Columnists
Having 2 or 3 Blue Zones purposes is good
Let’s ramble a bit today. One of my favorite aspects of the Blue Zones is its call for knowing your purpose in life. It’s No. 2 ...
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Tim Engstrom is the editor of the Albert Lea Tribune. He resides in Albert Lea with his wife, two sons and dog.
Education
Albert Lea day care providers divided on calendar
A survey of day care providers found that most of them are undecided or indifferent on the issue of altering the Albert Lea Area Schools’ ...
by Tim Engstrom, Monday, October 6, 2014 10:19 am
Featured News
This school didn’t need a bus to get to the Rendezvous
Students from the MTS Minnesota Connections Academy, an online school, occasionally gather in person, and they came together Friday to get an American history lesson ...
by Tim Engstrom, Sunday, October 5, 2014 9:00 am
Featured News
Minnesota House speaker describes MNsure rates going down in region
Minnesota House Speaker Paul Thissen was in Albert Lea on Thursday to point out MNsure health insurance premiums are decreasing in southeastern Minnesota. “When was ...
by Tim Engstrom, Friday, October 3, 2014 10:15 am
Columnists
Adrian Peterson let my 7-year-old boy down
The news came on the radio as I was taking my 7-year-old son, Forrest, to school one morning last week. It was that morning when ...
by Tim Engstrom, Tuesday, September 23, 2014 9:24 am
Albert Lea Tigers
Albert Lea falls short at Winona
The Albert Lea football squad had its best showing of the season but failed to clinch a victory Friday night in Winona. The Winhawks defeated ...
by Tim Engstrom, Saturday, September 20, 2014 12:55 am
Featured News
First Lutheran to host music camp in summer
First Lutheran Church next summer intends to host a nondenominational, three-week music camp as a memorial to a 30-year-old woman who died Jan. 25 from ...
by Tim Engstrom, Thursday, September 18, 2014 10:10 am
Columnists
5 things patient drivers do that still irk me
It’s good to be patient when driving a motor vehicle. When driving in a hurry, there will be drivers who no doubt don’t realize your ...
by Tim Engstrom, Tuesday, September 16, 2014 9:52 am
Education
Some criticize Springsted’s calendar survey
303 Albert Leans were surveyed, 69 were parents Just about 60 percent of parents in Albert Lea Area Schools surveyed by Springsted Inc. favor the ...
by Tim Engstrom, Sunday, September 14, 2014 9:00 am
Featured News
Buettner’s next Blue Zones book is slated to be published in March 2015
The next book from author Dan Buettner, explorer and founder of the Minneapolis-based Blue Zones organization, comes out in six months. Contacted through Facebook, Buettner ...
by Tim Engstrom, Friday, September 12, 2014 9:55 am
Columnists
How to win and lose elections big and small
Do voters elect the best candidate? Of course not. They elect the best politician. I’ve been doing journalism for, oh, 19 years now. There are many ...
by Tim Engstrom, Tuesday, September 9, 2014 9:20 am
Alden-Conger Knights
Knights ride to victory
GLENVILLE — Bump. Set. Spike. It seems when Cassie Gilster is serving for the Alden-Conger Knights, she is kind of like the Energizer Bunny — she ...
by Tim Engstrom, Tuesday, September 9, 2014 9:12 am
Featured News
Downtown is beautiful, but what could be next?
Albert Lea has done a fine job with the reconstruction of its downtown, said Dan Burden, an expert on livable communities, healthy streets and traffic ...
by Tim Engstrom, Friday, September 5, 2014 9:31 am
Featured News
Expert: Wide streets need bicycle lanes
Many of the wide streets in Albert Lea could stand to have bike lanes to make them safer and to slow speedy drivers. That was ...
by Tim Engstrom, Wednesday, September 3, 2014 10:04 am
Albert Lea Magazine
Margaritas and beer, together at last
It’s a margarita and a Corona Extra, but not simply poured together. There is an interesting trick to the Green Mill Restaurant’s specialty drink called ...
by Tim Engstrom, Thursday, August 28, 2014 11:56 am
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