Business
Hy-Vee makes creative displays
Shoppers are accustomed to seeing oranges on their local grocer’s fruit stand. A snowmobile, however, is another story. “We tied it into a citrus display,” ...
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Arts & Culture
Lake Mills infant who had heart defect now an active, healthy boy
Eight years ago, a Mayo Clinic Health System nurse in Albert Lea was giving newborn Kinser Hanson a bath when she realized something was wrong. ...
by Kevin Coss, Sunday, March 3, 2013 7:50 am
News
Big top to return to Glenville
GLENVILLE — Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages: The big top is returning to Glenville. The José Cole Circus, a show ...
by Kevin Coss, Thursday, February 28, 2013 11:37 am
News
Chili for the chilly
Three years ago, Wende Taylor jumped into icy Albert Lea Lake at Frank Hall Park. While there, she took interest in another facet of the ...
by Kevin Coss, Tuesday, February 26, 2013 12:15 pm
News
Education commissioner visits Austin kindergarten class
AUSTIN — Brenda Cassellius stepped into the Sumner Elementary School classroom to introduce herself.
by Kevin Coss, Saturday, February 23, 2013 2:26 pm
News
Waltham resident to appear on ‘Price is Right’
WALTHAM — “Excited” is an understatement for how Nicole Jax felt when she was called to “come on down” on the set of The Price ...
by Kevin Coss, Friday, February 22, 2013 10:01 am
News
Local legislators say cigarette tax is a ‘regressive’ measure
Jan Heim, owner of Ankeny’s Mini Mart, isn’t losing sleep over a potential statewide hike in cigarette taxes. She expects Austin smokers to continue buying ...
by Kevin Coss, Monday, February 18, 2013 9:18 am
News
Runnings retail likely to occupy vacant Kmart bldg. in Austin
A new home improvement store is likely coming to the north end of town. Craig Hoium, the city’s community development director, confirmed Wednesday that Runnings, ...
by Kevin Coss, Friday, February 15, 2013 10:14 am
News
Lyle schools looking for next super
LYLE — Lyle schools are getting ready to chose the next in command. At a special Lyle School Board meeting Monday, board members will review ...
by Kevin Coss, Monday, February 11, 2013 9:57 am
Business
Riverland child care expansion on schedule
About four months after more than a dozen students from the Apple Lane Child Care Center dug their shovels into the ground, Apple Lane’s new ...
by Kevin Coss, Saturday, January 12, 2013 9:49 am
News
House, Senate avoid fiscal cliff
It’s the end of cliff-related metaphors for the U.S. economy as we know it.
by Kevin Coss, Wednesday, January 2, 2013 10:52 am
Cops, Courts & Fires
Man dies after crash in Mower County
A 61-year-old Gibbon man is dead and three other people are injured after two cars collided head-on Saturday night on Highway 63 in Mower County.
by Kevin Coss, Monday, December 31, 2012 3:00 pm
News
Elected leaders cautious about gun laws
In the wake of a recent shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Minnesota legislators speculate the gun control laws could become ...
by Kevin Coss, Monday, December 24, 2012 9:39 am
Education
New Austin school gets name
AUSTIN — It’s official: The late I.J. Holton will live on in Austin’s school system. The Austin Public Schools board voted unanimously during a Monday ...
by Kevin Coss, Tuesday, December 11, 2012 11:13 am
News
Possible norovirus spreads during Le Roy wedding
The bride, groom, and many guests from a Saturday wedding in Le Roy met an unpleasant surprise not long after the happy occasion.
by Kevin Coss, Friday, December 7, 2012 9:59 am
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