Story archive for June 2009

Tuesday, June 30

• Minn. supreme court rules for Franken in Senate fight

• Prairie Profiles: Wayne Olson

• County DHS braces for state cuts

• Booster seat law goes into effect

• Proposed I-35 casino changes location

• New law requires boats to move over

• Police search for, find boy

• Editorial: Do more casinos hinder existing ones?

• Blaming bikes is ‘fundamental attribution error’

• Climate measure will create clean-energy jobs

• Peek at the past

• New level, new challenges met

• USC Legion splits twinbill again

• Vikings softball comes out flat in loss to Rockford

Monday, June 29

• An all-school reunion

• Volunteers sought for half marathon

• Bullet hole reported

• Life of hero remembered at golf tournament

• Bulldogs baseball strong in tournament wins

• Prep schedule for June 29 and 30

• Editorial: Don’t be a guinea pig

• Meeting famous people, waiting for Robert

• Adding green to your business can be a plus

• Where do Jeanne Poppe’s interests lie?

• Peek at the past

Sunday, June 28

• Soldiers prepared to ship out to Iraq

• Root of the matter

• People charged with pig abuse are sentenced

• Ramstad mulls run for governor

• Pawlenty says Sanford affair shouldn’t be seen as political

Saturday, June 27

• Families in elder abuse case are using online networks

• Yup, it’s the 4-H clubs

• Alden man arrested in connection with high-speed pursuit

• Jellystone Park gets set for ‘staycations’

• Local Scouts set up book bank in Alden

• Grief support series begins

• Port Authority to meet Wednesday

• ‘19 Minutes’ is about fighting back

• ALHS class of 1964 plans reunion

• A desire for solitude can be a good motivator

• Editorial: Thumbs

• United Way connects people to meaningful

• Curtailing Elks staff was necessary

• Peek at the past

• Bayside Skiers prepare for July 4 show

• Moving a museum from Minnesota to Missouri

• Summer wisdom

• Republicans plan garden party

• Glenville-Emmons graduates receive foundation scholarships

• Southwest Middle School releases 4th-quarter honor rolls

• Softball getting new life in Albert Lea

• Albert Lea will host regional mounted shooter event

• Sports Memories

• You Can Help

• Campus Notes

• Birth Announcements

Friday, June 26

• Wedgewood Cove to open the back 9 on Saturday

• Looking for scales both large and small

• Editorial: Vikings trying to sell some tickets

• Albert Lea is poised to lead the United States

• City was great place for a convention

• Teacher pay to go into mediation

• Peek at the Past

• Vitality Project: Ask the Expert

• Judge issues gag order for the media

• Witness: Broitzman’s statements inconsistent

• Michael Jackson dies unexpectedly

• Across the Pastor's Desk: Remember the voice

• Our Savior’s Ladies’ Aid meets

• Hundley to lead service at park

• First Lutheran Church Women meet

• Get-together at Calvary

• Joint worship service set

• Open houses

• Danish Brotherhood holds picnic

• Are we having ‘Dog Days’ in June?

• Woodside goes undrafted at NBA draft, next step NBA Summer League

• Bulldogs fall to Clear Lake

• USC splits doubleheader with Blue Earth

• 16 athletes earn weightlifting letter

• U-14 girls defeat Faribault 2-1

Thursday, June 25

• Woodside not nervous about NBA Draft

• No-wake ban lifted

• Gulbertson has a troubled past

• Learning to swim

• 87 homes fail the city sewer inspection

• Bakk concerned about funding gap

• U of Minn. board votes to ban booze at new stadium

• Northwood is bustling with county fair, plans for Fourth

• Field day, festival, fairs and benefit make weekend busy

• Report: Climate change would make Minn. swelter

• First deadline for bonding bill is today

• Minneapolis named in top 10 biking cities

• Two transported after crash

• Comedy show in Freeborn Saturday

• ShineFest fundraiser tonight at Cold Stone

• Watershed district officials gather in Albert Lea for their annual summer tour

• Campus Notes

• Let’s join in the fight to put an end to cancer

• Editorial: Don't allow abuse to continue

• One small tale from the annals of medicine

• We now are grading democracy on a curve

• Peek at the Past

• Memorial golf tournament begins Saturday

• Owatonna routs Colonels

• Bulldogs softball suffers loss against Newman

• Newman powers past Bulldogs baseball

• Chasing down Minnesota Twins memorabilia

• Disc golf tourney takes place Saturday

Wednesday, June 24

• No wake zone is in effect for Fountain Lake

• A fishing trip on Lake Inferior requires bucket

• Editorial: Council makes right choice on fireworks fee

• Transforming energy system would mean jobs

• The land, er, garbage between the lakes

• Peek at the Past

• Health official to testify on alleged abuse

• Library launches art program

• Gulbertson charged with murder

• Meetings to introduce radio system

• Local hotel manager: 'We are not closed'

