Story archive for October 2009

Saturday, Oct. 31

• Prep scores for Oct. 31

• What happened to the Elks?

• Trail panel asks for $720,000

• Public hearing on design standards set for Tuesday

• A pink Halloween

• Key runway reopens at Minneapolis-St. Paul airport

• NE Minnesota escapee arraigned

• 2 more swine flu deaths in Iowa

• When the tough really should get going home

• Editorial: Thumbs

• Teamwork needed to do more for community

• Misinformed voters are the real danger

• Albert Lea gave a friendly welcome

• Peek at the Past

• Bulldogs back to regional finals

• White House: Stimulus behind 14,315 Minn. jobs

• Grief Support Group series begins

• Port Authority to meet

• Alden to hold church supper

• Rebel runner headed to state meet

• Thunder losing streak hits 7 games after 5-0 loss to Bismarck

• Sports Memories

• Glenville-Emmon volleyball season ends in loss to Hayfield in subsection playoffs

• Brie's Photo Contest

• An illuminating look at the local museum’s lamp collection

• Nature's Q and A

• Special education services start shortly after boy’s birth

• ACHF planning sessions to be held around the state

• New 4-H officers, advisers elected

• Birth Announcements

• New Noon Kiwanian

• ALHS student council raises funds for United Way

• American Legion helps United Way

• First Lutheran Church Women

• St. John’s Auxiliary

• Domestic Engineers

• You Can Help

Friday, Oct. 30

• Costume

• Man faces charge of selling meth

• Some McD’s workers lost jobs in sale

• 2 jury trials are slated for next week

• Month in Pictures

• Woman arrested for multiple charges

• Trinity Lutheran to host World Community Day event

• Grapevine Twist

• Convictions

• Youth of the Year

• Program Partner of the Year

• Community Partner of the Year

• Advocate of the Year

• When life is insecure, people want answers

• Lefse time at Ascension

• Albert Lea Aglow to meet Thursday in Skyline Plaza

• Keep safety in mind on deer opener

• Halloween is yet another holiday about candy

• Editorial: Be good to clerks

• Let’s have an armistice for the environment

• Snowmobile races had great support

• Peek at the Past

Thursday, Oct. 29

• Monson earns return trip to state cross country meet

• Panthers start playoffs in dominating fashion

• Central Elkader turns tables on Vikings

• Cyclones get the best of Rebels in playoffs

• No. 1 Bethlehem Academy ends Knights volleyball season

• Prep Scores for Oct.29

• Keep safety in mind on deer opener

• N. Bridge Ave. McDonald's sold to Wis. company

• Ex-A.L. school biz mgr. now in Austin

• 2 more die from H1N1 flu infections

• Fire officials: Change alarm batteries

• Teacher pay talks to resume again

• 18-year-old caught in auger in fair condition

• Enforcement effort leads to 27 citations

• It’s Halloween, and there’s ghost hunting, trick-or-treating

• City, businesses, churches featured on Ellendale Web site

• Convictions

• ‘Junque Jewels’ contest winners are announced

• Sheriff’s Office urges safety during harvest

• State of mind

• Albert Lea’s Monson eyes repeat trip to state

• Bulldogs bowled over by South Winneshiek

• Dr. Harry Neel was at my first Rotary meeting

• Editorial: Give to the United Way

• ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ has mixed reaction

• Donate your deer hides to good cause

• High school singers were impressive

• Peek at the Past

Wednesday, Oct. 28

• Tiger volleyball ends season in disappointing fashion

• Wolverines shutdown in second half against Houston

• Prep scores for Oct. 28

• Man injured in auger in fair condition

• Locals on panel for elder abuse law

• Council approves loan to Interstate Packaging

• Hello, pumpkin!

