Local orthodontist receives honors at SureSmile meeting

• Personal trainer joins Anytime Fitness

• Local Wick builder receives top honors

• Tiger boys' golf faces top flight competition at Tri-State Invitational

• Tiger Trot gets kids excited to run

• Young NRHEG pitcher lifts team

• Panthers softball continues hot streak

• Lacrosse clinics, league to begin in Albert Lea

• Sports Memories

• Albert Lea junior varsity baseball team moves to 5-1

• Albert Lea Parks and Rec Adult Volleyball League Champions

• Wolverine baseball team cruises to win

• Albert Lea Baseball boosters hosting fundraiser

• Green Lea golf leagues set to begin

• Alden-Conger boys’ golf defeats St. Clair

• Viking girls’ golf places second at St. Ansgar

• Viking boys’ track and field wins Lake Mills Invitational

• Lake Mills girls’ track and field places third

• Houston sweeps Glenville-Emmons boys’ and girls’ golf teams

• Painter uses unusual canvas

• Take a few lessons from nature

• Adventure in the Amazon rainforest is a dream come true

• Birth Announcements

• Campus Notes

• Wa-tan-ye

• Naeve Hospital Auxiliary board

• Sons of Norway

• United Methodist Women

• WFLA Lodge Zare Zapadu 44 

• Librari-Anns

• Naeve Alumni and Nurses Club plans annual luncheon

• Mansfield 4-H Club

• You Can Help

• G-E offers trip to winery, railroad museum

• Spamettes to be at Lighthouse

• Trinity Lutheran Church Women

Friday, April 17

• Prep scores for April 17

• St. Charles evacuated because of poultry plant fire

• Editorial: Schools need standard for days

• The sink-or-swim type of training all my life

• Timing is everything in talks with teenagers

• Positive Alternatives is hurting for funds

• Good Sam angels were fantastic

• Peek at the past

• Nutrition club to open Monday

• Artists want to come to Albert Lea

• Nursing home crusader calls for change

• 2 charged for allegedly selling ecstasy

• Walz speaks with Golden K club

• Agencies step up motorcycle enforcement this weekend

• Calvary holds food drive

• Garden tiller reported stolen

• A wintertime squirrel in spring

• Zion plans soup, dessert supper

• Breakfast raises money for mission trip

• Car checkups planned

• Convictions

• The smell of spring in the air is now a good thing in A.L.

• Fishing Reports

• God can edit your life

• Methodist church plans polka service

• Honored for years of service

• Let the gardening season begin

• Winona strikes quickly against Albert Lea

• Tigers softball finds extra-base hits in Winona

• Albert Lea boys' tennis picks up first conference win

• Albert Lea boys’ golf falls to Century

Thursday, April 16

• NRHEG boys' and girls' golf handle MVL

• Rebels softball loses on walk-off homer

• Panthers softball bounces back for win

• Bulldog boys’ golf wins a close one

• USC boys' and girls' golf post victories

• Mistakes cost Rebel baseball team

• Alden-Conger softball grabs first win

• Albert Lea girls' golf finishes seventh at Red Wing

• Prep scores for April 16

• ‘The Nerd’

• Man charged with murder attempt

• Sheriff Harig issues burn ban

• Hollandale native makes next round in ‘The Best Job’ contest

• Disc golf course in Clarks Grove to get more trees

• Family Fun Festival, play, pancake breakfasts scheduled

• Two arrested for ecstasy sales

• Anyone for tea?

• Bomb threat evacuates Quality Pork Processors

• USC Elementary to present annual spring concert Tuesday

• ALHS Link Crew to host ‘Dinner and Theater Night’

• Convictions

• Group looks to fix Snyder Fields

• Trying to catch the Twins’ at spring training

• Sign up for 12-and-under softball and baseball set for Saturday, traveling will be April 25

• Prep schedule for April 16 and 17

• Editorial: The parade theme is excellent

• Albert Lea Tribune has a lot of things going on

• Make your Web site memorable for visitors

• I’m not a-twitter by Facebook in my space

• Isn’t there a better time to clean Main?

• Peek at the past

Wednesday, April 15

• Albert Lea Tribune mentioned by New York Times

• Mud Lake gets fish barrier

• July 3 parade theme: ‘Heart of America’

• County OKs list of issues over lines to planned wind farm

• Local family to walk for cystic fibrosis

• Austin moves its school election

• Wreck on Main Street

• Grass fires reported in county

• Crossroads Community Hospice to offer training sessions for volunteers

• Retired educators to host spring conference

• March of Dimes walk is Saturday in Austin

• City Council approves requests

• Aglow hosts special speaker Saturday

• Spring Bockfest tapped in Northwood on Saturday

• Dissolutions

• Grace to install senior pastor

• Convictions

• Editorial: Which is better, parks or jails?