• All-school reunion to be big part of Kiester Days

• U of M board to vote on job cuts, stadium alcohol

• Zellers selected as new Minnesota House GOP leader

• Prominent Iowa football coach dies after shooting

• Minnesota city leaders come together

• The weather is warm and strawberries are plentiful

• Car reported stolen

• Watch for motorcycles

• Hollandale woman wins $21,000 on scratch game

• Campus Notes

• Dissolutions filed

• Wild Road Tour sweeps into Albert Lea

Tuesday, June 23

• Strong thunderstorms pass through Freeborn County

• Alden-Conger celebrates new addition

• Jody Morrow was ‘fun-loving’

• Police classify case as alleged homicide

• City Council orders study on bike lane for Front Street

• Humane Society holding playhouse raffle fundraiser

• Broken window, graffiti reported

• Mosquito spraying set for tonight

• Come to Jesus Crusade continues

• Tractors needed for new ride

• Police Department to host training for Safe & Crime-Free Rental Housing

• Gulbertson charged with second- and third-degree murder

• Legion to host an Honor Flight benefit

• Area resident wins $14,000 on scratch game

• Organization news

• When in Rome …

• Campus Notes

• Red River rises in North Dakota again

• Freeborn County Thrivent donations

• Presenting proceeds of Tootsie Roll drive

• James Wendt honored by truck unions

• Parental tips for positive summers

• Foggy commute

• Anything can happen if you just only try hard

• Editorial: Stay cool at the movies

• Star Tribune workers deserve better options

• Vote to bring KISS to the Surf Ballroom

• Court hearing went in favor of landlady

• Bath time has become big business in 2009

• The clock is ticking on golfer Sergio Garcia

• Peek at the Past June 23

• Peek at the Past June 22

• Albert Lea makes most of Waseca errors

• Vikings softball unable to hold on to lead

• Bulldogs baseball pushes streak to 9 games

Monday, June 22

• Bulldogs softball adjusts to pick up win

• Area scores for June 22

• Court documents reveal history of domestic violence

• Late Mayo rally beats Albert Lea

• Bulldogs storm back for victory

• Colonels fall to Faribault

• Dining employees at Elks let go

• Wells man dies in Waseca campfire

• Tornadoes dot the countryside Sunday

• Death called ‘suspicious’

• What in the city of Alden is Fugleskudning?

Sunday, June 21

• Send in your tornado photos

Saturday, June 20

• Like father, like son and grandson

• Bike lanes may be ahead for Front

• Small districts also face deferrals

• AARP Web site will urge Americans to join Vitality Project

• Some 130 county employees to receive step raises on July 1

• Salvation Army responds to aftermath of Austin tornadoes

• State senator: Austin officials begin process of bringing relief to area

• Leadership graduates announced

• Classes support food shelves

• Students spend night at museum

• G-E students hold art show

• Albert Lea Medical Center announces holiday hours

• Nathan Cooper joins association as education director

• Local podiatrist attends scientific conference in Washington, D.C.

• Take a road trip for Father’s Day to the west

• All-out player helped out all over for Tigers

• Return to the dugout provides rejuvenation

• Dogs teach humans about life with examples

• Editorial: Thumbs

• All-Area First Team

• All-Area Second Team

• Cable TV network TLC ought to know better

• Dad’s been behind me on decisions, or there to talk them through

• Peek at the past

• She's all ears

• The ‘popcorn man’ and his auto museum

• Pelicans bring momentary magic

• Grandfathers have stories to tell, experiences to share

• Albert Lea High School releases 2nd-semester honor rolls

• Who would have dreamed?

