Story archive for November 2009

Saturday, Nov. 21

• USC QB hits his mark as senior

• Success follows Huse to football field

• All-Area First Team

• All-Area Second Team

• Unions still in negotiations with county

• Tigers unable to replicate section times at state

• ‘We are full to bursting already’

• N-K’s Hartman scores 1,000th career point in victory over North Iowa

• Sports Memories

• Death of Drew Brees’ mother ruled a suicide

• Missing man found

• FIFA: No replay for France-Ireland WCup qualifier

• Childress has endorsement from Vikings to continue after Wilfs decided to offer contract extension to him

• In Minnesota, Favre has found a rhythm with WR Sidney Rice

• Local nonprofits gained $40,000 on GiveMN.org

• NFL players hooked on fantasy football

• NFL union opposes reporting on teammates

• Alden to hold annual Christmas Tour of Homes

• Brie’s Photo Contest winner

• Sen. Sparks congratulates area schools receiving federal grant

• Iowa unemployment moves higher

• Minn-Kota Red Cross has new director

• Wis., Minn. lawmakers trying to resolve tax issue

• History buffs recognize designer of Minn. Capitol

• 18 press Minn. pardons board for clean slate

• Government worker union picks Kelliher for Minn. gov

• Video game watchdog group in Minn. to close

• Minnesota House tells court Pawlenty abused budget law

• Appreciation of art in the city of big shoulders

• Editorial: Thumbs

• From jealousy to joy trusting in abundance

• Youth for Christ changed perspective

• Peek at the Past

• Minnesota Farmers Union holding annual convention

• Another 3 Iowans dead from H1N1 complications

• Details on the extended first-time home buyer credit signed Nov. 6

• ‘Christmas with Waldorf’ scheduled for Dec. 5 and 6

• Low water levels expose lake beds

• Albert Lea photos on display in Austin

• Pastoral path runs through nursing homes, jails

• Lighthouse Event Center to present ‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever’

• Not all birds were created eagle

• Old churches find some new uses

• Take time to think about the many things you have, your life’s blessings

• ALHS band members attend regional Honor Band events

• Birth Announcements

• Minnesota State Mankato to present ‘Rocky Horror’

• Kristine Kelly accepted for admission to Luther

• First Lutheran Church Women

• St. John’s Auxiliary

• You Can Help

Friday, Nov. 20

• League finds Thunder allowed ‘pay-to-play’

• League statement: ‘Not a reflection on NAHL’

• Officials: ‘Medical episode’ a possibility

• Patrol, Mayo give list of passengers

• Medical center swung into ‘automatic gear’

