Story archive for May 2009

Saturday, May 30

• A tribute to the ‘Fab Four’

• Man dead following motorcycle, car crash

• Lawyer questions police methods

• Detective: Defendant repeatedly changed what she said throughout her interview

• Readers’ Theater gives books

• Youth wins lamb

• Port Authority to hold regular meeting on Wednesday

• Sportsmen’s Club meets Tuesday

• Zenk named to Million Dollar Round Table

• Save energy and money in your home today

• Wind power the fastest-growing energy source anywhere

• Organizations

• Museum fatigue sets in at the National Mall

• Editorial: Thumbs

• Legislature adjourns after tackling big deficit

• Pawlenty would have seen it differently

• Peek at the past

• Falk overcomes turbulent year

• Hanson makes 2nd trip to state unburdened

• USC baseball season ends like last season

• Central Springs pounds Vikings softball

• Sports Memories

• Albert Lea’s military insignia collection

• The land of shallow waters

• Ag safety days

• New Noon Kiwanian

• ALHS class of 1969 to have reunion

• You can help

• Campus notes

• Hope For Africa Children’s Choir to perform in Lake Mills

• Citizens band together for REACT Month

• Kiwanis Club helps Scouting

• Iowa State Fair campgrounds open for summer fun

• Area students graduate from Minnesota State, Mankato

• April Balsley wins award

• Outstanding senior citizen nominations sought

• Travel Class of Albert Lea meets

• Motorcyclist dies after Friday crash

Friday, May 29

• In abuse case, lawyer questions police methods

• Minnesotans take a crack at the budget

• Gonzo for gardens

• Suspect in high-speed pursuit charged in Mower County

• Altogether now

• Grenade found in garage

• Accents makes the move from Freeborn to Alden

• Bonnerup unveils new facility

• Walking school bus

• Boy who resisted chemo now to receive it

• Midwest home sales post annual decline

• Humane Society to hold fundraiser Saturday

• Convictions

• Arctic Cat to cut 60 jobs at its plant

• Group sues over voter registration records

• A good trip doesn’t always mean there’s a smooth ride

• Area churches team up for Okoboji Lutheran Bible Camp

• 4th of July fireworks fundraiser is today

• Mount Carmel Trio to perform at First Lutheran Sunday

• The Rev. David Hernes to lead Sunday service at state park

• Healing service at Our Father’s House June 5

• Salad luncheon is June 12

• What we remember will affect our future

• A bus ride around our nation’s capital city

• Get ready for news via text messages

• Healing of bones or atrocities takes patience

• Immigration reform benefits prosperity

• The U.S. protects eagles over babies

• Peek at the Past

• Hearing today for teen in elder abuse case

Thursday, May 28

• Tigers qualify two runners for state track meet

• Northwood-Kensett offense makes up for miscues

• Bulldogs knock off No. 8 Central Springs

• Prep scores for May 28

• Treating a wider variety of ailments

• Where can people go to walk inside?

• First Land Between the Lakes Kids Triathlon set for June 6

• Bipolar disorder costly to treat

• TV inaccurately portrays violent crime

• Honoring nurses at Good Sam

• Mayo Clinic researchers examine the psychological impact of child abuse

• Mayo Clinic announces 5 June concerts

• Albert Lea’s Daybreakers Kiwanis Club receives Bike-A-Thon award

• Crossroads Community Hospice run/walk set for June 13

• Vitality Project Calendar of Events

• Mayo Clinic researchers: Green tea extract shows promise in leukemia trials

• Customer service is needed in tougher times

• Editorial: Move.

• Money matters when starting a new business

• A cage was found stuffed full of cats

• Peek at the Past

• Legacy Amendment funds 2 fish barriers

• Opera in the schools

• Sotomayor seen as ‘American dream’

• Target pushes the basics to reverse slide in sales

• United Health suggests ways to save

• Beatles tribute is back by popular demand

• Pheasant hunting drops in Iowa, smallest on record

• Proponents of medical marijuana want voters to decide

• $232 million lottery ticket sold in Winner, S.D.