• Military News

• NARFE

• Post 56 sweeps Kasson in doubleheader

• Sports Memories

• Another grandchild makes an entrance

Friday, June 19

• Moai initiative kicks off

• Norwegian group observes 100 years since its first meeting

• Couple struck by disaster yet again

• Albert Lea Walmart begins remodeling

• Minnesota budget cuts likely to cost thousands of jobs

• 2 die in Iowa crash

• Nature center, Todd Park hit hard

• When performer Joe E. Brown came to A.L.

• Editorial: Not much to look for in St. Paul

• ‘Is there an insurance executive in the house?’

• Peek at the past

• There are natural ways to repel flies

• Local students graduate from Northwestern College

• Those who show gratitude when life is hard are blessed

• Rumble strips save lives of motorists

• Otterman to lead service at state park

Thursday, June 18

• Bulldogs make it seven straight

• Stewartville pounds out hits against Glenville-Emmons

• Errors add up for Northwood-Kensett softball

• Area scores for June 18

• Most in Austin have power back

• VIDEO: Funnel cloud forms over Geneva on Wednesday

• Austin deals with tornado damage

• How to help Mower County recover

• Father’s Day is Sunday; motor homes in town

• Albert Lea area is under tornado watch

• Editorial: Are you ready for a funnel?

• Water’s Edge was successful yet again

• Online users don’t have to give names

• There are cars, then there is the Toyota Prius

• Peek at the Past

• Albert Lea has an RV city

• Albert Lea district to receive deferred state aid

• Alden school to celebrate addition

• Celebration, rally, festival make weekend a busy one

• Morin Lake Days is this weekend

• Mayo Clinic to open new outpost at Mall of America

• SMIF receives additional funding for LEAP initiative

• Back to the ’50s at Minn. fairgrounds

• Minn. launches criminal probe of Hecker Automotive

• Man cited for minor consumption

• Noon Kiwanis Club receives award

• Daybreakers help mission trips

• Students present recital

• Auxiliary presents scholarships

• Campus Notes

• Stoneking gives recital

• Readers catch photos

• Hits pile up as Post 447 rolls against Waseca

• Waseca shuts down Colonels

• Inconsistencies of the 2009 Minnesota Twins

• Bulldogs baseball knocks off Forest City

• Nashua-Plainfield drops Northwood-Kensett baseball

• Vikings softball unable to find clutch hits

• More T-storms are on the way

• Tornadoes strike Austin

Wednesday, June 17

• Southern Illinois gets grant for longevity study

• Albert Lea schools to see an additional $4 million in deferred state payments

• City faces $1 million cut over 2 years

• ‘Unallotment’ hits local gov’t and health care

• DNR: Spring 2010 is trail target

• Motor homes gather in Albert Lea

• County mulls wage freeze for workers

• Salvation Army clears the air on rumors about Elks

• Humane Society to hold adoption day, auction

• VFW Auxiliary meets

• How fast R U? Teen Iowa girl wins U.S. texting title

• Severe thunderstorm warning issued

• For a natural source of vitamin A, carotenoids try apricots

• Hot dog meal to be served at farmers market

• Electricity had an impact on the farm animals

• Pilot killed trying to land in rain in Crystal

• Editorial: Time for council to make hard choices

• Freeborn County is best living within its means

• Governor’s national ambitions hurt Main Street

• Peek at the Past

• Reese elected to Hall of Fame

Tuesday, June 16

• Minn. gov’t, health aid hit hardest by budget trim

• Federal inmates begin arriving at jail

• Albert Lea featured in USA Today

• Prairie Profiles: Meet the next Legion commander

• Authorities get ready for radio change

• School board OKs its 2009-10 budget

• Sale boosts Humane Society

• Man arrested for social host violation

• 2 injured in head-on crash on Highway 13

• Mosquito control to begin Wednesday

• Campus Notes

• Community Band to present benefit concert Thursday

• Class of 1939 to hold reunion on July 10

• Newsweek reiterates my point about Oprah

• Editorial: Visit a picnic table for a meal

• Judge pundits in the court of public opinion

• Career politics hurt health care hopes

• Peek at the Past

• Albert Lea unable to find scoring touch

• Albert Lea VFW team splits doubleheader with Winona

• Wells downs Colonels

• Northwood-Kensett softball falls to No. 3 North Butler

• Northwood-Kensett baseball falls 4-3 to North Butler

• Brackey gives up 1 hit as Bulldogs softball downs Garner-Hayfield

• Lake Mills baseball pushes win streak to five games

• USC Legion splits doubleheader with Truman

Monday, June 15

• Area scores for June 15

• Two people injured after head-on crash

• $75,000 granted to grow small business

• Eddie Cochran Weekend: Cruisin'

