Story archive for August 2009

Monday, Aug. 31

• That’s the stuff!

• Mural unveiled in downtown Albert Lea

• The State Fair offers badly needed jobs

• Parts of Wisconsin, Minnesota under frost warning

• Loud as a Peacock

• Person bit by coyote

• Southwest to hold orientation on Tuesday

• Humane Society plans pet fair

• Convictions

• Past Albert Lea soccer players return for fundraiser game

• Flying discs at The Flying Lea Championship

• Prep schedule for August 31 and September 1

• Why not just accept the process of wrinkling?

• Editorial: Pay now or pay later for roads

• Conference in A.L. focuses on older workers

• CEOs don’t refuse Social Security checks

• Peek at the Past

Saturday, Aug. 29

• Broitzman pleads not guilty to elder abuse charges

• Agency awarded $700,000 to build street

• Preparing for landing

• Crisis Response Team seeks volunteers for trauma relief

• Walz gives keynote address at American Legion convention

• Greenwings receive grant

• Peoble earns professional dive instructor certificate

• Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation appoints two local officers

• In Brief

• Community Cornerstone hosts free concert and meal

• 2 companies, 2 execs indicted in tunnel deaths

• DNR makes the most of Minn. State Fair

• Fair sets first-day attendance record

• Survival key: Have a long-term strategy to manage money

• United Kingdom, a place where right is right

• Editorial: Thumbs

• The price America pays to own guns is lives

• Peek at the Past

• No insurance for abortion in gov’t plan

• Health care should be a right in America

• Music series kicks off in September

• Hawk, birds and maybe a raven

• One copy of Albert Lea’s mystery newspaper still exists

• Birth Announcements

• Albert Lea participates in National Night Out event

• Kiwanian honored for support

• Recognizing help for the lakes

• Eckhoff Bennett receives perfect score on ACT

• Early Childhood Family Education receives award

• Former Albert Lean receives volunteer award

• Sons of Norway

• FLCW

• ALHS Class of 1940 celebrated 69th anniversary

• ALHS Class of 1940 to hold mini-reunion Sept. 12

• You Can Help

• Vikings dominate Lake Mills on the line in win

• Albert Lea girls' soccer win proves costly

Friday, Aug. 28

• Prep scores for Aug. 28

• Sports Memories

• A salute to a decorated war veteran

• City, ALEDA awarded $700,000 grant

• Walking moais come together

• Agreement denied in County 34 case

• Riverland welcomes increased enrollment

• Glenville-Emmons receives tech grant

• DM&E keeps eye on its coal plan

• Spectators invited to watch the unveiling of mural

• Traveling trio

• Fire at the Tribune

• United Methodist Church offers after-school program

• Convictions

• Tigers pick up first win of the season

• Tigers volleyball falls in three games to Century in season opener

• Prep schedule for August 28 and 29

• Church to hold celebration for seeking peace in life

• Look at the abundance of God’s presence around

• Salem Lutheran Ladies hold annual retreat at church

• “Disciple Disco” party tonight

• Lee Freshour to lead service at state park

• Part 2: Solving the Haynes family mysteries

• Editorial: Think before you text

• Internet provides great array of news outlets

• Walking moais: An Albert Lea success story

• Peek at the Past

Thursday, Aug. 27

• Kiwanis dedicates court

• Walking Moai is set to celebrate success

• Dennison to be sentenced today

• Eagle Scout enhances Sibley exterior

• Wind farms can look like tornadoes

• Big Island Bar-B-Que headlines the weekend

• Community Lutheran celebrates 100 years in September

• Tobacco check had positive results

• NASA astronaut to speak at Wedgewood Cove Sept. 9

• Free health screenings offered on Sunday as part of tour

• Albert Lea Area Youth Choir to begin taking registration

• People can drop off Michelle Obama letters at City Hall

• Fountain Center of Waseca to hold open house

• Crossroads to host simulcast

• Convictions

• U-12 softball team ends first season

• Brett Favre’s move to the Minnesota Vikings

• Prep schedule for August 27 and 28

• The Minnesota Vikings will go all the way

• Editorial: Publicity is the key to success of project

• A rapper, a blogger and when threats are true

• Steve Oman will be missed on the radio

• Lutheran bishop made good choices

• Peek at the Past

Wednesday, Aug. 26

• ‘My love is horses’

