Year in Review: Best photos of 2013
Published 9:00 am Sunday, December 29, 2013
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- Firefighters Trevor DeRaad, Kurt Wallace and Jordan DeVries discuss the stabilization of a flipped Ford Escape during an extracation training in June in Albert Lea at Allen’s Tow-N-Travel. The firefighters used the Escape to practice multiple rescue senarios. — Brandi Hagen/Albert Lea Tribune
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- Albert Lea firefighters rescue a 94-year-old woman from a smoke-filled house on Bel Aire Drive in Albert Lea on Aug. 28. — Tim Engstrom/Albert Lea Tribune
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- Kellie Pickler made the night of three cousins from Blue Earth at the Freeborn County Fair. Pickler brought Rylan Storbeck, 7, left, Katelyn Storbeck, 5, and Payten Gudahl, 7, on stage to sing “Best Days of Your Life” with her near the end of the show. — Brandi Hagen/Albert Lea Tribune
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- Firefighters carry a hose July 8 toward a blaze in a warehouse at 101 Netherlands Ave. W. in Hollandale. — Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune
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- This 1929 Ford Tri-Motor plane is one of two that is still in existence that regularly fly. It landed in Albert Lea in July, and people were able to ride it. — Brandi Hagen/Albert Lea Tribune
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- Lexi Dunford of Albert Lea and Stefanie Koppedryer of Clarks Grove ride the Scramber in July at the Freeborn County Fair. — Brandi Hagen/Albert Lea Tribune
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- Lines hang low on Johnson Street the morning of May 2. In the distance, a city snowplow turns onto a side street. Albert Leans awoke that morning to a foot of wet, heavy snow. — Tim Engstrom/Albert Lea Tribune
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- In a show of contrasts, a snowbank in the parking lot of Security Bank Minnesota in Albert Lea melts in 102-degree heat on the afternoon of May 14. The snow was a reminder of a foot of snow that fell in the city two weeks earlier. — Tim Engstrom/Albert Lea Tribune
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- Jordan Wolney of Albert Lea fishes Lakeview Boulevard on a Sunday morning, June 23. He said he hadn’t caught anything but could see fish swimming in the street. Many streets were closed after high water inundated them following heavy rains. — Tim Engstrom/Albert Lea Tribune
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- A fireman drinks a bottle of water Monday while taking a break from battling a blaze in Hollandale on July 8. — Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune
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- Shayne Hill, the lead guitar from the Sawyer Brown band, flips his hair back as he plays a solo at the Freeborn County Fair July 31. — Brandi Hagen/Albert Lea Tribune
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- Members of the Vanguard Squadron fly over Poet Biorefining near Glenville Aug. 14 during the company’s member appreciation luncheon. The planes fly using fuel made up of 100 percent ethanol. — Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune
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- Steve Ball works on repainting the stadium lighting poles at Jim Gustafson Field in October. The last time the poles were painted was about 15 years ago. The painting was paid for by the Jim Gustafson fund. Ball, of Paintball, and his brother, John, painted a total of eight 70-foot tall poles. — Brandi Hagen/Albert Lea Tribune
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- Naeve Auxiliary members Sue Tripp, left, and Jeanie Hanson help first-grader Carter James dress like a surgeon would during a tour of Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea in October. — Kelli Lageson/Albert Lea Tribune
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- Lydia and Jett Sorenson of Albert Lea cross the finish line in October during the Color Dash five-kilometer run in Albert Lea. — Micah Bader/Albert Lea Tribune
Tribune staff members share their favorite images from the past year
