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Arts & Culture

Remnants of an old college

There are still four significant reminders of Albert Lea College serving as nostalgic legacies of a local women’s school that was a part of ... Read more

by Ed Shannon, Saturday, May 8, 2010 10:10 am

News

New homes dominate permits

Warmer weather has resulted in an increase for both city and county building permits, and the one category getting the greatest boost is new homes. Read more

by Ed Shannon, Tuesday, May 4, 2010 9:30 am

Arts & Culture

From Camp Moraine to New York Point

Here’s an interesting question for area walkers, bikers and hikers. What’s the distance from Camp Moraine to New York Point out in Myre-Big Island State ... Read more

by Ed Shannon, Saturday, May 1, 2010 11:10 am

News

Auction action

Brad Wojahn is now involved with a local business that has two locations and two different purposes, and he’s enjoying both aspects of his new ... Read more

by Ed Shannon, Tuesday, April 27, 2010 10:30 am

Arts & Culture

Bidney Bergie’s images of Grove Avenue

One of the true assets of the Freeborn County Historical Museum Library is the many photographs of the city and county’s past that are the ... Read more

by Ed Shannon, Saturday, April 17, 2010 9:50 am

Arts & Culture

Albert Lea’s streets with tree names

Donald R. Wedge, who died in March 2008, was the owner of Wedge Nursery and very interested in Freeborn County’s largest and most historic trees. Read more

by Ed Shannon, Saturday, April 10, 2010 10:15 am

Business

Professions of the past

There have been many changes in occupations in the Albert Lea area. Read more

by Ed Shannon, Tuesday, April 6, 2010 4:00 pm

Business

Permit issued for Cargill project

During March, a building permit with a valuation of $335,000 was issued to Cargill, 703 13th St., for what the city’s report lists as “remodel/alteration.” Read more

by Ed Shannon, Saturday, April 3, 2010 2:45 pm

Arts & Culture

Remembering Albert Lea’s boardwalks, wooden paths

Not long ago, Ken Keesling of Twin Lakes brought a century-old postcard to the Tribune and wondered if it indicated that Albert Lea once had ... Read more

by Ed Shannon, Saturday, April 3, 2010 11:15 am

News

Nebraska men arrested in A.L. for alleged cocaine sale

Two men were arrested on Thursday at Trail’s Travel Center in a drug bust. Read more

by Ed Shannon, Friday, April 2, 2010 10:45 am

News

Ice is out on Fountain Lake as of today

March 31 will be recorded as Fountain Lake’s ice-out date for 2010, according to Bill Malepsy, the city’s lake ice observer since 1969. Read more

by Ed Shannon, Wednesday, March 31, 2010 9:30 am

Arts & Culture

More scenes from Bidney Bergie’s slide shows

One location some people still recall as the place where they saw the popular slide shows presented by the late Bidney Bergie was in the ... Read more

by Ed Shannon, Saturday, March 27, 2010 10:00 am

News

Benchmark preservation

One of the oddest legacies of the old Albert Lea High School building once to the west of Central Park and between Clark and Water ... Read more

by Ed Shannon, Friday, March 26, 2010 2:00 pm

News

Man dies in rollover on Interstate 90

A man died Sunday when a car rolled over a mile east of the Frost exit on Interstate 90. Read more

by Ed Shannon, Monday, March 22, 2010 9:40 am

Arts & Culture

Once owned by an Albert Lea woman, restored 1927 Cadillac coupe believed to be only 1 of 3 in existence

In 1994, when Bill Hexamer of Washington., Ill., purchased a 1927 Cadillac Victoria Coupe painted black from a man in Midway, Texas, he had no ... Read more

by Ed Shannon, Saturday, March 20, 2010 9:13 am

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