Eric Johnson, Author at Albert Lea Tribune
Cops, Courts & Fires
A Point Pleasant, Wisconsin man at the heart of a Monday morning standoff involving a seven-year-old girl, has been charged. Kristofer Karl Luiken, 48, was ...
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by Eric Johnson, Wednesday, July 10, 2024 5:23 am
Cops, Courts & Fires
AUSTIN — The Austin Police Department has released new information regarding Monday’s standoff in Austin, which involved a seven-year-old girl. The girl, believed to possibly ...
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by Eric Johnson, Tuesday, July 9, 2024 5:13 pm
Education
On Monday and Tuesday of this week, Riverland Community College hosted three input sessions — one at each location — in order to gather ideas ...
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by Eric Johnson, Thursday, June 27, 2024 10:52 am
Health Updates
AUSTIN — A new training program by Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service will soon be launched to help find answers to the problem of EMT shortages ...
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by Eric Johnson, Thursday, June 13, 2024 4:56 pm
Education
Chapters were closed Thursday afternoon, but the stories are far from told. That was the general feeling for the 29 Southern Minnesota Education Consortium (SMEC) ...
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by Eric Johnson, Friday, May 24, 2024 8:22 am
Business
Alpha Media, the company that owns Austin’s KAUS-1480 and 99.9 Quick Country and Albert Lea’s KATE-1450 and 94.9 The Breeze, conducted a mass layoff of ...
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by Eric Johnson, Thursday, May 23, 2024 1:45 pm
Education
AUSTIN — Friday night’s 83rd Riverland Community College commencement held a number of powerful moments, but among the more powerful moments was President Dr. Kat ...
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by Eric Johnson, Saturday, May 11, 2024 10:02 am
Cops, Courts & Fires
A man currently serving time in prison, has made his first appearance in Mower County District Court to face a pair of felony charges related ...
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by Eric Johnson, Monday, April 29, 2024 2:11 pm
News
AUSTIN — In September of 2022, Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith were in Austin touting the securement of $25 million in federal dollars for ...
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by Eric Johnson, Thursday, April 25, 2024 5:10 pm
Education
AUSTIN — Four years ago, Joe Pacovsky ran as a DFL challenger to Rep. Peggy Bennett in District 27A. Now Pacovsky is running again, officially ...
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by Eric Johnson, Thursday, April 18, 2024 6:18 pm
News
A new bill, authored by Rep. Patricia Mueller-R, has many hoping it will provide a warm answer to cold and difficult situations in the form ...
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by Eric Johnson, Friday, March 8, 2024 9:00 pm
Cops, Courts & Fires
A man with a pending drugs case in Olmsted County made a first appearance Wednesday in Mower County District Court to face several counts of ...
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by Eric Johnson, Wednesday, February 7, 2024 7:34 pm
News
What started as three separate transit companies is thriving as one, serving a four-county area and entering its 10th year of operation. On Wednesday, Southern ...
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by Eric Johnson, Friday, December 29, 2023 4:55 pm
Education
In 2019, the Southern Minnesota Education Consortium (SMEC) broke ground on its facility located alongside Highway 56. Now, just four years later, the facility is ...
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by Eric Johnson, Tuesday, December 26, 2023 5:16 pm
Cops, Courts & Fires
An Austin man with three active cases involving drug possession, use and sales has been charged in a fourth case. Casey Steven Bell, 25, was ...
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by Eric Johnson, Monday, November 27, 2023 7:02 pm
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