• A guide in case a motorist stops in Hartland

• Riverland’s Phi Theta Kappa wins accolades

• Cigarette taxes are at outrageous levels

• Peek at the past

• Tigers split doubleheader with Faribault

• Albert Lea girls' golf team fires career-low at Mayo

• Rebels hit their way to victory

• Mayo downs Tiger boys' tennis

• Blooming Prairie edges out USC

• Tigers softball unable to find big hits

• Tiger boys’ track takes third at Mayo meet

• Tiger girls’ track finishes fourth at Mankato meet

• Bulldog boys' and girls' golf defeat Forest City

• Northwood-Kensett girls' golf finishes fourth at home meet

• Panther girls' golf wins, boys lose to Bethlehem Academy

• Panthers girls' track wins invite

Tuesday, April 14

• Wolverines softball wins in a wild one

• Knights softball gets shutout

• Alden-Conger boys' golf knocks off Glenville-Emmons

• Prep scores for April 14

• Prairie Profiles: Mary Grasdalen

• Emerald ash borer prompts firewood concerns

• Court declares Franken leading vote-getter

• Council debates tax-increment financing

• Students recycle for revenue

• Rollover reported

• Editorial: Watch ‘Live at Lunch’ online

• Dialogue is a sign of a vibrant community

• After gay marriage, what about free religion?

• Thanks for memories of past, Ed Shannon

• Peek at the past

• Albert Lea boys' golf knocks off Mayo narrowly

• Tiger girls place fourth at invite

• Albert Lea softball falls in extra innings to Mayo

• Timely hits lead Knights to win

• Raiders down Tiger boys 7-0

Monday, April 13

• Bulldog boys’ golf takes second in triangular

• Panther softball drops tilt with Waseca

• Schaeffer Academy plays spoiler against Wolverines

• Walks and errors add up for Knights' softball

• Prep scores for April 13

• Tigers drop match with Fairmont

• Wind farm group forms

• Deputies arrest 3 in rural burglary cases

• Ellendale pastor deals with floods in hometown

• Man dies after raking leaves

• G-E spelling bee winners

• Collaborative sponsors ‘Fit Forever Fun Night’

• Wedgewood Cove starts its Web site

• Convictions

• Editorial: ‘A citizen’s obsession with conspiracy’

• Suffering from a severe case of the ‘I wants’

• President Obama has a traveling circus show

• Peek at the past

• Woodside plays in three games at Invite

• Prep schedule for April 13 and 14

Saturday, April 11

• Albert Lea volleyball team places second at state tourney

• Young man competes in Junior Olympics

• USC/A-C boys’ track continues winning

• Panthers baseball falls to Blossoms

• Wolverines softball gets dropped by Houston

• Albert Lea youth wrestlers place 3rd at regionals qualify for state tournament

• Sports Memories

• Holiday Lanes bowling league winners

• Prep schedule

• Fountain Lake Sportsmans Club meeting time have changed

• Alber Lea ‘C’ team splits doubleheader with Austin

• Albert Lea girls’ basketball boosters meeting Monday

• Sign up for coach pitch and T-ball set for April 18

• American Legion baseball fundraiser set for April 19

• ‘Help Heal Ashleigh’

