Story archive for September 2009

Wednesday, Sept. 30

• Fish in Pickerel Lake to be killed

• Verizon switch almost is finished

• Lawyer questions probable cause in Larson case

• Teachers and board going back to talks

• Minnesota among leaders in welfare expenditures

• Man transported for head injuries

• Albert Lea Aglow meets Thursday

• The regional ritual of tailgating and brats

• Wind farms of change are coming to Hartland

• Editorial: A tax on pop fights obesity

• How to not get the swine, er, H1N1 influenza

• Thanks for the access at A.L. High School

• It’s OK to disagree on health care issue

• What Churchill had to say on socialism

• Peek at the Past

• No sweat for NRHEG

• Owatonna too powerful for Albert Lea girls' swim team

• Monson wins fourth cross country meet with ease

• Albert Lea girls' tennis gets big win in final home match for seniors

• Tigers score second consecutive overtime win

• Tiger girls' soccer overcomes slow start

• Rebel tennis falls to LeSueur-Henderson

• Viking volleyball falls in four to St. Ansgar

• Bulldog volleyball captures 6th straight conference title

Tuesday, Sept. 29

• Wolverine vollleyball cruises against Houston

• Knights volleyball prevails in wild five-set match

• Two-time winner

• Council OKs variance for turbine

• Salvation army sees demand in pantry needs

• Lawyer to challenge crash reconstruction

• Minnesota corn crop remains behind last year’s

• Sheriff’s Office urges safety

• Walking around the lake

• Star Tribune emerges from bankruptcy protection

• Panel to recommend fixes for Minnesota’s budget woes

• 2nd annual ‘Lose It Big’ contest kicks off

• So long for now; see you in the ‘Uffda Kitchen’

• Editorial: Favre was a good choice

• Americans still turn to traditional news media

• Thanks to officers for the escort

• Where was the Albert Lea Tribune?

• Letter writer should cite her sources

• Peek at the Past

Monday, Sept. 28

• East squeaks by Albert Lea

• Albert Lea alum runs at Griak Invite

• Glenville-Emmon volleyball gets swept by SEC power Mabel-Canton

• Animal attire

• Obama support wanes in Minnesota

• Potluck emphasizes healthy cooking

• Rochester teenager charged with fake kidnapping

• Guns reported stolen

• Red Cross urges residents to prepare for flu resurgence

• In memory of Lu and Lucky

• Civic Music concert Tuesday

• Convictions

• It’s too bad people are losing touch with family

• Editorial: College officials should return bonuses

• Riverland excited about new academic year

• Technology to store electricity isn’t there

• Peek at the Past

• Tigers snap losing streak with overtime win

• Tigers cruise past Crusaders 3-0

• G-E football loses in shootout with Lanesboro

• Snowmobile show draws many

• Bulldogs volleyball wins Bishop-Garrigan tournament

• Prep Schedule for Sept. 28 and 29

Saturday, Sept. 26

• Council mulls how to pay for sidewalks

• Staying healthy: What works for you?

• Exercisers compare their programs to advice given through Blue Zones

• Local diet, exercise workers welcome Blue Zones advice

• DNR to kill all fish in Pickerel Lake

• Rochester man literally is Obama’s biggest supporter

• Former Stephanie Meyer and latter Wicked Witch of the West

• Minnesota official says $1 billion from stimulus has been spent so far

• FDIC orders 3 Minnesota banks to fix their lending practices

• Wright County investigates alleged teen fight club

• No trial until 2011

• Minn. DNR defends fatal shooting of bear

• Man pleads guilty to shooting teen

• Jaycees seek new joiners

• Waldorf College gets ready for Homecoming Weekend

• Rage is all the rage out there in Politicsland

• Editorial: Thumbs

• A simple way to start calming your life

• Can junior varsity results get in print?

• When is an online status a threat?

• Peek at the past

• Tiger win out of reach

• Northwood-Kensett 2nd half charge not enough

• Knights get stunned by Hills-Beaver Creek

• W-E-M beats NRHEG in battle of undefeated teams

• USC/A-C runners turn in season’s best meet times

• Rebels spread it out in blowout victory over LCWM

• Tiger swim team falls to West

• Bulldog return to smash-mouth football delivers win

• Sports Memories

• Bohemian Brick Hall is 100 years old

• Fall is upon us

• Birth Announcements

• Volunteers make Autumn in Village successful

• Author to speak Monday at Cancer Support Group meeting

• His interest is the Korean War

• Flag presentation made

• VFW Post 447 Auxiliary

• Hospice volunteer salad luncheon set for Sept. 30

• Shriners Hospital for Children auxiliary meets Monday

• You Can Help

Friday, Sept. 25

• Down to business, closer to home

• Which kind of officers should be cut?