• Meeting to highlight trail progress

• Photo: Rainy Mermaid

• Albert Lea High School singers perform at solo, ensemble contest

• 2007 Albert Lea graduate accepts U.N. internship

• Plaza Street closes for 2 weeks

• Music students to present recital Sunday

• ALMC to offer kindergarten physical clinics

• Ostomy Support Group to meet at ALMC

• Chorus second at contest

• Daybreakers make donation to local Habitat 500 rider

• Klobuchar to announce foodborne illness bill

• Convictions

• Albert Lea track teams set for sections

• The moves I would make if I owned the Twins

Wednesday, May 27

• Sitting in the mall, holding my wife’s purse

• Editorial: Pawlenty is a lame duck

• Discover what matters in leading a good life

• Will you survive the Pawlenty era?

• Ulland Bros. wins runway project

• Weekend wanderers

• Peek at the Past

• Car club to begin monthly cruises during summer

• Winona man charged in crash that killed 4

• Hot, dry weather helps farmers plant

• Parents of teen cancer patient agree to chemotherapy

• City to hold meeting on storm water pollution prevention plan

• New Daybreakers Kiwanian

• Rhubarb, asparagus abundant at farmers market

• Convictions

• Falk weathers back nine to advance to state

• Hanson earns return trip to state

• Lake Mills pitcher hurls no-hitter

• Montgomery-Lonsdale slugs its way past USC

• USC girls’ golf sends one to state

Tuesday, May 26

• Prep scores for May 26

• ‘Valor, sacrifice, loyalty, perseverance’

• Daniel Hauser back home, sees doctor

• Google features artwork of Wells girl

• 11 die on Minn. roads over weekend

• Quality of life can spur a community’s growth

• Target braces for shareholder’s meeting

• Editorial: State leaders failed

• State leaders need to bring the team to shore

• Peek at the Past

• 13 people thrown from boat on Mississippi

• Convictions

• Owatonna knocks out Albert Lea

• Bulldogs fall in season opener

• Brewster evacuated after plant fire

Monday, May 25

• Vitality Project to be featured in USA Today

• City Council to review LEC agreement

• The show must go on in spite of bad economy

• Convictions

• Do you remember what Memorial Day is for?

• Editorial: Listen to a child this holiday

• Clearing the air on transmission lines

• Essential oils, chemical-free product show is Thursday

• Albert Lea Lake listed among top walleye lakes

• Peek at the past

Sunday, May 24

• 50 years of monuments

• Rebels softball runs comes to end in section playoffs

• Lake Mills sprinter takes second at state meet

Saturday, May 23

• Third time’s almost a charm for Albert Lea

• Track teams improve at Big Nine

• Albert Lea boys’ basketball coach resigns

• Wingers offensive attack sends Tigers home

• Northwood-Kensett boys’ track moves relay through to finals

• First-ever kid’s triathlon will be held June 6

• Rebel track teams wins subsection meet

• Former Albert Lea youth hockey player signs with OSU

• U-10 Knights baseball takes second at tourney

• Albert Lea ‘C’ baseball team splits doubleheader with East

• Sports Memories

• Rice Lake Golf Club couples tournament set for May 31

• Taekwondo brings in awards at Dodge Center tournament

• Cadet nurse on honor flight

• Pawlenty responds to state’s mayors

• New bar, restaurants now open at golf club

• Albert Lea area gears up for Memorial Day

• Albert Lea Medical Center announces holiday hours

• Convictions

• AL Transit announces schedule to farmers market

• MPCA recognizes Poet for excellence in wastewater operations

• Stop the presses, the ones used for trousers

• Editorial: Thumbs

• It’s all about choices in the legislative session

• Thanks for donating the cardboard

• Fundraising for animals is good idea

• Line-item veto would cut earmarks

• Peek at the past

• Campus Notes

• Looking back on a hair-cutting spree

• Campus Notes

• Brittany Arendt joins Century 21

• ‘Angels & Demons’ shines a spotlight on good versus evil

• Book explores ‘Two Worlds’

