Here are highlights in history for June 15, gleaned from the files of the Albert Lea Tribune:

1990 — This was the first day of the Puckerbrush Days celebration in Forest City, Iowa.

1980 — One of the events for the Col. Albert Lea Days celebration was a sailboat race on Fountain Lake.

1970 — Members of Albert Lea’s Jaycees were involved in their summer project of delivering sandboxes and/or sand to homes in the city.