• Branch manager

• 2 wayward Northwest pilots have their licenses revoked

• Austin drafts ordinance regulating wind turbine growth within city limits

• Combine fire reported

• Kids for a Cure seeking donations

• Local farmers market still open and active

• The squirrel and I have been up the birdfeeder

• Editorial: A new idea for the new park

• Obama pokes the cobra that keeps biting him

• Glad tidings of joy need your support

• Obama White House is filled with danger

• Peek at the Past

• Falcons end Tigers' season again

• Triton bounces NRHEG from football playoffs

• Rebels cruise to opening round win against Maple River

• Late-game heroics lift Knights to victory

Tuesday, Oct. 27

• Prep scores for Oct. 27

• Going solo

• City to buy Mexico Lindo property

• Jacobson building 1st floor to be Vitality Center

• Chamber ornament to be winter scene

• MnDOT to pay farmers to leave corn as a fence

• Man, woman arrested for meth possession

• Lowered book prices not really a good deal

• Editorial: Don’t be fooled by other map sellers

• Refs suspended for bad calls? Is that harsh?

• Have you bought or sold your liberty?

• Peek at the Past

• Energetic Wolverines rally past Medford 3-0

• Prep football playoff preview

Monday, Oct. 26

• Rebels sweep Madelia to stay alive in section tournament

• Knights stave off elimination with 3-2 victory

• Prep scores for Oct. 26

• What are you gonna be?

• Downtown to hold festivities for the holiday

• Wind farm valuation equals $17 million

• Riverland renovations to top $1.5 mil

• Waseca hospital administrator dies; H1N1 suspected

• Men who like to sing sought for holiday barbershop chorus

• Soybeans dumped on property

• Reading for the Record

• Officers to step up DWI enforcement for Halloween

• Hotel Halloween Carnival will take place Friday

• Do you like where you work?

• Local insurance agent recognized for customer satisfaction

• Local woman to take part in livestock expo

• Passionately pink for the cure

• Military News

• Panthers take fourth at Faribault

• Prep Schedule for Oct. 26 and 27

• We all contributed to the end of Main Street

• Editorial: Mail census forms from Minn.

• Why give $250 to elders who don’t need it?

• Peek at the Past

Saturday, Oct. 24

• Coffee with an old grumbler in a dark mood

• Editorial: Thumbs

• What do you do when someone is suicidal?

• Peek at the Past

• Poetry about the health care debate

• Is it so bad to want health care for all?

• NRHEG to vote on levy

• ‘A very good doctor and a real gentleman’

• Officials ready to give H1N1 vaccine

• Council to vote on purchase of Mexico Lindo land

• New coach, new start for Thunder

• Divers see gains across the board

• Bulldogs beat up by Emmetsburg

• Sports Memories

• Correction

• Charges not filed after arrests made

• Auxiliary meets Monday

• Brie’s Photo Contest winner

• Church to hold supper Monday

• A look through the museum’s Halloween postcard collection

• The tale of the trotting wild turkey

• Harvest Festival a tremendous success

• Do you write down what’s happening in your family?

• Birth Announcements

• VFW Auxiliary

• Eagles Auxiliary

• Sons of Norway

• NARFE

• American Legion Auxiliary

• Conger 4-H

• You Can Help

Friday, Oct. 23

• Second period breakdown costs Thunder

• Prep scores for Oct. 23

• Waldorf president named interim president of NDSU

• Sleet makes roads slippery

• Vitality Living series: Insignificant to significant

• Power 96 named Business of the Year

• State: H1N1 is hitting children more

• University of Minnesota asks Albert Leans to take survey

• Mock trial team presents at statewide training session

• Man cited for DWI

• Poster contest winners

• Student journalists to hold breakfast fundraiser

• Tell us your ghost stories

• Convictions

• Don’t we all need ‘perpetual’ forgiveness?