• Albert Lea city officials plan for after Vitality Project

• First lady not coming to Albert Lea

• Pawlenty to form national fundraising committee

• Names released in fatal Waseca County crash

• Amber Edwards graduates from Allen College

• Walmart helps Halverson teachers

• Two arrested for DWI

• Austin singles to hold dance Sunday

• Second design survey posted

• Catching big pike in Alaska

• Salem Lutheran plans farewell reception for pastor

• Annual pet blessings are Oct. 2 and 4 at St. Theodore

• Polka service Sunday at United Methodist Church

• ‘The Fighting Fool’ book on WWII is available

• Editorial: Go to this!

• How open-minded are you to uncertainty?

• A poem about the local post office

• Peek at the Past

• Tigers unable to finish opportunities

• Monson earns 3rd win of season

• Tiger girls’ soccer earns draw with Owatonna

• Alden-Conger volleyball swept by Truman

• Glenville-Emmons volleyball unable to close out Hope Lutheran

• USC volleyball falls in four sets to No. 1 Bethlehem Academy

• Panther volleyball rolls against Mankato Loyola

• Albert Lea volleyball falls in three sets to Owatonna

• Bulldog runners find top 10 finishes at Central Springs

Thursday, Sept. 24

• Prep scores for Sept. 24

• Police searching for man who allegedly shot gun in air to scare girlfriend

• Farmer at age 5

• Seminar looks at aging workforce

• Schools see rise in flu-related absences

• Riverland students assist Rendezvous

• Initiative to better Miss. R. quality

• This weekend, you’ll find alpacas, snowmobiles, pets, more

• The Freeborn Frisbee soars

• 1 dead following crash in Waseca County

• Baby sitter training offered

• Art Center offering fall classes

• Yarrow’s not coming to Albert Lea

• Convictions

• Harpsichord recital Sunday at Grace Lutheran Church

• Salad luncheon set for Sept. 30

• 1959 queen, court together again

• Big matchups abound Friday for area teams

• Friday Night Football Previews

• The Big Ten Network and the Minnesota Twins

• G-E volleyball downs A-C

• Prep Schedule for Sept. 24 and 25

• City, Kiwanis collaborate

• And the winner of the World Series will be …

• Editorial: Airlines need passenger measure

• Government program is not paying its share

• Vitality project potluck is a twist on tradition

• Write about the Cummins layoffs

• Peek at the Past

Wednesday, Sept. 23

• Superheroes save day

• Snowmobile show to support the troops

• Agency seeks responses for survey on design

• Local pets to put on the ritz at pet fair

• Federal funds go to Iowa wind farm

• Potluck is now open to individuals

• Live to ride

• Motorcycle stolen

• St. Theodore Marathon will now be on Thursday

• Popeye was right: Eat your spinach, leafy greens

• The tooth hurts, especially in your ice cream

• Editorial: Don’t spoil school spirit for others

• Editorial Roundup: More vandalism isn’t the right way to respond

• Craft and antique place is quite neat

• When will the dam finally be repaired?

