Arts & Culture
Art Center kicks off annual All-Member Show
The Albert Lea Art Center’s annual All-Member Show opened this week and will continue through Feb. 20. The show takes place every year in January ...
Top Stories
Residents digging out from snowstorm
Albert Lea residents began digging out Friday from a snowstorm that swept through the area. According to the ...
‘The citizens of Albert Lea are smiling today’
Albert Lea Healthcare Coalition, MercyOne celebrate groundbreaking on new clinic About 3 1/2 years after a group of ...
‘We’re really happy to be opening’
Restaurants and bars in Albert Lea reopened for indoor dining on Monday after Gov. Tim Walz partially lifted ...
A reason to celebrate
AUSTIN — From now on, New Year’s Day will have a special ring to it for Nick Riste ...
Health Updates
Daily COVID-19 update: New deaths reported in area counties
Minnesota reported 37 new COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, including one each from Faribault, Mower and Waseca counties. The Faribault County person was between 90 and ...
by Staff Reports.
Cops, Courts & Fires
Hollandale teen injured in crash in Mower County
An 18-year-old Hollandale woman was injured in a crash Saturday morning on Minnesota Highway 251 in Mower County. Aubrieana Rae Strain was taken by Mayo ...
by Staff Reports, Saturday, January 16, 2021 7:44 pm
Health Updates
State expresses worry over high COVID positivity rate in county
Minnesota Department of Health officials are showing concern about Freeborn County’s high COVID-19 positivity rates from tests conducted at the National Guard-operated testing site at ...
by Sarah Stultz, Friday, January 15, 2021 9:00 pm
Editorial --FEATURE SPOT
Editorial: Tribune Thumbs
To Arcadian Bank. Thank you to Arcadian Bank, formerly known as Farmers State Bank, who this week said thank you to all Mayo Clinic Health ...
by Editorial Board, Friday, January 15, 2021 8:50 pm
Editorials
Editorial Roundup: Upheaval in U.S. has global consequences
News of Trump-inspired mobs ransacking the U.S. Capitol reverberated worldwide, alarming allies and delighting adversaries as it inverted the concept of American exceptionalism. “We currently ...
by Editorial Roundup, Friday, January 15, 2021 8:50 pm
Columnists
Expand your pallet, teach open-mindedness
We had recently received our latest shipment from our monthly snack box and this month our mouths were traveling to the United Kingdom.
by Submitted, Friday, January 15, 2021 8:45 pm
Columnists
Capitol Comment: Evidence-based results are needed in gov’t decisions
Capitol Comments by Peggy Bennett If there is evidence that proves something isn’t working, should we just continue to do it? In state government, we ...
by Submitted, Friday, January 15, 2021 8:45 pm
Columnists
Ask a Trooper: Driving with earplugs and headphones
Question: Is it legal to wear earplugs or headphones driving a vehicle in Minnesota? Does the decibel rating matter?
by Submitted, Friday, January 15, 2021 8:45 pm
Letters to the Editor
Letter: People should be taxed fairly for road repairs
The way we are being taxed on road repair in this town is very unfair. How many of you have paid thousands of dollars for ...
by Submitted, Friday, January 15, 2021 8:30 pm
Letters to the Editor
Letter: Martin Luther King event on Monday
My husband and I went to the first Martin Luther King Day Celebration 33 years ago. We had just adopted our baby daughter, Tess, and ...
by Submitted, Friday, January 15, 2021 8:30 pm
Letters to the Editor
Letter: People are sick of personal attacks
Another week, another negative attack column by Democratic writer Jennifer Vogt-Erickson. In my last letter, I called for an end to the divisive personal attacks ...
by Submitted, Friday, January 15, 2021 8:30 pm
Education
Administrator’s corner: Community Ed adapting in pandemic
Community Education provides lifelong learning experiences for all 23,431 residents of District 241 and beyond. While this past year has challenged traditional methods of Community ...