• Man drives a company truck into a swamp north of Albert Lea

• Wells kicks off holiday shopping season tonight

• Window smashed, stereo stolen

• Convictions

• Daybreakers donate to Quarterback Club

• Grief series to begin Dec. 2

• Lens & Shutter

• Tiger swimmers will enjoy reward of reaching state meet

• Prep schedule for Nov. 20 and 21

• V.F.W. Auxiliary

• Holiday Lanes youth bowling league holding pancake breakfast Sunday

• Methodists and Lutherans meet for joint thanksgiving service

• Giants’ Lincecum wins 2nd Cy Young Award

• Irate Irish cry foul after ref hands win

• Haven of Wells to host first fundraiser

• Enjoy the nice weather while you can

• Surviving the Armistice Day Blizzard in a boat

• Editorial: Courts are good check on executive

• Allowing holiday drinking by teens does harm

• Backgammon needs to be included

• Peek at the Past

Thursday, Nov. 19

• Buettner focusing on taking Vitality Project to larger city

• State Patrol: It's too early to speculate cause of crash

• Blue Zones founder Dan Buettner on Oprah Web site

• Injured bus passengers in Albert Lea, Austin hospitals in fair condition

• 2 killed in bus crash identified

• Plays, antique fair, breakfasts all happening this weekend

• Vehicle rollover reported

• Convictions

• Kiwanians honored for service

• 2 die in bus rollover

• Cantori to ‘Sing in the Season’ Sunday

• Albert Lea girls’ soccer award winners

• A trip to the Surf

• Joe Mauer and his Twins future

• Sons of Norway

• Coyotes skate past Wild with late goal for 3-2 win

• Prep schedule for Nov. 19 and 20

• Rockets hand Wolves 11th consecutive loss, 97-84 at home

• Tracy, Scioscia win Manager of the Year awards

• The holidays are coming, the holidays are …

• Editorial: State plan for H1N1 is best way

• Affordable Health Care for America Act is fair

• Peek at the Past

Wednesday, Nov. 18

• Turkey bingo

• Casino nonprofit gives $1 million

• All county residents invited to dinner

• ‘Death of a Salesman’ opens tonight

• Judge drops case against family that denied chemo

• Mail scam reported

• Hayward 4-H

• Law enforcement officers urge people to drive with care over holiday weekend

• Convictions

• Games now available at AlbertLeaTribune.com

• Plans underway for Annual Sparky Golf Tournament

• Wreaths symbolize different things to different people

• Kendra Olchefske plays Mustang soccer

• Military News

• United Methodist Women

• Glenville American Legion Auxiliary

• Alaska is bigger than you think but has a view

• Editorial: Games coming to our Web site

• Federal gov’t needs to stop deficit spending

• Column on storm was enjoyable read

• Have veterans fought for Marxist regime?

• Peek at the Past

• Royce White attorney wants a quick end to case

• Tigers fade against Raiders

• Friend reports UFC’s Lesnar home, recuperating

• Minnesota football team to bus to Iowa for game

• Greinke wins AL Cy Young Award

• RB Johnson signs with Bengals

Tuesday, Nov. 17

• Giving a little push

• Pawlenty’s power to cut budget in court

• Judge: Ashton Larson case can proceed

• Why does Sarah Palin talk Midwestern?

• Dry weeks spark corn, bean harvest

• Maybe it is time to rethink jury duty system

• Authorities urge safe hunting

• In the Legislature, focus is on jobs, jobs, jobs

• Minnesota needs to fix school funding

• Peek at the Past

• Albert Lea Medical Center welcomes new plastic surgeon

• Second half of some taxes were due Monday, penalty added today

• Meet to help form an Albert Lea Arts Council tomorrow

• Super seed counter

• Lose it Big competition update

• Genealogy & Computer Users Group meets tonight

• Dissolutions

• Marriage licenses issued

• Vikings trying to break out of losing doldrums

• No. 24 Minn. runs past Stephen F. Austin

• Big plays help Vikings overcome carelessness against Lions

• UFC champ Lesnar had bacterial infection

• Coghlan is NL Rookie of Year, Bailey wins AL award

Monday, Nov. 16

• Late-night hotspot

• Former Mayor Niles Shoff dead at 84

• Local attorney featured on airport television

• Students return to Austin to relive Rocket Society’s claim to fame

• Curfew violated

• Angie vs. Mandy and the dueling books

• Convictions

• Agricultural, mobile home real estate taxes due

• Animal show at the library

• United Preschool updates its playground equipment

• ALMC sponsors United Way’s 2009-10 children’s book

• Chemistry, physics club meets

• Cookie contest winners named

• Turkey bingo at Hawthorne Tuesday

• Why not check out Route 59?

• Sibley students talk about veterans

• ALHS singers attend festival

• Early childhood screening Thursday

• Students learn about Bill of Rights

• Southwest students collect food items

• Waldorf to present ‘Merchant of Venice’

• Ashley Hagen to perform in ‘Christmas at Bethany’

• I am old, but don’t call me old; OK, call me old

• Editorial: Pawlenty could have fixed the problem

• A message lost in the Berlin Wall celebration

• Peek at the Past

• Opportunity turns to disappointment for Thunder

• Prep schedule for Nov. 16 and 17

• Favre, Rice dominate as Vikings beat Lions

• Colts take advantage of Pats’ gamble

• Bemidji St. gets first win over Minnesota

• Jokinen helps Hurricanes beat Wild 5-4

• James considering switching his jersey number to honor Jordan

• Johnson cruising into NASCAR finale after Phoenix victory

Saturday, Nov. 14

• Stormwater park advances

• Walz visits runway project

• Online donations to be matched

• Farmers using more petroleum

• Dancing Moai

• Brie’s Photo Contest winner

• Senior Resources to hold antique fair

• ALMC’s Laboratory receives accreditation

• ¿Como se llama?