• Design standards don’t seem to help

• Peek at the Past

• Closing time

• Tigers’ strong first half finish leads to victory

• Tiger boys' soccer falls apart in Mankato

• Two NRHEG runners grab spots in top 5 at NRHEG Invite

• NRHEG volleyball stretched to four sets in win

• N-K volleyball rolls against North Butler

• Bulldogs one win away from NIC volleyball title

• Live United Disc Golf Outing

Tuesday, Sept. 22

• The Tomato King

• Recession has big impact on life

• Theater manager inducted into hall of fame

• Expect delays on Interstate 90

• New kind of meth finds its way to Iowa

• Warm, dry weather speeds grain harvest

• Students out sick in Lakeville

• ALHS homecoming royalty

• ‘Albert Lea High School’ words spray-painted at Austin’s Wescott Field

• School toilet-papered

• Tractor ride for Honor Flight is Oct. 3

• Public Health receives child passenger safety grant

• Farm tours this week

• Dissolutions Filed

• Convictions

• Two special ventures commemorate Art Center’s 50th year

• Chicken fajita melt, chili and Diet Dr Pepper

• Editorial: Corn can sure be corny

• Obama is more collaborative than combative

• Democracy fails to control technology

• Peek at the Past

• Coming out swinging

Monday, Sept. 21

• Albert Lea girls' cross country team shows depth at Fairmont meet

• Rebels volleyball rallies for five-set win

• Bulldog runners compete at West Fork Meet

• Prep scores for Sept. 21

• Disc golf outing will go ahead

• Autumn in the Village

• New Ulm celebrates Hermann the German

• BG Loft offers fashions for girls 9 to 90

• Mankato deals with assault cases

• Three cited for disorderly conduct after report of fight

• Walz staff to make office stops across southern Minn.

• Convictions

• Tigers on the prowl

• Tiger volleyball finishes 3rd at JM tournament

• Bulldogs volleyball takes 2nd at Forest City tournament

• G-E volleyball reaches consolation championship at W-E-M tournament

• Prep schedule for Sept. 21 and 22

• Trip to Iowa yields several acts of kindness

• Editorial: Did you know Norman Borlaug?

• Flames of racial politics fanned by Jimmy Carter

• Peek at the Past

Saturday, Sept. 19

• Prep scores for Sept. 19

• NRHEG residents to vote on levy

• From cowboys to king of pop

• Local residents share their Nordahl collections

• Alden student completes future astronaut training program

• State VFW auxiliary president attends national convention

• Benefit Monday for son of Albert Lea couple

• Tim Westrum learns about innovations at Pioneer Hi-Bred research headquarters

• Local 4-H’er interviewed on ‘Garage Logic’ radio show

• ALHS chorale members announced

• Homecoming candidates named

• Crowned queen

• Location change for ALHS class of 1964 reunion

• Driver injured in roll over

• Convictions

• ‘Nice 67 y.o. male’ has brush with mortality

• Editorial: Thumbs

• Campus Notes

• United Way kicks off its annual campaign

• Bute and Overgaard are good citizens

• Peek at the past

• Owatonna gets physical with A.L. football

• Quick starters

• Knights defense holds strong for shutout win

• G-E grabs second win of season in LeRoy

• Vikings run over Bearcats

• Bulldogs end 7-game losing streak with 28-20 victory

• USC/A-C cross country runners improve at Maple River

• Panthers remain undefeated in 22-7 win

• Local golfers win MGA Team Championship

• Sports Memories

• Art Center to host tour of local churches

• Of falcons, wrens and mockingbirds

• Remembering Albert Lea’s own royal soldier

• Birth Announcements

• Friends of Library to host Minnesota author on Tuesday

• Hayward 4-H Club meets

• Barbara Sorum graduates from Concordia University, St. Paul

• St. John’s to participate in learning collaborative

• Funds for The Rock

• Seed House gives to United Way

• Cotillion Club to meet Oct. 6

• New Daybreakers Kiwanian

• Salem Lutheran Women’s Executive Board

• New Noon Kiwanian

• First Lutheran Church Women

• Wa-tan-ye

• Trinity Lutheran Church Women

• Conger 4-H Club

• American Legion Auxiliary

• Our Savior’s Ladies’ Aid

• You Can Help

Friday, Sept. 18

• Prep scores for Sept. 18

• Down at the bowling alley

• Grads can attain better than 4.0

• Man who crashed motorcycle passes away

• Consignment store opens its doors

• State officials find case of elder abuse

• Riverland observes eco-friendly ways

• The corn is as high as an elephant’s eye in Albert Lea couple’s garden

• Two arrested following Iowa drug bust

• Barbershop concert to feature songs of The Beatles, Elvis

• Soup and pie benefit supper slated for Monday

• Who do people say I am?

