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Advocates of 4-H encourage use of county fairgrounds
Advocates for Freeborn County 4-H’ers on Tuesday spoke in favor of having an in-person showcase for students open to spectators in August at the Freeborn ...
In 2011, area resident Renee Ruble lost her sister to cancer. Ruble said it was the third time for her sister to be diagnosed with ...
Advocates for Freeborn County 4-H’ers on Tuesday spoke in favor of having an in-person showcase for students open to spectators in August at the Freeborn ...
The COVID-19 pandemic forced sweeping changes in how we work, with many workers doing their jobs remotely for much of the past year. A swift ...
As the middle child of three daughters, I’ve always had what I like to think of as built-in friends in my sisters.
It begins with, “I can’t find the whatchamacallit.”
In the GOP column in this space last week, Brad Kramer articulated the elitism of the Republican Party. Socialism is for the rich and business-minded, ...
A local small business CEO asked us recently “I am frustrated that I am not getting traffic to my website like I need, how can ...
People get shot when they resist arrest. But the news media never tells us that piece. Our people in blue are here to help me ...
Addiction is the only disease that tells you that you don’t have a disease. This is a powerful statement about the disease of addiction. The ...
Families First of Minnesota Head Start and Early Head Start programs are accepting applications for the 2021-22 program year. Head Start serves children who are ...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources would like the public’s help in reporting fish die-offs in lakes and streams, which happen occasionally and usually result ...
As COVID-19 vaccines become more available and people resume some of their favorite activities, the American Red Cross is reminding the public that the need ...
London Williams stood in Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C., moments before the verdict was read in George Floyd’s murder trial Tuesday, wondering how ...
Albert Lea Area Schools Superintendent Mike Funk released a statement following the Chauvin verdict: “At Albert Lea Area Schools we understand that our students may ...
As the state races to beat out a new, more contagious variant of COVID-19 with vaccines, COVID-19 cases — and case positivity rate — continue ...
SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman on Tuesday announced key details on application requirements, eligibility and a program guide for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RFF). The ...
The Governmental Affairs Committee of the Albert Lea-Freeborn County Chamber of Commerce, met and discussed the U.S. Highway 65/Main Street reconstruction proposal. The plan is ...
Police served a warrant on Angel Antonio Gonzales, 32, at 12:44 p.m. Monday at 411 S. Broadway. Police arrested Satera Marie Kontz, 34, on a ...
MINNEAPOLIS — The jurors who sat quietly off-camera through three weeks of draining testimony in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial in George Floyd’s death moved into ...
Albert Lea Area Schools superintendent Dr. Mike Funk told the district’s school board the school was now considered “not in good standing” with the Minnesota ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, a liberal icon who lost the most lopsided presidential election after bluntly telling voters to expect a ...
A Kansas City, Missouri, man was charged in Freeborn County District Court on Monday with drug charges after he was allegedly found with marijuana, cocaine ...
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is privately weighing how to handle the upcoming verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, including ...
MINNEAPOLIS — The murder case against former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd has gone to the jury. Twelve jurors ...
As Minnesota races to beat back a more contagious variant of COVID-19, it reached an important milestone this weekend, with more than half of Minnesotans ...
Police received a report at 7:07 p.m. Sunday of a vehicle that had a catalytic converter stolen off of it at 1306 Southview Lane. The ...