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Dornink is lead author of at least 23 bills

Sen. Gene Dornink wants Minnesota to move past the pandemic, and his proposals to the 2021 Legislature reflect ...

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Bennett focused on better government

Better government is the focus of bills authored by Rep. Peggy Bennett, even as she works from a ...

News

Low oxygen levels lead to fish kill on Pickerel Lake

Low oxygen levels on Pickerel Lake have resulted in a winter fish kill, the Shell Rock River Watershed ...

Health Updates

COVID-19 update: Walz vows shots for all of Minnesota by summer

Gov. Tim Walz says every Minnesotan should be able to get a shot by the summer. The state’s ...

Business

Over $750K given out in second round of local business relief

Local officials distributed $761,500 in COVID-19 relief funding this week, according to Freeborn County Administrator Tom Jensen. More ...

News

COVID-19 update: 13 new cases in Freeborn County, 2 new hospitalizations

After six days of new COVID-19 cases in the single digits, Freeborn County reported 13 new cases on ...

Arts & Culture

From behind the lens

Images captured by members of the Albert Lea Lens and Shutter Photography Club will be on display over ...

Health Updates

COVID-19 update: Waiting on shots as pandemic picture improves

Minnesota’s COVID-19 vaccination effort is still searching for traction following a mild upswing. Officials, though, hope the arrival ...

News

Bills would give tax credit to farmers for riparian land

Companion bills before the Minnesota Legislature that would shift waterfront agricultural property from the tax rolls to tax ...

Health Updates

Covid-19 update: Minnesota officials hope for upswing in vaccinations

Minnesota’s COVID-19 vaccination effort is struggling again for traction following a mild upswing. Officials, though, are anticipating a ...

News

Council hears plans for reopening the library for in-person browsing

The Albert Lea City Council on Monday discussed reopening the city’s library for express borrowing after being closed ...

State & Regional

Gov. Walz’s bonding bill doesn’t include Fountain Lake dredging

Although Gov. Tim Walz’s $518 million bonding bill focused on infrastructure in Minnesota, funds for the final year ...

Health Updates

Covid-19 update: Klobuchar speaks out about vaccine misinformation

Minnesota Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar joined a local physician and health care administrator on Sunday in the ...

Cops, Courts & Fires

Man sentenced to probation in Albert Lea shooting

An Eden Prairie man was sentenced Monday in Freeborn County District Court to five years of supervised probation ...

News

Woman injured in crash near Ellendale

A St. Paul woman was injured Sunday afternoon when two vehicles collided on Interstate 35 near Ellendale. Libby ...

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