by Sarah Stultz, Friday, January 15, 2021 8:00 pm
Arts & Culture
This Week in History: Longtime Albert Lea city councilor is sworn in as the city’s new mayor
Jan. 13, 2011: Freeborn County Sheriff Bob Kindler answered questions at a press conference about the deaths of two women found in a home in ...
by Staff Reports, Friday, January 15, 2021 8:00 pm
News
Naeve Alumni and Nurses’ Club announces available scholarships
The Naeve Alumni and Nurses’ Club announces nursing scholarships available to area graduating seniors, or persons who have successfully completed one year of education in ...
by Submitted, Friday, January 15, 2021 8:00 pm
Health Updates
Hy-Vee to offer COVID-19 rapid antibody testing
Hy-Vee Inc. will begin offering COVID-19 rapid antibody testing at more than 250 Hy-Vee pharmacy locations on Monday, including in Albert Lea. Patients will receive ...
by Staff Reports, Friday, January 15, 2021 8:00 pm
Education
Hawthorne Star Class
The Success Room is new to Hawthorne Elementary this year, and administrators said Tiffany Buchanan and her staff have done an amazing job of supporting ...
by Submitted, Friday, January 15, 2021 8:00 pm
News
Trump’s impeachment trial will focus on his attacks on the election
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment could go to trial as soon as Inauguration Day, with U.S. senators serving not only as jurors ...
by Associated Press, Friday, January 15, 2021 6:01 pm
News
Officials: Extremist threat to Minnesota Capitol has faded
MINNEAPOLIS — Authorities now believe there is no credible, immediate threat from extremists to Minnesota in the runup to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, Public Safety ...
by Associated Press, Friday, January 15, 2021 3:41 pm
Health Updates
Daily COVID-19 update: New deaths in Freeborn, Mower counties
Minnesota reported 33 new COVID-19 deaths on Friday, including one person from both Freeborn and Mower counties. The person from Freeborn County was reportedly between ...
by Staff Reports, Friday, January 15, 2021 2:36 pm
News
Biden unveils $1.9T plan to stem COVID-19 and steady economy
WILMINGTON, Del. — President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled a $1.9 trillion coronavirus plan to end “a crisis of deep human suffering” by speeding up vaccines ...
by Associated Press, Friday, January 15, 2021 9:44 am
Cops, Courts & Fires
Vehicle stolen, recovered and other reports
Albert Lea police received a report of a stolen vehicle at 7:14 a.m. Thursday at 923 S. Fourth Ave. The vehicle was reportedly later discovered ...
by Staff Reports, Friday, January 15, 2021 9:16 am
News
Recognizing local health care workers
An area bank is paying it forward to health care workers with a new initiative that in turn supports local restaurants.
by Sarah Stultz, Friday, January 15, 2021 6:23 am
Education
Area schools close because of weather
All area schools are closed today for in-person learning because of weather. Cancellations include Albert Lea Area Schools, Alden-Conger, Glenville-Emmons, NRHEG, Northwood-Kensett, Lake Mills and ...
by Staff Reports, Friday, January 15, 2021 6:14 am
Cops, Courts & Fires
Bill introduced to increase penalty for those who attempt to kill police
Roughly one year after Waseca Police Officer Arik Matson was shot in the head while responding to a call of a suspicious person, a bill ...
by Staff Reports, Thursday, January 14, 2021 12:20 pm
Education
Lake Mills dismissing early Thursday
Lake Mills schools will be dismissing at 2 p.m. Thursday due to impending inclement weather. The wrestling meet scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday has been ...
by Staff Reports, Thursday, January 14, 2021 12:17 pm
Health Updates
Daily COVID-19 update: 35 new cases reported in Freeborn County
Freeborn County reported 35 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday out of a total 1,598 new cases across the state, according to the daily update from ...
by Staff Reports, Thursday, January 14, 2021 12:03 pm
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