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April Jeppson: Summer has arrived and ants are abundant

I’ve just gotten rid of my third ant. This morning. I’m trying to see the good. Dear God, ...

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Ask a Trooper: Are golf carts treated as motor vehicles?

When golf carts are using at a pedestrian crosswalk, are vehicles required to yield? This happens in some ...

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Al Batt: I like a fast fry and that surely is not a lie

I hardly ever eat at fast food restaurants. That’s a lie. I prefer small-town cafés and I enjoy relaxing meals, ...

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Sarah Stultz: Nine years later, tornado evidence still exists

When the tornado sirens sounded in Albert Lea last week, I knew it was sure to spark quite ...

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Dan Sparks: Wrapping up the Minnesota state budget

The major task of the 2019 legislative session was to create a two-year budget to fund the needs ...

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April Jeppson: Spring brings with it intellectual growth

There’s something about spring that makes me want to read and absorb all the knowledge I can. Let ...

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Ask a Trooper: How many hands on wheel required by law?

The drivers training manual says to have both hands on the steering wheel. First it was “two and ...

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Al Batt: Sending a Batt signal for Minnesota information

An email came from a teacher and her fifth-grade class from Texas. The class was studying states and asked ...

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Sarah Stultz: Taking some time to be off the grid for a bit

Being that the newspaper business is a 24/7 industry, it always feels a little weird when I go ...

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Peggy Bennett: Taxes, transparency issues slow budget process

With the 2019 legislative session now concluded, I had hoped to be able to discuss our new two-year ...

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April Jeppson: Being served with a smile and enthusiasm

This past week left me carless for 72 hours. When I word it like that, it doesn’t sound ...

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Sarah Stultz: Encountering new stages along grief journey

Last week I received a phone call from a parent of one of the fifth graders at Lakeview ...

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Tribune Thumbs

To Adult Learning Center graduates. Hats off to the graduates of Adult Learning Center programs on Thursday who ...

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April Jeppson: Summer is here and there’s so much to do

And just like that, we only have a few days left of school. I’m pretty sure three weeks ...

Opinion

Guest Column: What’s next for the Albert Lea community?

Friday night was the highlight of my tenure as mayor. It was the culmination of work by so ...

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