• Thrivent supports historical museum’s Autumn in Village

• Sacred music concert Sunday in Alden

• Special worship at Our Father’s House Saturday

• Things we did on a rainy day

• A.L. Lake’s depth, silt, scum, sewage and fire

• Editorial: What the Blue Zones really are all about

• A lesson from Minn. on health care reform

• Thunder better off with a new coach

• Google Voice unfair out of metro area

• Peek at the Past

• Heart, lungs factors in H1N1 death

• Rebels reverse roles

• Tigers finish regular season with home win

• Albert Lea swimmers fall to Austin

• Wolverines end regular season on winning note

Thursday, Oct. 22

• Prep scores for Oct. 22

• Airline crew overshot Mpls. airport by 150 miles

• Freeborn County child dies due to H1N1 complication

• Vitality Living series: Kenyan foods, American life

• Harry Neel, 103, dies

• Austin man charged with 21 counts related to burglaries

• Health officials offer flu call line

• Cedar River district OKs 10-year-plan

• Just in time for Halloween, ‘Pipe Screams’ returns

• Blondie’s Grill opens in New Richland

• Halverson SPIRIT roars at fall picnic

• 2 arrested for meth possession

• Blood drive scheduled at Northbridge Mall

• Convictions

• October revelations

• Better message, better candidates, better results

• Editorial: Let the swimmers swim, not the suits

• Children’s Center closes Riverland site

• Thanks to VFW Aux. President Jan Tittle

• Peek at the Past

• Tigers reign on Austin

Wednesday, Oct. 21

• Prep scores for Oct. 21

• U.S. Highway 65 in Albert Lea is now open

• Vitality Living series: Where is she walking? Her 90s

• County approves lines for wind farm

• Building design proposal revised

• VFW Auxiliary president: Vets are heroes

• Will Lake Mills’ Branstad run for governor again?

• Air Force clarinet ensemble to perform Monday at ALHS

• Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison tribute Friday

• Convictions

• Running bear chases scared blueberry eater

• Editorial: ‘Ideas won’t go to jail’

• Ronald Reagan deserves a Nobel Peace Prize

• Adding more citizens hastens inevitable

• Health care to illegals to burden system

• Peek at the Past

Tuesday, Oct. 20

• Tiger girls' soccer stunned in semifinals

• Prep Scores for Oct.20

• Buettner on 'Good Morning America' on Wednesday

• Monson crowned Big Nine conference champ

• Thunder names assistant coach as new head coach

• Tiger swimming and diving team cruises past Mankato East

• Faribault sweeps Albert Lea volleyball

• Knights defense helps key momentum building victory

• Bulldogs sweep into playoffs

• Vitality Living series: Just say yes

• Grand jury indicts Gulbertson

• Albert Lea featured in USA Today

• Austin police chief stands by actions of his officers at downtown protest

• Cool, wet weather hampers harvest

• Fire reported on Jefferson

• Next Lose It Big challenge is slated for Wednesday

• Online Food & Drink page is now updated

• Next state trail meeting is next week

• Geothermal tax credit seminar tonight

• Soup and pie supper is Nov. 2

• Another column about health care reform?

• Editorial: It’s going to be a good one

• Bomb the moon and win a Nobel Peace Prize

• Buildings lack design for a bleak future

• Some Blue Zones aren’t long-lived

• Peek at the Past

• Thunder fire head coach

• Blossoms wear down Knights

• Albert Lea junior high CC teams compete at Mankato East Invitiational

• USC girls’ tennis team’s season ends

• Rebels volleyball unable to close out close match

Monday, Oct. 19

• Prep scores for Oct. 19

• Links to Mexico

• Stores unite Albert Lea Spanish speakers

• Mace used at Austin rally

• 3rd person dies in Arizona sweat lodge

• Sheriff: Boy-in-balloon story was hoax, charges expected

• Dog kills chickens

• Meet ALMC’s endocrinologist Tuesday

• It seems we are on camera everywhere we go

• Editorial: Making Lake Superior superior?

• Small businesses need a sound marketing plan

• Thunder players gave great service

• Where is compassion in the name calling?

• Peek at the Past

Sunday, Oct. 18

• Tigers tested early in playoffs

Saturday, Oct. 17

• Many were unbelted in vehicle deaths

• A cardboard city

• Collision shuts down Interstate 90

• Group organizes heritage event to celebrate diversity

• Brie’s Photo Contest winner

• Groups announce 2009 Recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award

• Petulance, presence and the Nobel Peace Prize

• Editorial: Thumbs

• Happy people are as contagious as grumps

• Which AARP was Kimball writing for?