• Alliance Pipeline supports stormwater park project

• The Silhouette donates to Naeve Health Care Foundation

• New Kiwanian

• Kiwanis award winners

• Candlelight vigil committee grateful for support

• Military News

• Republican senators need exchange of peace

• Editorial: Thumbs

• What are Freeborn Co. citizens thankful for?

• AARP thanks Walz for health bill vote

• Panther hitter absorbs game

• Walking moai still meets this autumn

• Suicide leaves many wondering why

• Peek at the Past

• Consistency remains key for Bulldog program

• All-area volleyball teams

• Standing corn has had some effect on area deer opener

• Sports Memories

• Albert Lea High School to present energy-packed show

• Sea Monkeys and the Great Salt Lake

• Albert Lea’s outside link during the Armistice Day Blizzard

• St. Theodore class of ‘42 meets

• Women mark 65 years of friendship

• Birth Announcements

• Carnivals again successful

• Athletic sponsors are appreciated

• Crafters ready for Holidays Ahead

• Travel Class of Albert Lea

• Keep the Fires Burning a success, thanks to volunteers

• Wa-tan-ye Service Club

• You Can Help

• Thunder fall 2-1 in shootout to Alexandria

• Tiger swimmers advance relay and two individual to state meet

Friday, Nov. 13

• Walz visits runway project

• ALMC to give $27K to Vitality Center

• H1N1 flu shots given out; more to come

• Youth for Christ shares its success stories

• Volunteer program gets a new leader

• Hy-Vee donates Smart Board to local preschool

• Rollover reported, no injuries

• Walz visits Albert Lea’s runway construction

• Art exhibit features work of Jan Schewe

• How big is our God?

• Waldorf Jazz Band to perform Monday

• Lefse time at First Lutheran

• Waldorf Wind Symphony performed Nov. 7

• Waldorf choir performed in Thompson, Iowa

• Highlights of infamous Armistice Day Blizzard

• Editorial: Secrets hurt Elks Lodge

• 1 step forward, 2 backward on women’s rights

• Tuesday is a special day for Minn. giving

• Peek at the Past

• Thunder will try to move from cellar of the division

• Tigers earn 5-3 victory over Mankato East

• Prep schedule for Nov. 13 and 14

• Prep scores for Nov. 12

• Albert Lea’s Miller receives special recognition at Senior Classic game

• Former ALHS girls’ soccer player Whitney Wilson helps lead UMD to NCAA Division II tournament

• Former Albert Lea volleyball standout Annika Smed helps lead North Dakota to possible conference title

• Lightning beat Wild in shootout

• 49ers beat Bears 10-6 to end skid

• 2009 Silver Slugger team

Thursday, Nov. 12

• Minn. officials might borrow to pay state bills

• Thank you isn’t enough

• Read a transcript of Lt. Col. Funk’s speech for Veterans Day ceremonies

• Census asks illegal immigrants to respond

• Alden-Conger presents one-act plays

• Pawlenty, others mark Veterans Day

• The Nielsen triplets turn 4 years old

• ACT’s ‘Breaking Legs’ tickles the funnybone

• Craft shows, breakfasts and comedy mean busy weekend

• Fires reported

• Corn sets on fire

• Southwest eighth-graders chosen for honors choir

• Breakfast for veterans

• Art exhibit in downtown windows

• Salvation Army plans Thanksgiving dinner

• Convictions

• Area student participates in choral festival

• Yesterday, all of our troubles were so far away

• Editorial: Do your kids watch TV?

• To be or not to be? On the 2010 bonding bill

• Writers thank old digs, welcome new

• Thanks for throwing tribute concert

• Poll idea: Should chairs be varied?