• 3 places fail recent alcohol checks

• Tree lovers stress over the ash borer

• RV park along I-35 is just about ready

• Car chase reported in city

• Semitrailer rolls, blocks I-90

• Makin’ tracks

• Catching the trolley

• Building permit issued for Wal-Mart remodeling project

• Art Zone Studio kicks off this week

• 41 unbuckled motorists ticketed during enforcement

• Collecting food for fines

• Seeing the results of the Purpose Workshop

• Editorial: The Elks are holding out

• Riverland celebrates a year of great accolades

• Education fight shows partisan contrasts

• Peek at the past

• Lake Mills cruises at N-K tourney

• Rock ‘N Roll Buck Zumhofe invades Freeborn

• Bulldogs softball breezes to pair of wins

Sunday, June 14

• Trailer disconnects from semi cab, rolls

Saturday, June 13

• Alamco’s partners sell

• Glenville Days celebrates out of the rain

• Albert Lea Ramada Inn gets a new name and sign

• What in the world is a walking moai?

• The Norwegians are coming to A.L.

• Hayward gets ready to jam

• U of M head proposes 1,200-job cut

• Winona State students interview code talker

• Small-town practice agrees with attorney

• Doctor attends ‘master series’ ultrasound class

• Suzanne Dickson earns designation

• What does it mean to be ‘successful’?

• Step aside, old folks; world belongs to young

• Editorial: Thumbs

• Hi! I’m Steve Merfeld with the United Way

• Efficient nationalized health care? Not so fast

• Peek at the past

• A pair of Tigers a cut above the rest in 2009

• Rebels achieve new heights in ‘09

• All-Area First Team

• All-Area Second Team

• Walking for awareness

• Sports Memories

• More reminders of the creamery era

• Telltale signs that it’s going to rain

• How to determine if life’s lessons are taking root in your child

• Campus Notes

• ALHS class of 1984 to hold reunion

• Class of 1958 to take boat ride

• Class of 1994 to reunite

• Wa-tan-ye meets

• You Can Help

• Birth Announcements

• Tiger Cubs learn to save at bank

• Bike-A-Thon recognizes top fundraisers

Friday, June 12

• Ramada Inn switches to Americas Best Value Inn

• Uncapped line is cause of explosion

• In honor of Marian

• Digital TV switch happens today

• It’s never too early to garden

• Prominent businessman opts out of governor race

• Ex-lawmaker gets into governor race

• Restroom windows broken

• Sertoma Club names Service to Mankind Award winner

• Freeborn County awarded emergency funds

• Riverland receives approval for wind turbine program

• Is it summertime yet? It doesn’t exactly feel like it now

• Column: Our relationship with God

• Confirmation at Salem Lutheran

• ALHS Class of 1958 to go on Pelican Breeze

• Gerhardt to lead service at state park Sunday

• When free isn’t really free and when it is free

• Editorial: ‘Three strikes and you’re OK’

• Going positive or going negative: Which is best?

• Peek at the Past

Thursday, June 11

• Albert Lea-Austin rivalry remains strong

• Bulldogs baseball climbs back to .500

• USC Legion blasts Lake Crystal in twinbill

• Bulldogs softball holds off feisty Vikings team

• Glenville-Emmons Legion team falls to Byron

• Is it summertime yet?