• Peek at the Past

• ALHS Conferences Monday

• A new lease on life

• Tips for finding the right pair

• Albert Lea’s fourth attempt with air mail

• Auxiliary gears up for second holiday boutique

• Creativity is so much more than painting pictures

• Learning the difference between praise and encouragement

• Lube-A-Thon raises money for United Way

• Birth Announcements

• Show choir members announced

• Blood drive comes to G-E

• Campus Notes

• WFLA Lodge 44

• Danish Brotherhood

• You Can Help

• Bounce-back Bulldogs

• Rebel defense suffocates Chargers 27-12

• Albert Lea tennis season concludes at section tournament

• Thunder blitzed by Blizzard

• Area youth place top 10 at 2009 Millville Super Series Motocross Championship

• Sports Memories

Friday, Oct. 16

• Lois West Duffy is back

• Ghost hunters coming to Albert Lea

• Jobless rate drops again in Minnesota

• Will Sen. Grassley face former first lady?

• Delays at airport

• The spirit of Memie Gregson

• Freeborn County Republicans attend state convention

• Verizon Wireless opens doors to former Alltel customers, new consumers

• Retake Vitality Compass

• Convictions

• Humane Society launches feral cat initiative

• Kiwanis Club supports Community Mentor Connection

• Southwest functional skills room goes green

• God’s intention and our invention

• Former resident starts homeless ministry in Colorado

• United Methodist Women

• Lens and Shutter

• Updating an odd fact about Albert Lea Lake

• Editorial: Feral cat initiative is notable

• Cheerleading for Christ? Not in public schools

• Elks Lodge couldn’t produce biz plan

• Miniature pinscher found thanks to calls

• Peek at the Past

• Summer in September and winter in October

• Second half slowdown

• Panther football flattens Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop

• Slow start hurts Vikings football

• Byron bounces Albert Lea boys' soccer from playoffs

• Rebels volleyball rebounds for five set win

• Bulldog volleyball goes 3-0 at St. Ansgar

Thursday, Oct. 15

• Prep Scores for Oct.15

• Albert Lea on national TV

• Tips for staying on track with the Vitality Project after the experts leave Albert Lea

• President of VFW Auxiliary coming to Albert Lea

• Iowa likely to reduce workforce of DPS

• Supper will benefit museum library programs

• Lake Mills Family Chiropractic practices new method

• Associated Press writes story on Vitality Project

• Former Albert Lean recognized for excellence

• General to speak at chamber meeting

• Stand and ‘D’eliver

• USC/A-C girls’ cross country takes second at ‘No Frills’ meet

• Edgerton takes advantage early against Knights

• Thank you, Minnesota Twins for another year

• Prep schedule for Oct. 15 and 16

• ALHS choirs and orchestra to present first concert

• Public option not needed in health care reform

• Editorial: Nobel awarded to Obama too early

• Unadopted children are an overlooked crisis

• Peek at the Past

Wednesday, Oct. 14

• Vitality Project leader: 'You've pulled it off'

• Big check will get effort going to make city a ‘Vitality Center’

• Project participants lost average 3 lbs.

• Schools alter absentee policies

• Downtown sign request sent to Board of Appeals

• Blood drive comes to G-E High School

• Upcoming media attention for the Vitality Project

• Tips for enjoying fall’s bounty from the garden

• Wa-tan-ye

• Austin Duplicate Bridge Club

• Eagles Auxiliary

• Hear everything you want at Tom’s Barbershop

• Editorial: National media, be sure to return

• Can same-sex couples get divorced in Texas?

• The end of the country is coming

• Peek at the Past

• Tiger boys' soccer rocks Lake City in first round

• Albert Lea cross country teams get confidence boost at Austin Invite

Tuesday, Oct. 13

• Rockets edge out Albert Lea swimmers

• Bulldog volleyball sweeps Central Springs

• NRHEG volleyball downs J-W-P in four

• Rebel volleyball inconsistent in loss to Blooming Prairie

• Wolverine volleyball shut down by LeRoy-Ostrander

• Knights volleyball taken down in three

• CAL sweeps Viking volleyball

• Prep Scores for Oct. 13

• Vitality Project participants add an average of 3 years of life expectancy

• Superfan

• 'Good Morning America' returns to A.L. for 3rd visit

• Council OKs 50/50 split on sidewalk expenses

• Elks Lodge files for bankruptcy

• Next episode of 'Uffda Kitchen' is out

• White snow on green trees

• Man who pleaded guilty to beating fails to appear for his sentencing

• Just for practice

• Cardboard city to spotlight hunger and homelessness

• Art Zone Gallery opens Monday

• ‘Girls of ‘51’ meet Thursday

• Class of ‘47 meets Wednesday

• Auditions for Lighthouse production tonight, Saturday

• Man seeks bowling buddies, not online friends

• Editorial: Go to the high school tonight

• Olympics add length to golf’s global reach

• Peek at the Past

Monday, Oct. 12

• Block party

• Tiger swim team takes 7th at True Team meet

• Prep scores for Oct. 12

• K&K Bakery now a restaurant

• Austin residents describe tornado

• When company stops coming

• Voting for Chamber of Commerce ornament begins today

• The Great Pumpkin?

