News
Martin Luther King Jr. event speaker: Uncomfortable conversations needed
The keynote speaker at Monday’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration in Albert Lea encouraged people to have what she described as uncomfortable conversations ...
Sarah Stultz, Author at Albert Lea Tribune
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 ...
by Sarah Stultz, Friday, January 15, 2021 9:00 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
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
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
News
‘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 residents joined together to fight for health ...
by Sarah Stultz, Thursday, January 14, 2021 2:09 pm
News
Public health director outlines vaccinations thus far
In addition to the COVID-19 vaccinations completed for health care workers at Mayo Clinic Health System and for workers and staff at nursing homes, Freeborn ...
by Sarah Stultz, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 9:02 pm
Columnists
Sarah Stultz: Support local families for weeks to come
My heart skipped a beat Tuesday morning when I realized we would have obituaries for not one but two people in Wednesday’s paper who had ...
by Sarah Stultz, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 8:45 pm
News
Council extends city’s emergency declaration
The Albert Lea City Council on Monday voted to extend the city’s emergency declaration through Feb. 8 in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Some ...
by Sarah Stultz, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 6:01 am
News
‘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 limitations that had been in place to ...
by Sarah Stultz, Monday, January 11, 2021 6:54 pm
News
Court finds The Interchange in contempt of court, orders restaurant to pay fine of $3K per day
A Freeborn County District Court has found The Interchange of Albert Lea in contempt of court for violating the court’s temporary restraining order that required ...
by Sarah Stultz, Friday, January 8, 2021 9:18 pm
News
Mentorship opportunities still available even with the COVID-19 restrictions
Though COVID-19 has changed the way the STARS mentoring program can operate, the need for mentors still remains in the community, according to the program’s ...
by Sarah Stultz, Friday, January 8, 2021 9:00 pm
Health Updates
Ceremony next week for new MercyOne clinic in Albert Lea
About 3 1/2 years after the grass-roots movement began to take control of local health care options, the Albert Lea Healthcare Coalition and MercyOne North ...
by Sarah Stultz, Friday, January 8, 2021 6:24 pm
News
Pelosi, Democrats lay plans to impeach Trump
WASHINGTON — Democrats laid plans Friday for impeaching President Donald Trump, even as he’s headed out of the White House, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ...
by Sarah Stultz, Friday, January 8, 2021 5:54 pm
Business
Chamber names Business of the Year awards
The Albert Lea-Freeborn County Chamber of Commerce on Friday announced it had named St. John’s Lutheran Community as the Large Business of the Year. It ...