• Cummins to cut 400 workers

• Council says OK to making city more walkable

• City celebrates Vitality Project

• Lawyer challenges probable cause

• Area law enforcement on the lookout for impaired drivers

• Fundraiser for food shelf on Thursday

• Cruciferous vegetables can be your good luck charm

• Tigers rush into first game

• NRHEGBOMSCBHTLHCGFVMBLSO High

• Editorial: 400 workers are 400 prospects

• The passing of a legendary news columnist

• Rationed health care won’t be healthy

• Ron Paul calls for audit of the Fed

• Peek at the Past

• Prep schedule for August 26 and 27

• Mass. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy dies at age 77

Tuesday, Aug. 25

• Not just Billy Idol’s guitarist

• Petition urges first lady to visit Albert Lea

• Judge denies motion to toss out statements

• Larson hearing on statements is today

• Council sends design amendment back for review

• Man airlifted to Rochester

• Local Salvation Army accepting applications for after school program

• Convictions

• Albert Lea’s Monson enjoys good company

• Prep schedule for August 25 and 26

• Next edition of magazine sure does get around

• Editorial: Dems, Pawlenty remain bitter

• Closing Minn.’s borders to affordable energy

• Mounted shooting was a great show

• Is Tribune becoming a left-leaning paper?

• Peek at the Past

Monday, Aug. 24

• Honoring veterans

• Millions face Social Security check cuts

• The last 4-person fatality was back in 1988

• Stores race to stock Brett Favre jerseys

• Stimulus dollars benefit small biz

• ALHS students can pick up schedules

• Dissolutions Filed

• A big thanks

• Telephone scam reported

• Meeting on how to finance long-term care on Tuesday at Senior Resources

• Brie’s Photo Contest takes a break

• Tennis anyone?

• Prep schedule for August 24 and 25

• The crisp air of autumn is creeping into Aug.

• Editorial: Reasons to like No. 4

• Time again for the annual Equal Rites Awards

• Oman wasn’t the only Steve ‘let go’

• Peek at the Past

Saturday, Aug. 22

• Clubs to leave Elks Sept. 1

• Health care forum gets noisy

• Foreclosures remain steady

• 40 Books That Changed Our Lives … and could change yours

• A vent catches fire at Cargill

• Civic Music Series is under way

• Dedication of new basketball court to take place on Wednesday

• A postcard from the back of the airport line

• Editorial: Thumbs

• Riders turn back the clock

• Albert Lea players join Riverland Community College soccer team

• Primal Quest leaderboard

• Sports Memories

• United Way campaign kickoff is coming soon

• August, when a man’s thoughts turn to laws

• Peek at the Past

• Exhaust vent catches fire at Cargill

• Puppet ministry brings fun and a message to Saturdays

• Is it a bird or a moth?

• Albert Lea’s six days of street fair, carnival

• After all these years, fairs still hold magic

• Birth Announcements

• Women’s auxiliary meets Monday

• Daybreakers Kiwanis makes donation to Scouting campaign

• St. John’s Auxiliary

• Eagles Auxiliary

Friday, Aug. 21

• Mother is left without her family

• Michael Jackson's personal artist was born in Albert Lea

• Ramblers take a holiday

• Names released in quadruple fatality

• Getting a loan isn’t what it used to be

• KATE’s Steve Oman let go after 27 years

• Convention and Visitors Bureau gets new Web site

• NWS: 4 tornados hit Twin Cities

• Owatonna man injured on Hwy. 14

• ‘Jailbirds’ raise money for March of Dimes research

• Weapon violation reported

• 2 vehicles collide

• Woman charged with narcotic sales

• Republicans welcome 7 gubernatorial candidates

• Express Care open 7 days a week

• Daybreakers Kiwanis Club participates in Relay for Life

• Albert Lean recognized for service to elderly workers

• Albert Lea U-14 baseball team captures league championship

• Prep schedule for August 21 and 22

• Don’t feed the fears

• Nancy Overgaard to lead service at state park

• Confirmed at Concordia Bear Lake Lutheran Church

• Hospice to host free grief workshop

• Enjoying a foggy morning on the lake

• Part 1 of solving the Haynes family mysteries

• Editorial: Take yourself out to the ballgame

• Who are your teenagers hanging out with?