• Grace Lutheran installs associate pastor

• Church to hold open house

• Polka service set for Sept. 27

• Puppet program set for Saturday

• Comedian is performing tonight

• DNR plans to open Pickerel Lake to liberal fishing

• Making predictions with Farmer’s Almanac

• Editorial: Go slow on design ordinance

• Tips for keeping kids free of drugs and alcohol

• Commemorate those who were left behind

• Peek at the Past

• Monson shatters course record at Mayo Invite

• Tiger volleyball starts strong but fades against Mankato West

• Packers pile on Tigers

• USC girls’ tennis sweeps LeCenter

• USC volleyball cruises to win over Medford

• No. 10 LeRoy-Ostrander too much for G-E volleyball

• Knights volleyball downed by Nicollet

• Tiger tennis rolls against Faribault

• Bulldogs volleyball inches closer to 6th straight NIC title

• Albert Lea girls’ soccer pummels Austin

• Panther volleyball remains undefeated with 3-0 win over Randolph

• Tiger swim team falls to Mayo

Thursday, Sept. 17

• Prep scores for Sept. 17

• State ag official speaks

• Are you ready for some potluck food?

• Brianna Broitzman trial slated for April

• Adventure racer describes event

• Health officials: Flu widespread

• Class of ‘59 donates handicap access driveway at ALHS

• It’s time for Autumn in Village, concerts, more

• Getting lost in Paris in a Northwood corn maze this fall

• Businesses team up to raise money for children’s network

• Purple Ribbon Auction raises more than $300,000

• Vitality Project organizer is a new father

• Legal course set for Sept. 28

• Marriage licenses issued

• Convictions

• Sons of Norway, Normanna Lodge 52

• Rivalry rekindled

• Area Football Previews

• New MOPS group offers support to mothers of young children

• Edward Christensen

• A better than average weekend for home teams

• Freeborn Country Pheasant and Habitat to hold annual fundraiser Saturday at Freeborn County Fairgrounds

• Prep schedule for Sept. 17 and 18

• Life lessons that could be taught in high school

• Editorial: Hey, look at the Twins now

• You might drink what you put down the drain

• Denied insurance

• ‘Inherit the Wind’ is thought-provoking

• Peek at the Past

Wednesday, Sept. 16

• Farmers hope for no early frost

• American farmers on verge of giant corn harvest

• ‘There’s got to be a common ground’

• City Council OKs fish barrier at dam for Fountain Lake

• Inventions shown at Harvest Festival

• Semitrailer slides into ditch

• Albert Lean receives Toastmaster Area Governor of Year award

• Classes of ‘56, ‘57 to hold ‘in-between’ reunion

• Eating whole foods could save us money in the long run

• Do you believe in ghosts? Things that go bump

• Editorial: ‘A nation talking to itself’

• What prompted me to become a Republican?

• Peek at the Past

• Tigers run into a wall

• Quick start sends Mayo past Tiger soccer team

• Owatonna squeaks by Albert Lea tennis again

• Albert Lea girls’ soccer finds offense at Mayo but no victory

• Bulldogs display character in Osage win

• WEM downs USC volleyball in three

• Panthers sweep season series with Blooming Prairie

• Vikings downed by Nashua-Plainfield

Tuesday, Sept. 15

• Prep scores for Sept. 15

• Super and pro

• Council votes for proposed tax levy

• Rainbow continues to lay off workers

• H1N1 flu shot not ready till next month

• Judge lowers bail for woman facing narcotics charges

• Weekend incidents reported at Geneva’s Harmony Park

• Local banks provide financing for new spec building

• Ag listening session is Wednesday

• Flu shot appointments not currently available at ALMC

• Support group meeting set for Thursday

• Why are profits more important than health?

• Editorial: Minnesota is standing still

• Prevention is key to a successful school year

• Why walk in street, not on sidewalks?

• Health Choices Act has Medicare cuts

• Thanks for the gift for cancer survivors

• Peek at the Past

Monday, Sept. 14

• Making history

• USC tennis picks up second win of season

• Doubles teams lead Tiger tennis to win

• Glenville-Emmons volleyball picks up first win

• How should buildings look?