• Peek at the Past

• Albert Lea sizzles at section meet

Wednesday, Nov. 11

• Prep schedule for Nov. 12 and 13

• Baseball and the laws of probability

• Oden leads Blazers over Wolves

• Kids and vets do lunch

• Teachers’ pay contract still unresolved

• Does chapter to host state meeting

• Pawlenty shoots buck, but struggles to find the animal

• Online school to hold area open house

• H1N1 poster contest winners

• Convictions

• Lions give third-graders dictionaries

• U.S. crop estimates may ease fears about wet harvest

• Top bidder for motorized recliner backs out

• Iowans lining up for H1N1 flu vaccine

• Franken to highlight service dogs on Vets Day

• On stubbed toes, car horns, weather, BBs, pie

• Editorial: Thank veterans today

• Successful reintegration is key to home mission

• It is time to thank America’s heroes

• Peek at the Past

Tuesday, Nov. 10

• Tigers take aim for state

• Prep schedule

• Koivu has goal, 2 assists in win over Leafs

• Gophers try to put last week’s stumble behind them for SDSU

• Mauer among Gold Glove winners

• Struggling Wolves have 3 All-Star candidates

• Vikings extend sellout streak to 3 more games

• New soccer league to start play in April

• Baseball GMs pass on expanding instant replay use

• Wrestling has a hold on him

• Albert Lea Inn now Midwestern Hotel

• Council rejects Legion’s request for sign

• 3-day worship coming to Trinity Luth.

• Book tells how ladies aid upheld Lutheran tradition

• Vehicle sideswiped

• Veterans Day program at Southwest

• Fitness center to host holiday survival plan

• Convictions

• A.L.’s Miller laces up boots for Senior Classic at Dome

• Even with week off, Vikings stretch lead

• Steelers cruise past Broncos 28-10

• Boston Red Sox exercise Martinez option, decline picking up Varitek

• No. 25 Minnesota rolls over Minn. St., Moorhead

• Prep Schedule for Nov. 10 and 11

• Albert Lea ripe for Northwoods League picking

• Editorial: Get vaccine priorities straight

• Plastics have more harmful impact than thought

• Web site supports giving to nonprofits

• Peek at the Past

Monday, Nov. 9

• New episode of 'Uffda Kitchen' features Chicken Fajita Salad

• Texas, Mexico and Albert Lea

• Le Sueur Co. deputy not charged

• Albert Lea sets record high

• Kids in a candy store in Owatonna

• Man dies after trench collapses

• Corn field fire reported

• Convictions

• Family reading night at G-E

• A photo shooting spree

• Dreams are discovered on the detours of life

• Editorial: A moment of silence

• Plan now to survive the seasonal sales cycle

• Schools should consider where buses stop

• Peek at the Past

• Alleged shooter tied to mosque of 9/11 hijackers

• House health bill unacceptable to many in Senate

Sunday, Nov. 8

• Thunder battles back for a point in shootout loss to North Iowa

Saturday, Nov. 7

• USC/A-C's Goemann places 114th at first state cross country meet

• What in the news is that?

• Will American Legion be allowed outdoor message board?

• Salvation Army raises red kettle money goal

• DNR hopes to stabilize deer heard this year

• Brie’s photo contest winner

• ‘Set Memories Aglow’ this holiday season

• Church women to meet Wednesday

• Life’s variety pack of people, places and things

• Editorial: Thumbs

• ‘Take care of golf balls first … the rest is sand’

• Will fountains be out before freeze?

• Walz needs to do better in Washington

• Peek at the Past

• Fort Hood victims include St. Paul soldier

• Blood donors receive pins

• Retired educators to meet Thursday

• Military News: Kyle Davis

• Monson places 12th at state cross country meet

• Scholarship winner plans to care for Alaskan natives

• Character trait winners

• Will Rude still be a part of the police department?

• Rude’s future with school board, Austin Police Department uncertain

• Minn.’s ’DWI chair’ sells for more than $10,000

• Top Notch Stock Farm enters beef in expo

• Artistic Hair Designers staff attend show

• Got deer? Minn. food shelves looking for donations

• Pawlenty heads to Iowa as signs point to 2012 run

• Farm Service Agency county elections begin in Minnesota

• First place alpaca

• ACT to open season with ‘wickedly funny’ comedy

• The legend of the crow

• Mementos of a forgotten community

• Youth For Christ plans fundraising luncheon and dessert banquet

• We never know what tomorrow will bring

• Birth Announcements

• Graceland Cemetery installs new signs

• Sibley students tour Clear Lake, Mason City

• Freeborn County Genealogical Society to meet Monday

• Austin women of ‘53 to meet

• Our Savior’s Ladies’ Aid

• You Can Help

• Thunder go flat in Owatonna

Friday, Nov. 6

• Surprise season leads Albert Lea bowling team to strong year

• Sports Memories

• Stephanie Erdman to sing in Rochester Saturday

• Open-heart kindness

• Jury finds Austin police captain guilty

• Farmers market moves inside the mall

• Go Inside the Tribune

• Soldiers return from Iraq

• The results of the 1989 Tiger yearbook poll

• City, watershed apply for grants

• Editorial: Some good from the overshoot

• Health care bills from Reid, Pelosi are ‘sham’

• How will they cut Medicare program?