• Albert Lea officer was helpful with tire

• State requirement of schools is awful

• Peek at the Past

Thursday, Aug. 20

• 4 die in wreck on I-90

• Klobuchar sees result of USDA funding

• Albert Lea real estate brokers report increase

• Hormel reports third-quarter earnings

• Cleanup starts after T-storms hit Minneapolis area

• One arrested for drug sale

• Mounted horse shoot comes to fairgrounds

• Borderfest helps instill community pride in Emmons

• Stadheim Jewelers welcome Relay for Life’s cancer survivors for the 2nd year

• ACT announces new season, auditions

• Sheriff’s Posse Ride Sunday

• Albert Lea man part of adventure race

• G-E cheerleaders receive awards

• No help for the Twins this season

• Prep schedule for August 20 and 21

• Top 10 things to do when stuck on a tarmac

• Editorial: Adopting a pet is good for your life

• Testing to improve the district, the community

• Why does DFL favor broken U.S. system?

• Incentives are key when crafting laws

• Talking to a judge has ethical implications

• Martial arts team has spare elbow grease

• Peek at the Past

Wednesday, Aug. 19

• Tornado reported in south Minneapolis

• Small towns join in

• Woman found after 90-minute search

• Smoke-free workplaces? The entire property?

• Mediation fails in pay negotiation

• Symbol placed on vehicle

• Human Rights Commission is awarded training grant

• Skorin serves as delegate at national meeting

• Crossroads Community Hospice to host free grief workshop Sept. 16

• Medical group to hold reunion

• Jeanne Nelson receives her master’s degree

• Convictions

• Have a food question? Ask a farmers market professional

• Tribute to Patsy Cline at Marion Ross Performing Arts Center Thursday

• Clothing Care Center collects coats

• V.F.W. Auxiliary

• Our Savior’s Ladies’ Aid

• Green Lea Junior Club Tournament winners

• Husbands and hardware stores go hand in hand

• Editorial: Get ready for school to begin

• Managing those new health care credit cards

• Peek at the Past

Tuesday, Aug. 18

• What retirement? Favre coming back with Vikings

• High-flying Eagle

• Walmart to unveil its new design

• Lutherans debate rules for clergy

• Austin’s Todd Park is slated to reopen Saturday

• Shinefest starts shining

• Veterans barbecue picnic is Saturday in Northwood

• Women in Military donate collection to county museum

• Party for the Lakes celebrates beauty, availability of lakes

• Moped stolen

• There she is …

• April Sorensen Memorial Scholarships given out

• Salem Lutheran Women’s Executive Board

• Freeborn 4-H Club

• Salvation Army accepts applications for after-school program

• Garden club meets tonight

• NARFE

• Convictions

• Albert Lea Parks and Recreation Men’s Competitive Softball League Champs

• Saga of Michael Scott Speicher reaches an end

• Editorial: Impact 2009 is coming

• Wounded Warriors: honor, courage, sacrifice

• Peek at the Past

Monday, Aug. 17

• Is cow plop bingo illegal?

• 2 Albert Lea businesses win Pohlad job grants

• Obama girls’ play equipment has local connection

• 44 luminaries from the Freeborn County Relay for Life

• Lutherans begin gay clergy talks

• Minn. schools to heed swine-flu advice

• Brick Hall members celebrate 100th birthday of lodge hall

• It’s time to donate blood

• Nordic walking gaining followers

• Fall Open Baseball begins Tuesday

• How much integrity is left in this world?

• Editorial: Full-time school supers are critical for Minn.

• Why support a broken U.S. health system?

• Can obituaries from the past be dug up?

• Socialism, Marxism is what’s un-American

• Peek at the Past

Sunday, Aug. 16

• Lessons learned from living with feline friends

Saturday, Aug. 15

• Got hope?