• Immigration reform groups march in Albert Lea

• Businesses and health officials prepare for H1N1 influenza

• Motorcyclist still in critical condition

• Playing for Pie

• Tiger soccer falls in tournament championship

• Prep schedule for Sept. 14 and 15

• Tiger volleyball takes 4th at Hayfield

• A constant state of always wanting to be right

• Editorial: Don’t cut police officers

• What Jesus would not do on health care …

• Babies are born with racist mechanisms

• ‘Inherit the Wind’ doesn’t show truth

• Peek at the Past

• Panther volleyball wins Montgomery-Lonsdale tournament

• Bulldog volleyball wins Central Springs tournament

• Tiger tennis goes 1-1 at Waseca tourney

Saturday, Sept. 12

• Parks & Rec head spells out $320,000 budget cut

• Education officials brace for a pandemic flu

• Moose mark 8th anniversary of 9/11

• Immigrant groups to hold a march and a workshop

• Detour of Minnesota Highway 65 begins Monday for culvert install

• Campaign nets 8 for impaired driving

• Obama says status quo no solution on health care

• Brown bag lunch is Thursday

• ‘Girls’ to meet at Wedgewood Cove

• Barlow grads hold reunion

• There is no such thing as unpaid medical bill

• DPS reminds parents to buckle kids in correctly

• Keillor out of hospital after stroke

• Editorial: Thumbs

• There is peace available in every moment

• Peek at the past

• Car cruises bring back memories

• Be sure to spend time with your pets

• Winona escapes Tigers

• Albert Lea runners see top competition

• Panthers pull out another close win

• Vikings cruise to win over Riceville

• Bulldogs fall behind early to Saint Ansgar

• Knights fall on the road to Westbrook

• Sports Memories

• Albert Lea girls’ basketball boosters meeting to be held Monday

• Albert Lea boys’ soccer boosters to meet Monday

• Spots available for Rice Lake four-person best shot tournament

• NRHEG B-squad football team starts season with a 2-0 record

• An inspiration to others

• More lessons from nature

• Albert Lea’s claim to drag strip fame

• Museum staff gets ready for Autumn in the Village

• Birth Announcements

• Genealogical society meets Monday

• United Methodist Women

• Albert Lea Eagles Auxiliary

• You Can Help

Friday, Sept. 11

• Lakeview has walking path

• United Way’s 2009 campaign kicks off

• Alleged sword slasher pleads not guilty

• High school trees littered with paper

• Vitality Project extended to nation

• Let them eat stew

• Motorcyclist injured in crash in critical condition

• Deer hunters banquet Saturday

• It’s a great time to enjoy the outdoors

• Enough for everyone

• Comedian coming to Crossroads Sept. 18

• Summer wrap up is this weekend

• Faith Lutheran resumes fall schedule

• Methodist Church to offer Alpha Course

• Glenville church holds fall festival

• Albert Lea once had a drive-in supermarket

• Editorial: Be advocates for the elderly

• Military efforts to control press could hurt truth

• Run for 1st District seat is announced

• What do bracelets about Jesus mean?

• Peek at the Past

• Emerging force

• Tigers drop third straight match

• Albert Lea girls’ swim team downed by Winona 99-80

• Tiger volleyball shows improvement against Mayo in 3-0 loss

• Panther CC teams compete at Montgomery-Lonsdale Invite

• Bulldogs remain perfect in NIC play

• Panthers sweep W-E-M

• Madelia rallies against Alden-Conger

• Glenville-Emmons can’t find rhythm in loss to Grand Meadow

Thursday, Sept. 10

• Prep scores for Sept. 10

• Thank you, defibrillator

• City police likely to be smaller

• Astronaut: ‘Set your goals really high’

• Finance director for Austin schools is coming to Albert Lea

• Restaurant owners ask public for ideas

• Concerts, plays, festivals plentiful this weekend

• Hollandale Harvest Festival’s back for first time since 2006

• United Way kicks off its annual campaign

• Class Reunions

• Open House

• An agonizing reappraisal of the 2009 Twins

• Sports weekend honors ‘Pie’ Truesdell

• An agonizing reappraisal of the 2009 Twins

• Prep schedule for Sept. 10 and 11

• It’s going to be a weekend bonanza of sports

• Editorial: A good bet

• Hopefully, there is more room in Roch.

• Community Walk raises suicide profile

• Walz deserves kudos for fighting pollution

• Time to restart state government in Minn.