• Red Cross offers CPR classes

• Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survivors Network meeting Oct. 15

• Stolen vehicle recovered

• Informational H1N1 meetings scheduled

• Blue Devils blanked by Bismarck

• Tiger soccer shuts out Kasson-Mantorville 4-0

• Prep schedule for Oct. 12 and 13

• Is it any wonder there is no workplace loyalty?

• Editorial: Get the checks to vets

• Read labels when seeking eco-friendly paint

• Stove is much like the one seen online

• Ignorance on mental illness remains

• Peek at the Past

Sunday, Oct. 11

• Winter weather advisory issued, 3-5 inches of snow possible

Saturday, Oct. 10

• Restoring the Wells Depot

• Residents encouraged to celebrate Vitality Project

• Public hearings on street projects Monday

• Hundreds attend Youth Aviation Adventure

• Gov. Tim Pawlenty congratulates Obama on Nobel award

• Brie’s Photo Contest winner

• A fine day for art

• Art Zone Gallery opens Monday

• Even Republicans deserve quality health care

• Alden-Conger early childhood screening Monday

• Will advice clinic Monday

• Youth field day is Oct. 24

• Local Scout to be honored with Eagle Award Oct. 25

• Conferences Monday at SWMS, ALHS

• Editorial: Thumbs

• Letting go may bring more than hanging on

• Walk spotlights an unseen disease

• Rhyming for new movie about ‘Steve’

• Who cares what buildings look like?

• Peek at the Past

• Back on track

• Pfeiffer, West push Tigers aside in 25-6 win

• Bulldogs win 4th straight game

• Rebels enter uncharted territory

• Minnesota Valley Lutheran takes out Panthers 15-6

• Big plays push Nicollet past Alden-Conger football team

• Spring Grove slows down Wolverines

• NRHEG cross country teams finish strong at Waseca Invite

• USC/A-C cross country teams place 2nd at Waseca

• Sports Memories

• Twins and the ‘Fiddler on the Roof’

• Operation Christmas child

• Some lessons from nature

• Harvest time in the olden days

• Those who learn from adversity will be stronger because of it

• 100-year-old’s life filled with ‘many blessings’

• Birth Announcements

• Class of 1949 holds its 60-year reunion

• Domestic Engineers

• Travel Class of Albert Lea

• Genealogical Society to visit church Monday

• You Can Help

• It snowed! White dusting over town

Friday, Oct. 9

• Prep scores for Oct. 9

• Fly away

• Survey: Recent buildings are OK

• City drafts 2 options for design ordinance

• World reads ‘Very Hungry Caterpillar’

• State finds sex abuse at a nursing home

• Fish kill at Pickerel Lake begins

• Owner of motorcycle dealership still in serious condition

• Salvation Army celebrates 1 year of serving hot meals

• Family Caregivers Network support group to meet

• Dissolutions Filed

• How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord

• FLCW meet Wednesday

• Festival worship at Our Savior’s Sunday

• It’s lefse time again

• Naeve Auxiliary Board

• The milkweed harvesters of Freeborn County

• Editorial: Why Bob Dylan deserves a Nobel

• Social skills excel through online education

• Join your firefighters in keeping town safe

• Peek at the Past

• Tigers raise cancer awareness in season finale

• Tiger volleyball downs John Marshall in five for first regular season conference win