• Remembering a bird called the passenger pigeon

• Birth Announcements

• You can Help

• A-C student to participate in Naval Academy Summer Seminar

• Remembering the ‘poor farm’ cemeteries

• Nice to know: Senior Center fundraiser a success

• Do your homework to enjoy a healthy eating-out experience

• Jillian Walechka is member of singing group

Friday, May 22

• Prep scores for May 22

• No need to venture far for fun

• Father of missing boy: ‘Please bring Danny home’

• Vitality Project, United Way join in efforts

• Tribune now offers news via Text Alerts

• Iowa governor signs sex-offender overhaul

• Minnesota unemployment rate lowers in April

• High-speed chase goes from Lyle to Northwood

• Southwest choir students take field trips next week

• Conger 4-H Club

• Sen. Dole and the World War II Memorial

• What passed and what failed, Part 2

• Know how to recognize childhood depression

• Use designated driver to stay safe

• United Methodist Women

• Find a higher calling in a service club

• When does epidemic become pandemic?

• Peek at the Past

• Column: A message for mothers

• Pawlenty vetoes last-minute tax bill

• Organization News: First Presbyterian Women

• Convictions

• AAUW Woman of the Year

• Development director to speak at First Presbyterian Church

• USC beats NRHEG in wild one

• Tiger boys’ golf 7 strokes back of leader at section tournament

• Albert Lea girls’ golf sits in 4th at sections

• Three Alden-Conger golfers miss state cut

• Lake Mills sprinter qualifies for finals in two events

• Tigers fall in individual section tournament

Thursday, May 21

• Glenville-Emmons baseball bounced from sections by Goodhue

• ML/GHEC starter shuts down Knights in playoffs

• Three Glenville-Emmons golfers compete at Section 1A meet

• Prep scores for May 21

• Area mayors, legislators call on Pawlenty to minimize LGA cuts

• Expert: Purpose matters

• Mother, son who fled chemo seen in Calif.

• Hormel reports increased earnings for 2nd quarter

• Most Valuable Person

• Freeborn business more than simply siding and windows

• Community band concert, breakfast top weekend events

• IMHO, DBEYR, ESO, OMG, TYVM, MTFBWY

• Editorial: What passed and what failed

• Terminating the Terminator in sunny California

• Barack Obama is Jimmy Carter reborn

• Peek at the Past

• Girls organize fundraiser to benefit Humane Society

• School librarians organize book lending program

• Vitality Project kickoff to air on government-access channel

• School matters: Link Leaders start training

• Notes from VFW Auxiliary

• A fishing opener on White Bear Lake goes off without a hitch

Wednesday, May 20

• Early errors hurt Albert Lea at sections

• Prep scores for May 20

• Plea agreement entered in washout case

• Mayors, lawmakers to meet Thursday in Albert Lea

• Stop texting and listen to graduation speaker

• Editorial: Unallot what? Disenfranchise who?