• Freeborn County Road 46 to close Monday

• Shinefest kicks off Monday

• Local woman undergoes unique split-liver transplant

• Brie's photo contest winner

• Teenage bike rider injured

• Help patients by donating blood to the American Red Cross

• Latest cuts inch Pawlenty’s Minn. budget plan along

• Batman the dog is now cancer free

• The swashbucklers of the new media world

• Editorial: Thumbs

• Routine maintenance would be better

• Peek at the Past

• Goodbyes never are any easier for tours

• Online cartoons reveal media bias

• Tracking down Tiger at the PGA

• Getting ready for the upcoming fall

• Sports Memories

• Re-enactors highlight lives of four former residents

• Shep’s legend

• Preserving the past with pictures

• Wells Area Junior Miss Pageant is Aug. 22

• Why not share your quilt for the Art Center’s show

• Birth Announcements

• Laura Luna graduates from master’s program

• Tennis family to give concert Monday

• ‘Girls of ‘51’ to hold luncheon meeting on Thursday

• Domestic Engineers

• Eagles Auxiliary

• Wa-tan-ye donates to museum

• You Can Help

Friday, Aug. 14

• Extra cartoons on health care now posted

• Bike rider injured

• Disaster relieved

• Police: Be on the lookout for break-ins

• School board, teachers to re-enter mediation

• Wedgewood Cove’s front 9 opens early

• Web site provides lake conditions

• Austin man, 73, sets up camera and catches burglar

• Rainy-day craft

• Library recognizes Readers of the Week

• Legion hosts annual corn, brat feed

• Katlynn Nelson enrolls at CSB

• Convictions

• Confirmed at Hartland Evangelical Lutheran Church

• Those who offer words of grace speak for God

• Glenville Little League learns game

• Looking over Thomas Armstrong’s will

• Editorial: Check out the Relay

• Colleges swim the waters of state cutbacks

• Why can’t citizens speak to judges?

• Time to hear other side of health debate

• Why is there nothing about ‘Guitar Hero’?

• Peek at the Past

Thursday, Aug. 13

• Freeborn County gets set for Relay for Life

• Vehicular homicide defendant appears in court

• Entenza makes Albert Lea flight stop

• Hormel Institute interns challenged

• Boy found after search

• City Council reorders sidewalk improvements

• Relay for Life, festival, fundraisers keep residents busy

• Wells to host events during Kernel Days this weekend

• Vehicles, shed broken into

• Salvation Army food pantry demand is up

• Republican picnic is Tuesday

• Ski show tonight

• Convictions

• ALHS wrestling team places 4th at Luther’s team wrestling camp

• Woodside to play basketball in France

• Twins do too little, too late at trade deadline

• The best songs for cruising down a highway

• Editorial: How about a little respect?