• Monson cruises to 5th meet win

• Tiger boys’ soccer falls 2-1 to Austin on set piece goal in 2nd half

• No. 1 Bethlehem Academy runs past NRHEG

• USC girls’ tennis advances

• Knights volleyball falls to No. 8 Martin County West

• Central Springs knocks off Vikings volleyball team 3-1

• Wolverines volleyball sweeps Lyle/Pacelli

• Fall offers an abundance of outdoor activities

Thursday, Oct. 8

• Swinging in the sun

• Rain keeping farmers out of fields

• Employers recognized for pledge to health of workers

• Architect featured at A.L. Art Center

• Alden-Conger, Glenville-Emmons students use art to learn about flu

• Book sale, fire station open house, breakfasts scheduled

• Kiester’s Tanks N Tummies fills bellies and vehicles

• Front door smashed in

• Batty Al

• Pink Tigers

• Math academy helps prepare for GED testing

• Real estate taxes due Oct. 15

• Southwest students audition for all-state honors choirs

• Sibley’s new mural finished

• Auditions for Lighthouse production Sunday, Tuesday

• Gallery features inspirational portraits

• Theater classes offered for kids

• Auditions for ‘Chicago’ in Northfield

• Knights get a section championship replay

• Friday night football previews

• USC/A-C runners compete in Duluth

• Lake Mills cross country teams compete at Eagle Grove

• Glenville-Emmons volleyball falls in four to Grand Meadow

• St. Clair sweeps Alden-Conger volleyball

• Prep schedule for Oct. 8 and 9

• Down with cancer and up with the Twins

• It’s time to fight back

• Where AARP stands on health care issues

• Where were the Twins on Monday?

• Kelliher would be a great governor

• Peek at the Past

• Tiger tennis falls to Hastings in section tournament

Wednesday, Oct. 7

• Pickerel Lake rotenone treatment delayed a second time

• One year later …

• A letter from Susan DeVries

• City celebrates sidewalks around lake

• Grand jury to review Morrow death

• City, Teamsters to seek mediator

• Chamber seeks nominations for Businesses of the Year

• Officials to dedicate Owatonna Hospital, more

• Illegal dumping reported

• Flag to fly over public prayer session

• Marriage licenses issued

• Convictions

• When the World Series happens during school

• Editorial: Vikings should partner with metro

• Conservatives are compassionate people, too

• More info needed on illegal immigration

• Peek at the Past

• Tigers capitalize against Cougars

• Tigers continue to make progress but no result

• Tiger swimming and diving team hit season-best times against Faribault in defeat

• NRHEG volleyball rolls past rival USC

• Eighth-ranked Mankato East shuts out Albert Lea boys’ soccer

• Rebel tennis team runs past St.Peter

• Lake Mills cross country teams compete at Eagle Grove

• Glenville-Emmons volleyball falls in four to Grand Meadow

• St. Clair sweeps Alden-Conger volleyball

Tuesday, Oct. 6

• Prep scores for Oct. 6

• Gas station girls

• Vaccines to arrive in 1 or 2 weeks

• 1 week remains to retake Vitality Compass

• Twins tickets for tonight are the hottest

• Pickerel Lake rotenone treatment delayed

• Burglary reported on Madison

• Click It or Ticket seat belt patrols Oct. 9-22

• Teachers’ contract negotiations postponed

• St. John’s benefit luncheon Sunday

• Flu panic and precautions in equal measure

• Editorial: Changes at the online Tribune

• Enrollment at Riverland rises more than 4,000

• Know sources when looking at statistics

• Peek at the Past

• Rebels rally against Knights

• Tiger tennis advances 3 at Big Nine tourney

• Bulldogs take NIC tourney

• RCC men’s soccer team ties Crossroads College

Monday, Oct. 5

• Border battle

• Dunham’s Sports opens at mall

• Spotted knapweed ‘is not a good neighbor’

• Furnace problem reported

• Bless these pets

• ‘Pink’ soccer game Thursday

• Protect your canine from toxins found in algae blooms

• Group holds charity toy run

• Zion Lutheran to hold Oktoberfest

• Flu shot clinic is Tuesday, Wednesday

• Youth field day is Oct. 24

• Tigers get improved results

• Byron makes up for last season against Tigers

• Bulldogs move onto NIC finals

• Tigers finish 7th at Blue Earth tournament

• NRHEG gets tough competition at Blue Earth Invite

• Knights take fifth at LeRoy-Ostrander tournament

• Wolverines have up-and-down tournament at LeRoy-Ostrander Invite

• Prep schedule for Oct. 5 and 6

• When creativity is drained, what do you do?