• Lawmakers in St. Paul attempt to find balance

• Here is another thumbs down

• Thanks for showing up on Saturday

• Thanks for tour for Winnehaha folks

• Peek at the Past

• Tyler Olson returns to his home

• Bonding bill to let city tidy Edgewater after big clean up

• Albert Lea Inn closes and is in receivership

• Relay for Life rolls with a good start

• Longevity foods: Tapping into the natural power of oats

• Concert at Southwest Thursday

• Alden-Conger post-prom committee appreciates support

• USC starts section tourney strong

• Six area golfers move on to section meet

• Randolph roughs up Glenville-Emmons

Tuesday, May 19

• Audit sheds light on preventing childhood obesity

• Prep scores for May 19

• Bike lanes ought to be painted on Fountain Street

• Editorial: Stimulus was sold as roads package

• Grow Minnesota gets answers, retains jobs

• Liberals are ruining once-great Democratic Party

• Peek at the Past

• Legislature adjourns just in time

• Prairie Profiles: Rusty Smith

• County 34 washout case has hearing this week

• Minn. House OKs new seat belt law

• Medical marijuana bill heads to governor

• Police ID driver from high-speed chase

• High school hosts chamber choirs

• Convictions

• Tiger girls' golf claims Big Nine Conference crown

• Cooper, Tigers end four-game skid

• Albert Lea boys’ golf takes 4th at Big Nine tourney

Monday, May 18

• Viking girls’ golf takes 5th at District meet

• Rebels baseball finds timely hits in win over Waseca

• Prep scores for May 18

• Sprucing up the downtown

• Health expert to reveal findings on local schools

• ‘You are the future’

• High-speed chase reported

• Bringing Up Grades rewards

• Convictions

• Wisconsin chorus to perform

• Editorial: Be outside these days

• Sadness sets in when a business closes doors

• My college roommate, colleague and friend

• Peek at the past

• Civic Music announces its season for 2009-10

• Genealogy, Computer Users meet

Sunday, May 17

• A good day for a triathlon

• Glenville-Emmons baseball wins in season finale

Saturday, May 16

• It is tempting to go join the Republican Party

• Midwest cities need new health outlook

• There’s a great lady in Twin Lakes

• Local region gains from bonding, tax measure

• Peek at the past

• Disc golf takes off

• With food, small changes equal big difference

• Albert Leans pledge to live healthier lifestyles

• Judge rules 13-year-old boy must see doctor for cancer

• Albert Lea dealers spared from Detroit’s cutbacks

• Prize-winning ticket sold in Mower County

• Memorial Day travel likely is to be greater than last year

• Spending cuts the focus of Minn. budget talks

• Boxes of hope

• Cornerstone Project gets paint

• Foundation supports families

• Application is out for day camp

• Retired director of human services keeps busy with his church, in the community

• Tips for keeping those pesky elephants out

• Albert Lea’s master of mirth making

• Birth Announcements

• Nursing scholarships awarded

• Kiwanians clean village

• Freeborn 4-H

• Military News: Patrick Whitcomb

• Wa-tan-ye

• Salem Women’s Executive Board

• Glenville Cub Scouts and WFLA Lodge 44 join hands

• Ritual team places first

• Campus Notes

• You Can Help

• Workshop aims to educate seniors

• ALC honor roll

• Thrivent provides enrichment materials to area schools

• Tigers complete undefeated conference season

• Northwood-Kensett boys’ track advances 4 events to state

• Maple River mows down Panthers

• Albert Lea natives bring pilates training to southern Minnesota

• Panthers overcome errors for victory over St. Clair

• Wolverine girls' golf takes second at SEC meet

• Albert Lea 'C' baseball team loses doubleheader

Friday, May 15

• Editorial: A user’s guide to a cellular sell-off

• We met Dole, Morse at World War II Memorial

• Shedding spotlight on children’s mental health

• Where were backers of free speech?

• A.L. police getting to be a rogue outfit

• A.L. Police Dept. has home safety program

• Peek at the Past

• The Vitality Project is rolling; country will watch Albert Lea

• There’s a pledge; what does it entail?

• Volunteers ready to clean downtown

• Car crashes into bank

• Convictions

• Community Lutheran to hold meatball dinner

• One of the flock

• American Legion Auxiliary

• Confirmed at Emmons Lutheran

• Local churches plan to send youths to ELCA gathering

• Coffeehouse concert at Crossroads Church Saturday

• Eighth-inning homer tops USC

• Four-run seventh lifts Winona over Tigers baseball

• Albert Lea girls' golf take seventh at Northfield

• NRHEG boys' golf ekes out conference championship win

• Panthers get shutout for second straight game

• Wolverine girls' golf pulls into tie for second in SEC with win

• Wolverines softball drops subsection game

• Late rally falls short for Wolverines softball

Thursday, May 14

• First-inning miscues cost Knights softball

• Knights baseball hangs on against Faribault Academies

• Wolverines baseball wins second straight

• Prep scores for May 14

• Section playoff pairings for softball and baseball

• Editorial: A big game of chicken in St. Paul

• What are you thinking, Brett Favre? Vikings?