• Semi rolls over

• Fear and greed move the ruling class

• Peek at the Past

• Northwestern Singers present 10th annual benefit concert for youth music programs

• KFC still plans to open locally

• Southwest gets ready for winter sports

• Class of 1954 celebrates 55-year reunion with a mini-Tigers Roar

• Freeborn County Home Council

• God speaks his mind quite clearly in his inspired word

• Salem holds dedication dinner

• Pool tournament raises funds for Crossroads Community Hospice

• Take time to enjoy the crisp fall days

• Family runs through the deer season together

• LeSueur-Henderson serving carves up Panthers in subsection title match

Thursday, Nov. 5

• Two area freshmen set to run at state meet

• Helping hands

• Federal inmates in county jail on the rise

• Wis. band to play bluegrass concert

• Open house to showcase Vitality Center, Jacobson building

• Fall supper means food, fellowship and fun

• St. Theodore School is ready for its annual spaghetti supper

• Conger in black and white

• City, county issue permits

• Woman transported after crash

• Red Cross offers CPR, first aid classes

• In memory

• Convictions

• Girls’ hockey just around the corner

• The simple things in life

• Prep Schedule for Nov. 5 and 6

• Michigan wedding shares poem ‘I Like You’

• Editorial: NRHEG voters made the right move

• Welcome to a blind dog with good ears

• Time to move on now that Elks is closed

• Mexico Lindo site will benefit all

• Be a mentor to young child in the area

• Peek at the Past

Wednesday, Nov. 4

• Missing North Dakota students found in pond

• Levy passes in NRHEG

• Flu vaccine arrives at Freeborn County Public Health

• Man pleads guilty in slashing case

• Austin voters shoot down levy request

• Blooming Prairie passes 1 of 2 levies

• Commission gives nod to building designs

• Northwood voters elect Randy Severson mayor

• Tenor to perform for concert series

• Mayo Clinic announces new visitation policy

• Healing service Friday

• Convictions

• H1N1 vaccine arrives at Freeborn County Public Health

• Small the news that’s it to print in Hartland

• Editorial: Segment explained project well

• Will Americans wake up and answer the call?

• Thanks to churches for getting involved

• What’s worse, vacant building or a freezer?

• Peek at the Past

• State trip stifled again

Tuesday, Nov. 3

• Vitality Project segment to re-air

• Black Bean Tacos featured on 'Uffda Kitchen'

• Where the dogies roam

• Albert Lea featured on show ‘Nightline’

• Austin fire chief is in the hot seat

• Guitar-picking banker to play Saturday

• United Way is a quarter of way to campaign target

• County 34 washout case steps ever closer to a jury trial

• Man cited for DWI

• Talking computers

• New traffic patterns on I-90 starting today

• Soup and dessert supper Wednesday

• Vocations in life are more than a job that pays

• Editorial: What’s wrong with baseball

• Middle school reaches out to Spanish speakers

• Why the health care debate is way off

• Peek at the Past

• NRHEG school levy voting locations

Monday, Nov. 2

• Prime time Panthers

• Prep scores for Nov. 2

• Albert Lea on ABC's 'Nightline' tonight

• Getting in the spirit a bit early

• 2nd retirement better than 1st

• ALMC issues visiting limits

• Ambassador of the Year has ‘twinkle’

• Habitat selects Albert Lea family

• Train hits vehicle

• Halloween DWI offenders unmasked

• Doing three seasons in one block

• AAUW awards scholarships

• Women of Today give Glenville a fall look

• Seconds of relaxation can offset loads of stress

• Editorial: Leave a light on for Jacob

• Albert Lea sure has a November to remember

• Little boy liked ‘Wild Things’ movie

• Youth for Christ came through

• Peek at the Past

Sunday, Nov. 1

• Tigers move up the ranks at Big Nine meet

• Grand Meadow ends Alden-Conger’s season with 49-28 blowout victory in playoffs

• Triton upsets No. 1 seed USC in section semis

• Thunder snap seven game skid