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
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