• Preserving home ownership benefits everyone

• It was a moment of humility and wonder

• Who wins and loses in JOBZ program?

• Peek at the Past

• Walking is for all ages

• ‘The whole village is going to be involved’

• Verizon divestiture to impact 38 counties in Minn.

• Tuesday Literary Club celebrates 100

• Full Service Station delivers salon services typically found only in bigger cities

• Triathlon, recital, tea party take center stage

• Dancers to present end-of-year recital

• Baby born in Alden home

• Historical Society Foundation receives gifts

• Albert Lea High School senior vocal recital is Sunday

• Convictions

• Two Tiger standouts will reunite

• USC/A-C track teams continue conference reign

• Spring, concerns, and Minnesota state parks

• Errors work in favor of Wolverines baseball

• Wolverine softball picks up win over Mabel-Canton

• Wolverine girls’ golf takes second at Mabel

• Bethlehem Academy edges out NRHEG boys’ golf

• Prep schedule for May 14 and 15

Wednesday, May 13

• It’s National Police Week

• Opera star returns

• Vitality Project kickoff is Thursday

• Mosquito fee to be on the water bill

• Albert Lea Hometown Pride Cleanup Day is Saturday

• Scholarship salad luncheon is Thursday

• Dissolutions Filed

• Get a copy of ‘Lawn Mower Repair for Dummies’

• A chance to change your life happens Thursday

• What happened to all the money?

• Peek at the Past

• First inning foils Tigers softball

• East turns tables on Tigers baseball in big way

• Albert Lea boys' golf takes second at Mankato

• Albert Lea track teams take third

• Errors work in favor of Wolverines baseball

• Wolverine softball picks up win over Mabel-Canton

• NRHEG evens series with USC baseball

• USC girls' golf defeats Blooming Prairie, boys fall

• Nicollet shuts out Knights softball

• Wolverine girls' golf takes second at Mabel

• Three Alden-Conger golfers earn all-conference

• Maple River clobbers Knights baseball

• Northfield sweeps Albert Lea boys' tennis in sections

• Rebels softball clinches conference crown

Tuesday, May 12

• Prep scores for May 12

• Prairie Profiles: Brandi Draayer

• Medical center could face $4.1 million cut

• Albert Lea gets $440,000 grant for housing

• Albert Lea Farmers Market to open Wednesday

• Albert Leans set food-drive record

• Celebration’s goal: Nurturing a love that lasts

• Miss Minnesota to greet visitors at Albert Lea

• Eighth-graders visit college

• Residents pick ‘best burger’

• Editorial: Change the fiscal calendars in Minn.

• Borders set by colonial powers are the problem

• A perfect storm descends on higher education

• $5,000 in taxes gets you just 3 minutes

• Peek at the Past

Monday, May 11

• Wolverines retaliate against Alden-Conger

• Albert Lea boys’ golf posts 2nd lowest round of year

• Viking girls' golf places fourth at conference tournament

• Offense return from hiatus for USC baseball

• Alden-Conger golfer earns all-conference at Valley Conference tournament

• Albert Lea boys’ tennis finishes 10th at conference tournament

• USC softball pushes win streak to four

• Prep scores for May 11

• Green redesign

• Council to vote on adopt-a-park policy

• Companions for life

• Burglary items recovered

• Click-It-or-Ticket campaign kicks off May 18

• Senior Center fundraiser deemed success

• All that glitters: Making jewelry at the Albert Lea Senior Center

• AARP reminds legislators of the needs of elders

• Buddy Poppy Days are May 14, 15

• New Kiwanians

• Convictions

• Donation for Legion kitchen

• Funds raised for Education Days

• Editorial: ‘No real freedom without free press’

• Hitting the road and surviving the big rigs

• Where do ‘special’ items get hauled off to?

