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DC Drifters to be inducted into Iowa Hall of Fame
The year was 1963 and Pontiac Grand Prix, Ford Fairlanes and Chevy Novas lined the streets of Austin. ...
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Albert Lea Cantori to celebrate 50 years in spring concert
Music resonates every Monday evening from September to May from the choir loft at the United Methodist Church. ...
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Student show to open at Albert Lea Art Center
Students from Albert Lea Area Schools as well as United Preschool will have their artwork displayed at Albert ...
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NRHEG students prepare to perform ‘Caught in the Act’
Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” featured performers who pretended to be in their own play. The same plot ...
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‘Johnny Cash Story’ coming to Marion Ross theater
Sherwin Linton sounds like Johnny Cash, or so he’s been told. And at 7:30 p.m. next Saturday, Linton, ...
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New theater manager hopes to eventually bring in more for the younger demographic
The Marion Ross Performing Arts Center has a new building manager, John Caucutt. “I saw [an advertisement] on ...
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Exhibition brings a new world of color
A new exhibition at the Freeborn County Arts Initiative featuring the work of a visual arts instructor in ...
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‘Something very different than what we’ve done before’
Welcome to Almost, Maine. It’s so far north it’s almost in Canada, but it’s not quite a town ...
Progress 2023
‘A beacon of hope’: Work nearing completion on Hope Church buildings in downtown Albert Lea
Work is almost complete to transform two downtown Albert Lea buildings into Hope Church. As of the end ...
Progress 2023
Ascension, Salem Lutheran opt to share pastor
Mark Boorsma has stepped into a new but familiar role as lead pastor at Salem Lutheran Church.
Progress 2023
Albert Lea woman is known as the cookie lady
Albert Lean Jill Petersen was set to retire as a longtime educator when she decided to explore things ...
Progress 2023
Albert Lea professional artist retires after decades
After a lifetime involved in art, Rory Mattson is retiring as an artist. Mattson’s father was involved in ...
Progress 2023
Marion Ross Performing Arts Center manager hangs up the hat
After a decade managing the Marion Ross Performing Arts Center, Neil Lang retired as building manager at the ...
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New dual art show opens at Art Center
Show to feature Blue Earth, Albert Lea artists Beth Tostenson, artistic director of the Albert Lea Art Center, ...
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‘A risk that paid off’: Arts Initiative celebrates 10 years
“The Ten-Year Retrospective,”a 10-year anniversary show at the Freeborn County Arts Initiative, is now open. The show will ...
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