• Editorial: More NFL games? Please, no

• In the U.S. culture wars, who speaks for God?

• Please post the time of Thunder games

• Don’t let last year bleed into this year

• Peek at the Past

Saturday, Oct. 3

• Life of a Rendezvouser

• Harvest going well, but dairy conditions are grim

• Keep the Fires Burning raises money

• Final chance for attending a free purpose workshop

• Truck tips over on closed road

• What to do when you have to go to Vampire school? Blah

• Brie’s Photo Contest is back

• New sidewalks complete walking trail around lake

• Two people injured in wreck

• Employers to be recognized for participation in Vitality Project pledge

• City, county issue permit reports

• Albert Lea Port Authority to hold meeting

• Deer hunters to hold youth day

• Cider-making demonstration Sunday

• Naeve Auxiliary helps purchase mammography software

• Albert Lea Medical Center awards traditional and nontraditional scholarships to students

• Doll Museum grateful for monetary grant

• Culture wars keep U.S. stuck in the shallows

• Editorial: Thumbs

• United Way campaign keeps rolling along

• Golf tournament had great response

• St. John’s provides excellent care

• Peek at the Past

• City had three early airmail encounters

• Of odd birds and windmills

• Freeborn County youths celebrating National 4-H Week

• Birth Announcements

• Travis Borchert graduates

• Thrivent donates to Honor Flight

• Emmons High School holds multi-class reunion

• Hollandale students show support for country on 9/11

• Thanks for attending, supporting memorial events

• Five generations

• Lemonade stand raises money for Youth for Christ

• ALMC to present free program on lungs Monday

• Ostomy Support Group to meet at ALMC

• St. John’s Auxiliary

• Kiwanis Golden K II

• You Can Help

• Tigers pull rank against Century

• Rebels upset No. 6 W-E-M

• Panthers rebound against Maple River

• Wolverines start late against Houston

• Knights remain perfect on home turf

• Sports Memories

Friday, Oct. 2

• Prep scores for Oct. 2

• Rio de Janeiro wins right to host 2016 Olympics

• Learning in the rain

• State OKs Bent Tree Wind Farm

• October denotes impact of domestic violence

• Preschool blends Blue Zones in lessons

• Man faces more charges for guns

• Crashes on Bridge Avenue

• Principal treated, released after fall

• Whoa, Nelly!

• Rendezvous print available

• P.E.O. to host luncheon

• Mohandas Gandhi: a model of nonviolent resistance

• Churches take part in Rally Sunday

• Healing service tonight at Our Father’s House

• Pet blessing Sunday

• The waterfowl hunting season is upon us now

• A special salute for John and Janice Kelsey

• Editorial: Vote for the NRHEG levy

• Time for Obama to change on Afghanistan

• Even Blue Zones have domestic violence

• Peek at the Past

• Hot start cools for Alden-Conger

• Tigers find 3rd straight OT victory

• Albert Lea girls’ tennis matches win record under Gillam

• USC/A-C CC teams impressive

• NRHEG sweeps Medford

• Glenville-Emmons volleyball goes down in three sets

Thursday, Oct. 1

• ‘Always keep growing’

• ALHS students hear powerful story

• Charges could be amended in alleged beating

• Albert Lea police set up drug tip hot line

• Austin man faces felony forgery charges

• Rescues & Runways show puts spotlight on homeless pets

• Robotics club in second year at Alden-Conger High School

• Area businesses learn about safety

• A mystery tree in Albert Lea

• Film series continues at Riverland

• Art Center offers pumpkin painting

• Fall transfer station hours announced

• Wolverines enjoy success, not ready to settle

• Friday night football previews

• Old Foolish Fan makes a trip to St. Paul

• Bulldog volleyball captures 6th straight conference title

• Viking volleyball falls in four to St. Ansgar

• Prep Schedule for Oct. 1 and 2

• Get off the sidewalks! Tayler is behind wheel

• Editorial: Keep the sworn officers

• Foot injury slows down interest in exercise

• City is blessed with ALMC, St. John’s

• Not all immigration is the illegal kind

• Peek at the Past