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