• U.S.-Cuba relations should be warmer

• Peek at the Past

Sunday, May 10

• After delay G-E, A-C split series

• Albert Lea boys’ golf leaves room to improve with finish at Fairmont

• Tiger girls’ golf places 2nd at Owatonna despite tough conditions

• Rebels softball wins Faribault tournament

Saturday, May 9

• Drama for mama keeps the family wondering

• Editorial: Thumbs

• State needs to weigh cuts to health care wisely

• When a friend has leukemia …

• Immigration policy is mere insanity

• Let’s get definition of immigrant straight

• Story about Van Erkel was a good read

• Peek at the Past

• The adoption option

• Hayward basement burns; no injuries

• Hollandale native is not the winner in Best Job contest

• Neurologist named new Mayo Clinic CEO

• Pawlenty reels in a northern

• DNR to manage state’s wolves

• The Rooftop Band to return for 2 performances

• Mural to depict A.L. opera star

• Foundation awards free paint

• Disc golf league to begin today

• Property taxes are due Friday

• Port Authority to hold meeting Wednesday

• Albert Lea Public Library hosts ‘Story Time With Miss Rosa’

• Butler Manufacturing Co. honors local contractor

• Genealogical Society to meet

• Travel Class of Albert Lea meets

• Conger 4-H Club

• New bishop formally appointed for Catholic Diocese of Winona

• Art Center hosts English tea

• A look back at the origins of tea time

• Nature’s Q and A

• Albert Lea’s prince of the printing press

• Visit proves Albert Lea’s own TV mom stays busy

• Northwestern Singers to present annual spring concert

• Birth Announcements

• Kiwanis Golden K II elects officers and directors

• Retired Educators to meet Thursday at Elks Lodge

• Great effort promotes traffic safety

• Purple Ribbon Recognition a success

• You Can Help

• Sons of Norway awards scholarships

• An unexpected champ

• Mondeel fitting into leadoff spot for Tigers

• Alden-Conger boys' golf takes 5th at home invite

• USC golf teams split at Blue Earth

• Panthers baseball tops JWP

• Bucs knock off NRHEG softball

• Albert Lea 7-8th grade team takes 3rd at state competition

• Albert Lea girls’ basketball boosters meeting scheduled for Monday

• Nothing like the smell of a spring rain

• Sports Memories

• Albert Lea ninth-grade baseball team falls to East

• U-10 Knights win Mason City Tournament

• Three Albert Lea girls’ basketball players earn Academic All-State

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• British soccer will invade Albert Lea

• Albert Lea Medical Center to offer free sports qualifying screenings

• Registration for youth soccer at Albert Lea Family Y is open

• Knights take 2nd at tourney

Friday, May 8

• ‘Taste, touch, feel and smell’

• Albert Lea man arrested following auto, foot pursuits

• Students help Humane Society

• Honoring Legionnaires

• What happened on Interstate 90?

• Marriage Licenses Issued

• Convictions

• Editorial: Biodiesel law will be good for the state

• Honor Flight to Washington revived memories

• Getting kids toward a state of mental fitness

• Seedorf’s column was unfair to men

• Immigration reform would help Postville

• Peek at the Past

• Remembering a Christian mother

• Seminary president to give Mother’s Day message

• Free coffeehouse concert at Crossroads

• Punchless Tigers drop twinbill

• Owatonna blasts Tigers in doubleheader sweep

• Rockets sweep Albert Lea boys' tennis in regular season finale

Thursday, May 7

• NRHEG boys' golf knocks off USC, girls fall to Rebels

• Viking boys' and girls' golf takes third at home meet

• First inning miscues cost Wolverines softball

• Middle innings lift Nicollet over Alden-Conger

• Prep scores for May 7

• Rally: Don’t cut JOBZ

• Sunrise over Fountain Lake

• Census workers canvassing addresses

• Northwood brewer discusses his craft

• Vital education

• Twins describe prom as ‘a blast’