• Workshops will look at immigration issue

• Peek at the Past

Wednesday, Sept. 9

• Read Obama's speech to Congress on health care

• Read Obama's speech to children at center of controversy

• ‘It’s bright. It’s cheerful’

• Girl turns 9 on Sept. 9, 2009

• Leaders debate state’s funding problems

• Shooting Star Trail closer to finish line

• Hartland receives grant to extend water, sewer lines

• Med student, Mayo official at speech

• Rep. Walz unsure he would support a troop increase

• Join Hands Day

• Moose Lodge to hold 9/11 tribute

• Tribune looking for Nordahl paintings

• Farewell for Red Cross volunteer Thursday

• Youth in Government open house

• Even a single serving of soy has a protective effect

• Owning shoes is OK; replacing them is hard

• Editorial: H1N1 flu doesn’t come from pork

• What Americans will learn from Albert Lea

• Cruises in Albert Lea went well all summer

• Wing at St. John’s has dedicated staff

• Peek at the Past

• Seniors spark Tigers

• Southland puts down Wolverines quickly

• Goals come in bunches for Winona in blowout win over Albert Lea

• Tigers fall in four to Waseca

• Tiger tennis steam rolled by juggernaut Mayo

• USC volleyball wins in untidy fashion

• Alden-Conger gets first win

• Vikings go down in three to West Fork

• Bulldogs roll to win over Newman

Tuesday, Sept. 8

• Prep scores for Sept. 8

• ‘GMA’ in Albert Lea for breakfast

• Children begin the 2009-10 school year

• Mayo One upgrades its aircraft fleet

• Attendance record set at State Fair

• Man arrested for DWI

• Figure skating club opens its registration to preschoolers

• The Great Pyramid

• Bookbags for kids

• Convictions

• A green champion

• Prep schedule for Sept. 8 and 9

• How disc golf compares to conventional golf

• Editorial: Laura Bush is right

• Obama turns his back on single-payer

• Tactics are the truth and truth is scary

• It’s the Vikings turn to get a stadium

• Peek at the Past

Monday, Sept. 7

• The business of creating jobs

• Lighthouse to present courtroom drama

• Streater employee treated for leg injuries in Rochester

• Convictions

• Organizations: Domestic Engineers

• Katzung family holds 11th family reunion in Conger

• America cannot do zip on health care

• Heed the ‘move over’ law

• Peek at the past

• Wells restaurant preserves Wildcat memories

• Labor Day 2009 is a reminder of the recession

Sunday, Sept. 6

• Bricelyn man dead following head-on collision

• Good timing aids Petersen

• Bulldog volleyball takes second at Algona tournament

Saturday, Sept. 5

• No 4-H members from Freeborn County sent home

• Time frame changes for abuse charges

• Stabbing defendant pleads not guilty

• A call to Moscow

• What should Austin do with its downtown?

• Fire put out at Cummins in Lake Mills

• Grading on a curve

• 2 great books, 1 not-so-great

• The days are getting shorter

• Harig announces scholarship

• Party to mark end of summer

• 25-year-old Burnsville soldier dies in Iraq War

• Chemo treatments done for teenager who had fled state

• Going to Vitality Day breakfast? Park at Brookside

• Vetting the pet projects in the health care issue

• Editorial: Thumbs

• Bolan gears up for Fall Market

• United Way kickoff event is just 4 days away

• The blue envelope please …

• Show your patriotism on Sept. 11, 2009

• Fellowship at church has been a blessing

• Get rid of syndicated radio programming

• Big Island Barbeque thanks volunteers

• Stories recognized volunteer efforts

• Peek at the Past

• Panthers’ ‘D’ delivers

• Albert Lea CC runners get a taste of state meet

• Albert Lea boys’ soccer gets first win

• USC grabs 5 picks in opening win

• Emmetsburg runs over Vikings

• Knights open season with shutout win over Madelia at home

• Blocked PAT ends Bulldog comeback

• Sports Memories

• Art Center’s show features historical, unique quilts

• Don’t confuse annual cicadas with locusts

• A tour of local turrets

• Get kids off to a good start at school

• Birth Announcements

• Volunteers help make successful county fair

• Johannsen Reunion

• AAUW to meet

• Retired educators to meet Thursday

• Central Freeborn Lutheran F.R.O.G.

• You Can Help

Friday, Sept. 4

• Man injured at Streater being treated for leg injuries

• Man charged with stabbing at Harmony Park pleads not guilty

• And now the news from Maple Island …

• Lake Mills prepares for layoffs

• Fire reported at Cummins Filtration

• Man charged with buying cocaine

• Early artwork of pop singer’s personal artist re-emerges

• Students removed from state fair amid swine flu concerns

• Hit-and-run reported

• New homes dominate permits

• Program on diabetes set for Sept. 14

• FLCW meet Wednesday

• Eagles picnic winners

• United Way receives grant

• Creating a cuspidor and other local products

• Editorial: County needs social-host measure

• First Lutheran Church Women

• Why are Republicans lying to the elderly?