• Area scores for June 11

• Glenville Days blends the old with the new

• Eddie Cochran Weekend is here

• Parade bound

• Weekend Planner: Festivals, carnival, Eddie Cochran Days are all ahead

• New law lets police stop seat belt violators

• Supreme Court allows instant runoff voting

• Northeast Iowa county set to receive 911 texts

• Ice machine fire reported

• Albert Lea VFW team shuts out Faribault

• Owatonna knocks off Colonels

• Turn it on, wind it up, blow it out

• Church takes part in community worship

• Vikings softball falls to St. Ansgar

• Lake Mills baseball rebounds against Belmond-Klemme

• Penny-wise and pound-foolish

• April Sorensen, Corey Goodnature remembered

• Editorial: Giving the gift of play

• Join a walking moai, nurture your friendships

• A case of ‘If you build it, they will come’

• Wedding at the new golf course went well

• Peek at the Past

• Wangen sisters work together to promote milk

Wednesday, June 10

• Prep scores for June 10

• Police respond to call of fight with baseball bat, knife

• Teacher contract is not resolved

• Negotiating traffic

• May rainfall was less than Albert Lea average

• Man charged with stealing squad car is in Austin jail

• County awarded funds

• Mosquito spraying could start soon

• Oakwood Park gets new equipment

• Summer Times is on stands today

• Pawlenty expects his budget cuts to spur layoffs

• Spuds and splits at First Lutheran

• Eat your greens for good health benefits

• Staining the coffee world a nice shade of java

• Help the Humane Society’s drive

• Knowing when to hold ’em, when to fold ’em

• E-cigarette smokers are not welcome

• Peek at the Past

Tuesday, June 9

• Post 56 delivers victory

• Glenville-Emmons drops Legion season opener

• Albert Lea VFW team off to 2-0 start

• Blackhawks softball starts strong

• Bulldog baseball struggles against tough pitching

• Prep scores for June 9

• Albert Lea bicycle riders need to say, ‘We are here!’

• Instead of sin taxes, let’s institute ‘saint taxes’

• Peek at the Past

• Rail cars coming to visit

• Editorial: The rail funding political climate

• Prairie Profiles: Rebuilder

• State drops bid to block online gambling

• Albert Lea City Council issues bonds

• Grad rate in Minn. is fourth-highest

• Group hopes to form Jaycees chapter in Freeborn County

• Marriage licenses issued

• Organizations

• Albert Lean attends Minnesota NARFE convention

• 2009 Albert Lea softball team and award winners

Monday, June 8

• Council approves issuance of $2.84 million in bonds

• Movie time, made better

• Council to take on orders for removal

• June and July busy Vitality Project months

• Road closed due to water

• First kids’ triathlon draws 79 participants

• 5 people injured in 2-vehicle crash

• Cruising down Broadway

• June 14 picnic to honor all local Vietnam veterans

• Organizations

• The crack of the bat is better than the screech

• Editorial: For governor, vote no to metro

• Protecting your intellectual properties is wise

• Who was really at protest in Austin?

• Peek at the past

• Marquardt earns second medal at state meet

• Five injured after head-on collision

Saturday, June 6

• USC/A-C's Christenson places in top three in hurdle events

• NRHEG thrower places 14th at state meet

• An uplifting performance during a bad month

• Editorial: Thumbs

• The economic-crisis cloud has a silver lining

• Economic picture not looking grand

• Peek at the past

• ‘Call your mom’

• Nicotine, hold the tobacco

• Take a Kid Fishing cut short by rain

• Alcohol suspected in fatal crash on County 46

• Garner electronics plant to shutter by early August

• Sports columnist's book is available at Tribune office

• Glenville Fire Department to celebrate 100th birthday

• Spotight on the Mansfield 4-H Club

• Lutheran women plan luncheon

• Vermedahl retires

• Be creative @ your library

• Reminders of the era of country creameries

• Nature’s Q and A

• You Can Help

• Birth announcements

• Campus Notes

• Monson, Marquardt take seventh at state meet

• West Fork routs N-K baseball

• USC/A-C girls’ track starts state on high note

• Bulldogs pound West Hancock

Friday, June 5

• It’s time to recognize the falling maple wings

• Editorial: The Fourth looks to be a blast

• They are thinking ahead at Southwest Middle School

• Governor should certify after ruling

• Is there the same outcry for livestock?