• Spending my vacation as a camp counselor

• America is slipping into Marxism

• Walz needs to hold some town meetings

• All are complicit in killing of children

• Peek at the Past

Wednesday, Aug. 12

• USDA predicts record corn crop in Minnesota

• Connecting the disconnected

• School officials say results don’t reflect truth

• 3 Albert Lea schools fail; Glenville-Emmons, USC and Alden-Conger also hit

• Albert Lea HRA awarded $610,000

• Seifert touts job growth and changing state funding system

• Tips for making half your grains whole

• Mower taken

• Tiger football begins work early

• We had to climb the dreaded rope in phy ed

• Editorial: Golf carts are a good idea for small cities

• Private insurance offers personalized service

• Atheistic thugs tear United States apart

• Thanks for calling the wrecker Aug. 3

• Peek at the Past

Tuesday, Aug. 11

• Albert Lea HRA receives funding for foreclosure program

• A fishaholic

• Albert Lea featured in AARP’s magazine

• Local schools fail to meet yearly progress goals

• Council: Albert Lea is national vitality center

• Parks and Rec judges gardening contest

• Omnibus hearing continued

• Vehicles broken into

• A competent communicator

• Arc hamburger supper is Wednesday

• Meeting on new USDA program Wednesday

• A curious creature

• Southwest math classes make a difference in community

• Many made art, garden tour a success

• Helen Keller award

• Passing the gavel

• Group building environmental learning center near Brookside

• Reeling ‘em in

• Friendly Confines: a great place for a reunion

• Editorial: We’ve got spirit, yes, we do

• Obama, your plan on health care won’t fly

• Merger isn’t healthy for the marketplace

• Peek at the Past

Monday, Aug. 10

• Lunch on the lawn

• Jalopy wars

• Hormel Foods on track for profit

• La Guadalupana opens in mall

• Frank Lloyd Wright hotel restored in Mason City

• Country star parties it up at the Freeborn County Fair

• Rodeo romps through fairground

• Schmidt claims City Open to add to collection

• Marijuana found

• Save 2nd Base Committee donates to Naeve Health Care Foundation

• Marriage Licenses Issued

• Convictions

• These are a few of my favorite restaurants

• Editorial: MNSCU needs changing

• Extra! Extra! On sale now! Get your wing nuts

• Bills to make people complicit in killing

• Peek at the Past

Saturday, Aug. 8

• Fishing trip now a 40-year ritual

• Blackhawks finish season at ASA state tourney

• Local soccer player plays on Olympic Development team

• Sports Memories

• Fall sports sign-up for ALHS starts Monday

• Firearm safety classes begin Wednesday

• ALHS volleyball captains’ practice begins Monday

• ALHS girls’ tennis captains’ practice begins Monday

• A.L. Inn owner loses property

• Tornado watch, heat advisory issued for southern Minn.

• Freeborn County Fair: Have you signed up?

• Man admits driving golf cart while drunk

• Will City Council adopt Blue Zones suggestions?

• A.L.H.S. graduate receives top band director honors

• Country quartet Little Big Town performs hits

• Brie’s Photo Contest winner

• Politics at the fair

• Three people honored at Freeborn County Fair

• Jones confirmed as next US attorney for Minnesota

• GOP’s Jungbauer rolls out gov. bid at Game Fair

• First human case of West Nile reported in Iowa

• Mrs. Gerry’s scholarship winners

• In Brief

• Campus notes

• Anniversary: Tennis

• Military news

• Funding the president’s health care program

• Editorial: Thumbs

• United Way won’t give up until race finishes

• Peek at the Past

• Walz needs to hold town hall meetings

• Health care system is in hands of insurers

• Bulletin Board

• Budding 4-H’ers

• Nature’s Q and A

• Remnant of former city park is still visible

• 4-H’er and her Shelties make for a winning team

• It’s been a great summer for making memories

• Birth Announcements

• Genealogical Society to meet Monday at museum

• You Can Help

Friday, Aug. 7

• Man admits driving golf cart while drunk, running over woman

• Four Bulldogs taking volleyball to college

• Green Lea Junior MGA team places 7th at state tournament

• Children explore the sights

• Gubernatorial hopeful Emmer pushes for reduction in taxes

• Man asked to leave fair

• Police, deputies cite 147 motorists during July speed enforcement campaign

• Public Health Dept. receives child passenger safety grant

• County begins budget process

• Watershed district to host a tour of projects

• Austin Duplicate Bridge Club notes

• Legal course for seniors focuses on health care directives

• A fishing trip to remember

• Column: Where I’ve been, where I’m going

• Healing service tonight

• No service at state park Sunday

• Church women meet Wednesday

• Community Mentor Connection receives grant

• Convictions

• Playing and singing polka tunes in church

• Editorial: Getting the Trib in your e-mail?

• Composting is easier than people might think

• Why change entire system for the few?

• Albert Lea police have been helpful with situation

• Peek at the Past

• It was Pickler-mania

• Golf carts could share road with autos in Lake Mills

Thursday, Aug. 6

• Fooooooooooooood!