• A-C students raise funds for overnight zoo trip

• Man’s refusal to test leads to arrest

• Austin man reportedly shoots DVD player

• Honoring Kirkwood Adams

• Youth choir concert Saturday

• Soybean farmers can vote on a checkoff referendum

• Letter carriers to hold food drive

• Partnership offers competitive payment rates through June 5

• Wind convention in the Windy City

• Convictions

• May 16 jazz concert to feature Real Big Band

• Albert Lea High School vocal concert set for Monday

• Red Cross announces ‘Dancing with Stars’ winners

• Grapevine Twist

• A.L. hockey player participates in Toronto prospect tournament

• Panther girls’ track takes 2nd at True Team

• The Minnesota Vikings and the 2009 draft

• Knights baseball hangs on to beat Truman

• Green Lea Friday Night Couples begins May 15

• Prep schedule for May 7 and 8

• Editorial: Unions need to think about all

• Happy Mother’s Day to all the great mothers

• Stay-at-home mom provided a precious gift

• Teachers, helpers are doing great work

• Peek at the Past

Wednesday, May 6

• Albert Leans gather to show support for JOBZ program

• May flowers and pottery

• Blaze burns basement

• Report on transmission lines to wind farm is available

• Panel takes aim at the abuse of prescription drugs

• Alden grown-ups attend their own prom

• City, county issue building reports

• Funding available for conservation

• Driver injured in crash

• Poppy Day coming to Glenville Saturday

• Cedar Point Camp gets a renovation

• Editorial: So what’s the big deal over swine flu?

• No more Pontiacs? Will this cause road rage?

• Adage: ‘How GM goes, so goes our country’

• U.S. needs to work together to get better

• State is balancing budget on seniors

• ‘A Funny Thing’ is a funny production

• Peek at the Past

• Albert Lea offense returns in rout of East

• Albert Lea boys' track takes sixth at true team meet

• Albert Lea girls' track takes fifth at section true team meet

• Cougars sweep Tigers in doubleheader

Tuesday, May 5

• Lanesboro knocks off Glenville-Emmons boys' and girls' golf

• Knights softball ekes out win over Glenville-Emmons

• USC baseball losing streak reaches four games

• Blossoms even score with Rebels softball

• Century sweeps Tiger tennis

• Blooming Prairie tops NRHEG boys' golf by one

• Prep scores for May 5

• Prairie Profiles: Ans Van Erkel

• Fire update: 2 in St. Paul burn unit

• Hearing for Ashton Larson pushed back again

• ‘Rally’ to take place on courthouse lawn

• Dogs impounded after attack

• Steve Martin writes memoir about his rise

• Presbyterian Women gather

• Mother-child brunch is Saturday

• Editorial: Time to revisit the restrooms

• Remembering two Republicans, here and there

• The big May event is the Vitality Project launch

• Governor shares his view on funding state gov’t

• Peek at the Past

Monday, May 4

• Tigers’ depth carries team to win

• Glenville-Emmons softball scores upset win over Houston

• Houston squeezes by Glenville-Emmons baseball team

• Long ball does damage to NRHEG baseball team

• Blooming Prairie rallies in seventh to beat NRHEG softball

• Bulldog girls' golf breezes by Belmond-Klemme

• USC baseball team hits three-game losing streak

• Clear Lake mows down Bulldog boys' golf

• Rebels softball stretches win streak to four

• Northwood-Kensett girls' golf wins at home

• Prep scores for May 4

• Alden-Conger boys’ golf shoots season-low at Triton

• ALMC Reports

• A good day for a bike ride

• A family and its friends ride together

• Council wants less reliance on state aid

• Hy-Vee rolls out NuVal scoring system

• Fountain Lake Sportsmen’s Club meets Tuesday

• Child attacked by dog, taken to Rochester

• Former senator greets veterans

• Editorial: There Bachman goes again

• A good idea for the next ‘Survivor’ series on TV

• Pet purchasers can halt the puppy mills

• Children do their part on Earth Day

• Why did Tribune disable comments?