• Meeting to look at flaws in nursing home care

• Construction schedule includes Fountain, Bridge streets

• Interstate 35 to get variable-message signs

• The Bunny Trail

• Salvation Army welcomes back members from disaster duty

• Brie’s Photo Contest winner

• Faribault schools lag others a bit in school days

• Elko New Market dissolves police department

• Ethanol raises cost of nutrition programs

• Albert Lea greets Hyderabad

• KIMT hires new Albert Lea Bureau reporter

• Elks give out awards

• Legislature reaches midpoint of this session

• Editorial: Thumbs

• Militia report makes right-wingers see red

• Support prevention of child abuse

• Peek at the Past

• St. Theodore School plans annual auction extravaganza

• Nature’s Q and A

• Remembering Albert Lea’s pharmacy family

• Shows remind us of how environment defines our self-portrait

• Week offers a chance to thank volunteers

• Birth Announcements

• G-E boosters appreciate support for supper

• Peoble attends dive instructor course

• Grapevine Twist to hold dance

• Lois Club

• Genealogical society to meet

• Band parents to meet Monday

• New Kiwanian

• You Can Help

• G-E School, Foundation announce scholarships

Friday, April 10

• Editorial: Turbine is a good sign for college

• 1 dies in rollover in London Township

• Misplaced colleges in the NCAA tournament

• New Afghanistan law makes slaves of women

• Daffodil Days raised money to fight cancer

• Peek at the past

• Sense of belonging twice

• Lawyer seeking plea in washout crash case

• Albert Lea playparks program has new times

• It’s spring and kitty is on the prowl for birds

• Fishing changes open for comment through May 29

• Man arrested for DWI

• In your Easter bonnet

• Lifetime Production Awards

• Convictions

• Who’s in charge? God is, of course

• Trinity plans session regarding elder care

• Methodist church lists weekend schedule

• Tigers move to 3-0 with sweep of Packers

• Rebels find big rally late for win

• Tigers softball drops twin bill

• Glenville-Emmons baseball defeats Houston 4-2

• Albert Lea golfer breaks 70 at Waseca meet

• Albert Lea girls golf beats Waseca

• Woodside will try to woo NBA

• Prep Schedule for April 10 and 11

Thursday, April 9

• Prep scores for April 9

• Court hearing in washout case rescheduled

• Editorial: Dropping blue laws would help

• My comments about the Web site comments

• Household hazardous waste collections on way

• Will sulfide mines harm Minn. streams?

• Peek at the past

• Teacher of the Year named

• Beaver Trails joins Jellystone franchise

• ‘A true friend’

• Hollandale breeders raise and sell thoroughbred race horses

• It’s time for the sixth annual Easter egg hunt

• Teenage consumption goes up with warm weather

• Watershed to hold fish-barrier ceremony

• Ducks hit

• Dartball league celebrates season

• 1965 Twins vs. 2009 Twins

• Prep schedule for April 9 and 10

Wednesday, April 8

• Red River residents get set for 2nd crest

• Editorial: Ruling on education stimulus needed

• Uffda and those thrilling days of yesteryear

• Why the focus on walking? What else is there?

• U.S. people can pick immigrant numbers

• Place Senior Living stories online

• Peek at the past

• Locals reflect on flood-relief work

• Is there a chance cuts won’t be so bad?

• ‘She’s just delightful’

• Would the owner of a …

• United Way book signing is slated for April 18 at library

• Get certified to judge world-class barbecue

• Grandson of local couple hospitalized

• Marriage licenses issued

• Convictions

• Panthers survive in wild season opening win

• Albert Lea boys’ track posts solid win

• Maple River overpowers Knights softball

• NRHEG girls’ take second, Tigers claim third place

• G-E girls’ golf picks up first win, boys fall to Lyle-Pacelli

• Errors add up for Wolverines softball

• USC baseball hangs on for 9-8 win

• USC shutout by Randolph

• LCWM rocks Knights baseball

• Prep schedule for April 8 and 9

• Panther boys’ golf knocks off USC, girls fall to Rebels

• ‘There’s an inner need for me to create’

• Albert Lea Senior Center to offer craft classes

• Albert Lea Senior Center to hold fundraiser this month

• K-1 Kiwanis donates to museum

• Simple ways seniors can stay active and healthy

• The importance of senior fitness

• 101 birthday celebration

Tuesday, April 7

• Prairie Profiles: Jan Jerdee

• Riverland aiming for wind turbine

• ‘I’ve been pretty alive’

• School board reinstates teachers

• ALHS cheerleader to take part in ‘Down Under’ tournaments

• Bead art, silhouette photos on display at bank in April

• Teacher retirement banquet scheduled

• Editorial: Time for Senate fight to end

• Kids, writing should never be a punishment

• Father’s Persian rug contains many memories

• Big Ben Woodside did great in tourney

• Peek at the past

• Tigers lose opener to New Prague

• Prep schedule for April 7 and 8

Monday, April 6

• Area games for Monday postponed

• Editorial: How much can Fargo take?

• The story of the man who hit the Easter Bunny

• Swinging at a park can be good for your health

• State sovereignty offsets fed mandates

• Peek at the past

• Who cleans up the fire messes?

• Albert Lea teachers on chopping block

• Decline in auto sales will impact local roads

• ‘She’s always up’

• Who will be the 2009 Teacher of the Year?