• Marin to speak at state park Sunday

• Peek at the Past

• Alden-Conger wins mileage challenge

• Straight A’s

• State cites Thorne Crest for neglect

• Hawthorne students celebrate last day of school

• Water’s Edge draws more than 400

• Radio station celebrates 4 years

• Salvation Army takes part in food program

• Called to the dance

• Confirmation at Ascension

• Spuds, splits at First Lutheran

• Hartland Lutheran plans vacation Bible School

• Healing service at Our Father’s House tonight

• Marin to lead service at state park Sunday

• Youth earns Citation Award

• Plaza Street reopens to traffic

• State track meet begins for several area athletes

• Reds find timely hits while Colonels left looking

• USC eighth-grader drops 10 strokes at girls’ golf tournament

• Vikings softball wins first game of season

• Bulldogs baseball splits doubleheader with Riceville

Thursday, June 4

• Fluffy toilet paper comes at a price to trees

• Editorial: Get ready for a long election cycle

• The suspect in pro-life murder was not alone

• Developers of golf club to be applauded

• Help Humane Society reach its fund goal

• Peek at the Past

• The Moose is on the loose

• Annuity is a snag in teacher pay

• Waste Management fire flares overnight

• C-Span visits Albert Lea High School

• Neo-Nazis protest illegal immigration

• Weekend Planner: triathlon, fishing slated for kids

• Wrestling coming to Freeborn Days

• USA Today article featuring Albert Lea expected June 10

• Animals available for adoption at animal shelter

• Salvation Army still has openings in day camp program

• ALMC donates to Healthy Families

• Eagles Auxiliary meets

• 3 more Dems consider running for Minn. governor

• Meyers celebrate anniversary

• Class of 1950 to hold mini-reunion

• Toastmasters speakers

• Campus Notes

• Scout earns Eagle Award

• Domestic Engineers meet

• Hanson improves in second trip

• Different route for Falk on Day 2

• USC eighth-grader makes first trip to state golf tourney

• So, he wrote a book

Wednesday, June 3

• Waiting for 'fore!'

• USA Today article now expected June 10

• House Minority Leader Siefert to step down

• State cuts to impact Albert Lea Medical Center

• Video crew films Glenville-Emmons cafeteria

• The tomato: one of the ultimate super foods

• Twin Cities airport signs confuse travelers

• Some soil from Blazing Star goes to transfer center

• One month remains in the Humane Society challenge

• Permit issued for new spec building

• It itches, so will you please scratch my acnestis?

• Editorial: If you like wine, try this one

• Shame on everyone for the huge U.S. debt

• Thanks for the great Memorial Day

• America needs to care for Americans

• Don’t get a pet if you can’t afford it

• Peek at the Past

• 2 Waste Management buildings burn

• Hanson makes rally on back nine

• Falk battles through up-and-down first round

• NDSU’s Woodside works out for home team Wolves

• Bulldogs baseball picks up first win

• Bulldogs eke out win over West Fork

Tuesday, June 2

• Pawlenty says he won't seek third term

• Sources: Minn. governor won’t seek third term

• Albert Lea teachers favoring a pay freeze

• Wanna be startin’ somethin’

• Owner of Motor Inn talks about GM bankruptcy

• $16,000 raised for July 4 fireworks

• Caseload goes up at the Walz office

• Electrical lines to be rebuilt

• Rainbow times 2

• Nevada senator optimistic about GOP in Iowa visit

• Brownville theater opens 43rd season June 12

• Campus notes

• To grow, look at the places that are growing

• Ag officials: Most of Minnesota corn in good condition

• Editorial: Wishing the best for the Hausers

• Pawlenty can stop blaming Albert Lea for state budget mess

• Thanks for support of Take a Kid Fishing

• Peek at the Past

• Senate race reaches state’s highest court

• Southwest students take part in mock trial

• St. Paul cuts down trees infested with emerald ash borer

Monday, June 1

• Yup, it’s the 4-H clubs

• Woodside will work out with Timberwolves

• USC Legion goes down swinging

• USC hurdler qualifies for fifth trip to state

• Big inning hurts Vikings

• Vikings softball team unable to hold off Riceville

• Prep scores for June 1

• Bonnerup opens on Main

• Take a Kid Fishing Day is coming

• Green Lea turns 60

• Boat reported stolen

• Companies to explore hydropower on Mississippi

• To seek change, listen to the poorest among us

• Editorial: ‘Show me a man who thinks he’s objective’

• No more biting satire in Austin Daily Herald

• Can it be? Iowa presidential campaigning returns

• Seat belt law gets folks to buckle up

• Peek at the Past

• General Motors files for bankruptcy

• Albert Lea runners add to state events

• Familiar faces return to state for NRHEG