News
Is that snow in the forecast?
Though snow is expected to fall across most of the state on Tuesday, Albert Lea is expected to avoid major accumulation, according to the National ...
Staff Reports, Author at Albert Lea Tribune
News
Sparks tests positive for COVID-19
District 27 Sen. Dan Sparks announced Monday he tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month and has been quarantined. Sparks, DFL-Austin, said in a statement ...
by Staff Reports, Monday, October 19, 2020 1:09 pm
Health Updates
Daily COVID-19 update: High new case numbers across the state
Minnesota continued its streak of large new COVID-19 cases on Monday with 1,636 cases reported. The new cases increased the state’s cumulative count to 124,439, ...
by Staff Reports, Monday, October 19, 2020 11:23 am
Cops, Courts & Fires
3 arrested for DWI and other reports
Police arrested Naam Latrell Matthews, 39, for fourth-degree driving while intoxicated, test refusal and obstructing with force after a traffic stop at 2:23 a.m. Saturday ...
by Staff Reports, Monday, October 19, 2020 9:48 am
Health Updates
Daily COVID-19 update: 17 new deaths statewide, including 1 in Mower County
Seventeen new COVID-19 deaths were reported across Minnesota on Sunday, including one in Mower County. The person, who was between 95 and 99 years old, ...
by Staff Reports, Sunday, October 18, 2020 1:16 pm
Health Updates
Daily COVID-19 cases: Seven new cases reported in Freeborn County
A day after recording 21 new COVID-19 cases, Freeborn County reported seven new cases on Saturday, according to health officials. The new cases increase the ...
by Staff Reports, Saturday, October 17, 2020 12:35 pm
Elections & Campaigns
‘Not just red or blue’: DFL congressional candidate Feehan visits Austin
DFL Minnesota 1st Congressional District candidate Dan Feehan stopped in Austin on Friday to conduct a farm tour in the middle of harvest. Feehan said ...
by Staff Reports, Friday, October 16, 2020 8:17 pm
Elections & Campaigns
Candidate Q&A: Minnesota House District 27A
This is a continuation of the Tribune’s candidate Q&A features and the fourth such feature with District 27A Rep. Peggy Bennett (R) and challenger Thomas ...
by Staff Reports, Friday, October 16, 2020 8:16 pm
Cops, Courts & Fires
Court Dispositions: Oct. 13-15, 2020
Freeborn County District Court Oct. 13 Jaxson Edward Loecher, 18, 1603 20 Ave. SE, Austin. Count 1: Liquor – consumption by persons under 21. ...
by Staff Reports, Friday, October 16, 2020 8:15 pm
Health Updates
Daily COVID-19 update: Mower County records 8th death; 21 new cases in Freeborn County
Nothing good has come from Minnesota’s COVID-19 data this week. That unhappy trend continued Friday. The Minnesota Department of Health reported 13 more deaths atop ...
by Staff Reports, Friday, October 16, 2020 12:00 pm
Cops, Courts & Fires
Buildings broken into and other reports
A burglary was reported at 11:34 a.m. Thursday 69827 135th St. in Twin Lakes. Police received a report at 7:31 a.m. Thursday that a shed ...
by Staff Reports, Friday, October 16, 2020 8:38 am
News
Minnesota House, Senate pass bonding bill
Blazing Star Trail, East Main Street flood mitigation funding included in bill
by Staff Reports, Thursday, October 15, 2020 4:51 pm
Health Updates
Daily COVID-19 update: No new cases in Freeborn County, but state death count high again; active cases top 10K
A day after reporting 29 COVID-19 deaths — the highest single-day death count in months — Minnesota health officials returned Thursday with an equally grim ...
by Staff Reports, Thursday, October 15, 2020 12:11 pm
Cops, Courts & Fires
Thefts and other reports
Police cited James Kolby Ralph Lund Jr., 49, at 11:08 a.m. Wednesday for theft from the Salvation Army Thrift Store, 416 Bridge Ave. Police arrested ...
by Staff Reports, Thursday, October 15, 2020 6:18 am
Cops, Courts & Fires
Worth County woman accused of faking cancer, scamming charities to change plea
A Northwood woman, who deputies say impersonated doctors and defrauded area charities by pretending to have cancer, will enter a new plea next month, according ...