• Caregivers group has new leader for county

• State: Stimulus supports 2,130 road jobs

• Salvation Army offers supplies

• Luke Bryan keeps audience involved during concert

• Group asks Latinos to answer Census

• Man struck by car, receives foot injury

• Man in charge of road maintenance in Hartland Township for 18 years

• Freeborn County Fair dominates weekend events

• Freeborn-Mower Cooperative Services awards three $1,000 lineworker scholarships

• New homes dominate city, county reports

• Friday is Vitality Project Day at county fair

• No ski show tonight

• Freeborn County American Red Cross schedules drill to test disaster equipment

• Convictions

• Albert Lea U-14 girls conclude season

• A Jinx, the Twins and a book

• Green Lea junior team tied for 5th at state tournament

• Prep schedule for August 6 and 7

• Methodist church to hold twilight concerts

• Thrivent supports Art Center

• The fair, my dogs, 30 Under 40, beating cancer

• Editorial: Fix the ‘cash for clunkers’ glitch

• The true cost of missing sidewalks, bike lanes

• Walz casts important vote for ethanol

• Peek at the Past

Wednesday, Aug. 5

• Southern Minn. ethanol plant sold

• It’s calling everyone: food at the county fair

• A jack of all spades

• Editorial: Get out to the county fair

• High-speed rail would take 8 states for a ride

• Nice act deserves to be forwarded

• Finally! No more seizures

• Racy rock concert is reason for concern

• Peek at the Past

• Council takes first hack at budget for 2010

• 15-year-olds begin drive for book bags and school supplies

• Fair expects big crowd for Pickler

• Keith Anderson kicks off country concerts at the fair

• Man arrested for DWI

• What happened to the family farm? Maybe it’s still there

• New BNI members

• Convictions

• Albert Lea Parks and Recreation Co-Ed Recreational League Champs

• Racin’

• ALHS cross country captains’ practice under way

• Prep schedule for August 5 and 6

Tuesday, Aug. 4

• Senate to vote to extend 'clunkers'

• Arena Football League on brink of folding

• Do connections give people police favors?

• Fair attraction

• Albert Lea businesses change workplace fare

• Robbery defendant gets new condition

• School board to take 2nd shot at contract

• Austin requests grants to replace trees lost during tornado

• Car reported spray-painted

• New Kiwanis members

• Public urged to fill giant piggy bank at fair

• Convictions

• Are you ready for some football? Not really

• Editorial: So much for citations of uncut grass

• Should schools ban teachers in religious garb?

• Will health care lose its personal touch?

• Peek at the Past

• Taekwondo fun for whole family

• Man hit in head with shovel

• A.L. Parks and Recreation begins Youth First fall sports program

• Prep schedule for August 4 and 5

Monday, Aug. 3

• Clunkers keep dealers busy

• Why are the boys failing?

• Sharing by Minnesota, Wisconsin hits snags

• Stockman House offers glance at Frank Lloyd Wright design

• Storyteller honored for excellence

• Convictions

• We all have ‘American Idol’ rejection moments

• Editorial: Health care bill has problems

• Lessons from living with 8.3 million people

• Peek at the Past

• Albert Lea Parks and Recreation Sand Volleyball winners

Sunday, Aug. 2

• Severe thunderstorm watch until 3 a.m.

Saturday, Aug. 1

• Getting the grounds ready

• Public comments being accepted on wind turbine issues

• Current market could be right climate to start a business

• Franken relishes policy role in new position

• Organic farmers hoping trucks increase business

• Brie’s Photo Contest winner

• Vrooom!

• Acupuncture to get more insurance coverage in Minn.

• Iowans get tax-free shopping on Aug. 7-8

• New BNI members

• Clothing Care Center to collect winter coats

• What do golf and the arts have in common?

• Editorial: Thumbs

• To be right or to be happy: that is the question

• Peek at the Past

• Peterson a given but QB situation still in flux

• Longtime coach relishes staying with one team

• U-13 team wins state tourney

• Golf outing raises money to find cure for breast cancer

• From filling station to convenience store

• Sports Memories

• Marion Drescher strives to use her gifts

• Paul Scrabeck brings enthusiasm, compassion

• Memories of Montana

• Try these positive thoughts to feel more motivated, optimistic

• For the county’s 4-H’ers, it’s fair time again

• Pets available for adoption at Albert Lea Animal Shelter

• Birth Announcements

• The Merlin Players to present ‘Anne of Green Gables’

• Riverland announces spring president’s, dean’s lists

• Symphonic orchestra to begin season

• Campus Notes

• You Can Help

• Golf fundraiser brings in $10,000