• Congrats to winners of dance contest

• Sheriff Harig makes lemonade out of jail

• Dowsers coming to Altura to dowse

• Peek at the Past

• Local ref gets rare opportunity

• Panthers softball goes 0-2 at Cannon Falls

• Errors pile up as Tigers fall 8-4 to Rockets

• Co-ed softball meeting set for Wednesday in Glenville

• Prep schedule for May 4 and 5

Saturday, May 2

• Thumbs

• Final budget negotiations begin at Capitol

• Retribution vs. restoration and the body politic

• Local Humane Society board is the best ever

• Martin County was disenfranchised

• Peek at the Past

• Delighted with day care

• Local officials set for possible outbreak

• County leaders to meet to discuss VA clinic

• Lakeview class follow Blue Zones founder’s expedition to Icaria, Greece

• Sibley class follow Blue Zones founder’s expedition to Icaria, Greece

• Albert Lea teen turns 16, plans birthday party blood drive at Northbridge Mall

• 14 arrested on meth charges

• Master technician joins Bergdale Harley-Davidson

• Convictions

• A look at the newest 4-H livestock project

• Violin students hold recital

• Insight School of Minnesota to present information session in Albert Lea

• Wolf den picks up trash

• Albert Lea Lions Club donates to Journey for Service effort

• Wartburg accepts Randene Davis

• Errors pile up as Tigers fall to Rockets

• Panthers get tricky in victory

• NRHEG softball falls to Cardinals

• USC softball grabs the lead in Gopher with win

• A.L. wrestling golf tournament set for May 16

• USC baseball squanders lead in 14-7 loss to LCWM

• GHEC defeats Alden-Conger boys’ golf

• Errors catch up with Wolverines

• Bulldog girls place third at triangular

• Blooming Prairie holds off NRHEG boys’ golf

• Sports Memories

• LakeView Lions resuscitate service project

• The owl is a tiger with wings

• Local Lions clubs donate to Journey for Service

• Albert Lea’s forgotten foundries

• Using consequences to change behaviors

• Southwest Middle School releases 3rd-quarter honor rolls

• Birth Announcements

• You Can Help

• Domestic Engineers

• Workshops aim to educate seniors on legal matters

• Danish Brotherhood Lodge 75

• Senior Awards Night is May 13

Friday, May 1

• Minnesota says 2nd probable swine flu case

• Editorial: Swine flu doesn’t come from pork

• Wide open spaces versus highly dense spaces

• Chamber of Commerce goes blue and green

• It’s National Crime Victim’s Rights Week

• Peek at the Past

• Learning to drive

• Mower County breaks ground on jail

• Riverland students headed to Ecuador

• Report: Swerving caused trailer and backhoe to tip

• The 2009 fishing opener is just around the corner on May 9

• Stereo units reported stolen

• Ninth-grade math team earns conference championship

• First District Republicans to convene Saturday in Rochester

• Help for the Humane Society

• Albert Lea Aglow meets Thursday

• Convictions

• Lens and Shutter Club

• Rites of spring

• First Lutheran Church Women

• Blessing of Bikes and food drive scheduled for Sunday at Salem

• Salem Women’s Executive Board

• VFW Auxiliary

• AAUW

• Tigers push conference record to 7-0

• Spartans shut down Tigers 7-1

• Mayo pulls even with Tigers in 8-3 victory

• Albert Lea boys' golf places fifth at Northfield

• Winona sweeps Albert Lea tennis

• NRHEG boys' golf delivers Blooming Prairie a loss

• NRHEG falls in second straight one-run game

• Seventh inning rally falls short for Rebels