• County awarded emergency funds

• State housing, redevelopment chapter honored for advocacy

• Motorcyclist injured

• Convictions

• ITC Midwest donates to The Children’s Center

• USC/A-C track senior learning to lead team

• G-E baseball shakes off rust for win over Spring Grove

• G-E girls’ and boys’ golf falls to Burros

• G-E softball falls in first two

• Prep schedule for April 6 and 7

• JV Tigers baseball team starts season off with a win

Saturday, April 4

• 'He's just a lively person'

• Blue Zones founder: ‘These people benefited from how A.L. used to be’

• Former nurse pleads guilty to forgery

• Ice is officially out on Fountain Lake

• Tribune photographer looking to take first haircut photos

• Class of 1947 women meeting

• Brie's Photo Contest Winner

• ALHS concert choir chosen to participate in Iowa Festival

• Bill has tax provisions for Freeborn County

• Editorial: Thumbs

• Paying higher taxes is no fun — but necessary

• Peek at the past

• Population decline is fault of city fathers

• MRPAC is a jewel for the community

• Tigers come out swinging in season opener

• Hockey a new passion for couple

• USC/A-C boys’ track team squeaks out win

• Albert Lea wrestling team announces awards

• Sports Memories

• Art Center hosts Norwegian art show

• Some lessons from nature

• Remembering the city’s ‘cracker king’

• Children always lose when parents put them in the middle of a divorce

• Youths learn skills while having fun

• Look beyond volatile numbers to see hope in the stock market

• Church donates to Salvation Army

• Travel Class of Albert Lea

• Luther College accepts Annmarie Caporale

• Stylists attend spring color event

• Mansfield 4-H Club

• Central, East Freeborn Yoking Brotherhood

• You Can Help

Friday, April 3

• Prep scores for April 3

• Iowa court says gay marriage ban unconstitutional

• Editorial: College grads face turmoil

• Albert Lea’s version of deer park in the ’40s

• Teacher of the Year Committee weighs factors

• Obama’s plan is good for Minn.’s health

• Thunder players were good sports

• Peek at the Past

• It was a big Blue Zones day

• Blue Zones founder talks about longevity with general public

• 23-year-old thrown from 4-wheeler, dies

• Woman charged with bomb threats appears in court

• Sczublewski returns to dugout for Tigers

• Daydreaming about warm days coming

• Dancing with Hy-Vee

• County awarded emergency funds

• A blue zone

• Student art show opens Sunday

• Austin Duplicate Bridge Club

• Eagles donate to Take a Kid Fishing

• Church women meet Wednesday

• Wa-tan-ye donates to A-C elementary

• Abundant Life Church to present ‘Messiah’ April 10-12

• A wasteful love

• Albert Lea boys’ golf team hosts pancake breakfast Saturday

• Prep schedule for April 3 and 4

Thursday, April 2

• Prep scores for April 2

• ATV death reported

• Do the math

• 10 displaced by fire

• Show choir competition is Saturday

• Emmons residents set up community watch

• Rollover reported in Clarks Grove

• Hayward Boy Scout earns Eagle Award

• Southwest student to take part in 2009 Minnesota Geographic Bee

• Freeborn County Chapter of American Red Cross receives $20,000 from Wal-Mart Foundation

• Event chairman to be taped to the wall at Friday assembly

• Will advice clinic scheduled

• Volunteers sought for Join Hands Day

• Convictions

• 2008-09 Albert Lea Dance Team Award winners

• A look at the 1965 Minnesota Twins pennant

• Dartball playoffs and awards banquet scheduled for Monday

• Prep schedule for April 2 and 3

• G-E holds conferences tonight, Tuesday

• Couple donates piano

• Proceeds from CD raise funds for military family support program

• Editorial: Easy tips for a better city

• And a young man’s thoughts turn to baseball

• Drive promotes holding conventions in Minn.

• Tea parties to protest Obama intervention

• Measure addresses affordable housing

• Peek at the Past

• Fire reported in downtown Albert Lea

Wednesday, April 1

• April Fool's Day

• Break a leg

• Hanson fire response time: 1 minute

• Albert Lea gets snowfall overnight

• Tribune’s news now on AP Mobile

• Austin’s fire chief remains in hot seat

• St. John’s Lutheran Home receives innovation award

• Woman injured after rollover on interstate

• Catching a glimpse of Augusta

• Area softball and baseball games postponed

• Prep schedule for April 1 and 2

• Editorial: Wars are dragging U.S. down

• Alaska porch is good for escaping complaints

• Thanks for column about movies as art

• Thanks for sharing the word of God

• Peek at the Past