• Barbecue grills kill more than guns do

• Peek at the Past

• Youth earns Eagle award

• Enjoying a few days away in the north woods

• Supervisor retires

• Thrivent Financial supports Hayward Boosters Club

• Methodist Church to offer Alpha Course

• Healing service tonight at Our Father’s House

• Manifest by footprints

• AWANA marks 30 years in Albert Lea

• UMC offers after-school program on Wednesdays

• Tigers stall out in Waseca

• Baas trying for 6th win at Shortstop

• Glenville-Emmons football ends the streak

• USC girls' tennis picks up 1st win

• Winona too strong in third set for Tiger girls' tennis

Thursday, Sept. 3

• Prep scores for Sept. 3

• Senators tour Fountain Lake

• 3 workers fired for elder abuse

• Lake Mills wants social-host law for its county

• Vitality Project pledges pass 2,300 mark

• Willmar to dedicate 2 wind turbines

• Manchester’s city-wide sewer system to tie in A.L. system

• Last ski show, vitality project breakfast on tap for weekend

• Streater employee crushed by steel

• Food drive nets over 5,000 pounds

• Albert Lea Medical Center holiday hours

• Water ski show tonight

• Ostomy Support Group to meet at ALMC

• Recital at Thorne Crest

• Tigers ready to start season

• Autumn is a good time for the sports fan

• Tigers tennis picks up a pair of wins

• Albert Lea Aglow meets tonight

• Prep schedule for Sept. 3 and 4

• Handbell concert Sunday at United Methodist Church

• ‘Great Voices of Albert Lea’ concert set for Sept. 11 and 12

• Northwestern Singers begin season Monday

• Hollandale student places in modeling, talent contest

• New plaque sponsor

• September features good weather, fun times

• Editorial: Think healthy this school year

• The sequels to the ‘cash for clunkers’ program

• Lee makes broad assumptions

• Visiting the Capitol won’t be the same

• Peek at the Past

Wednesday, Sept. 2

• Teachers get ready for school

• KFC chain to return to Albert Lea

• ‘GMA’ to return to Albert Lea on Labor Day

• Libraries deal with budget reductions

• Big Island Barbeque results

• Midwest recovery a ‘fragile’ process

• Glenville High graduate sworn in as Vista member

• Anytime Fitness to host 2nd annual citywide “Lose it Big” competition

• Four cited for illegal consumption

• Class of 1942 to hold mini-reunion

• Convictions

• Cucumbers in good supply at farmers market

• Smoking and grilling

• And the Nobel Prize for Penmanship goes to …

• Editorial: State, fund the dredging request

• Is this the change Americans really wanted?

• The same old scare tactics as in 1961

• Peek at the Past

• Tigers get set down

• Monson starts CC season with impressive win

• Century trips up Albert Lea girls’ soccer

• Century sweeps Albert Lea girls’ tennis

• Century tops Albert Lea in girls’ swimming

• Winhawks soar past Albert Lea volleyball

• Spring Grove sweeps Glenville-Emmons volleyball

• USC volleyball takes down rival in five

• Bulldogs ease worries with sweep of Forest City volleyball

• Lake Mills runners bunch together at Newman

Tuesday, Sept. 1

• Prep scores for Sept. 1

• Honorary Dane

• Is Gulbertson OK to stand trial?

• Study: Barriers impede women’s health care

• Sen. Grassley hopeful on limited reform

• Soybeans, corn lag behind norm

• Speed truck spray-painted

• Sen. Sparks, other legislators to tour area improvement projects

• Favre stinks! Wait, he’s now donning purple

• Editorial: Autumn is early, but it can stay late

• Coal is the wrong answer for energy

• Week at band camp taught many things

• God has heard the prayers of penitent

• Peek at the Past

• Tigers continue fast start

• Tiger volleyball unable to sustain rally

• Rebels tennis takes Owatonna to limit in match

• Prep scores for Aug. 31

• Prep schedule for Sept.1 and 2