The local area is under a heat advisory from noon through 8 p.m. Wednesday as heat index values up to 101 are expected.  Hot ...

A 2-year-old girl was injured Wednesday morning after two vehicles collided on U.S. Highway 69 in Nunda Township. Payton Ann Leibeg of Emmons was taken to Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea for ...

A hit-and-run was reported at 10:12 a.m. Tuesday at 2011 E. Main St.  1 arrested on warrant Email newsletter signup Sign up for our daily email newsletter Police arrested James Edward Mills, 63, on a ...

An Albert Lea man was sentenced Tuesday to five years and five months in prison after receiving a package with cocaine in February 2024.  Freeborn County District Court Judge Ross Leuning found Juan ...

I had been outside attempting to fence in the mosquitoes. I made a noble effort, but it didn’t work. What it did do was work ...

First Lutheran Church in Albert Lea decided last month to bring in the Rev. Ryan Stevenson-Cosgrove to join the church’s ...

The Trumps did not study politics. He is an outsider, and he ran as a joke. He stands with Russia, North Korea and other ...

President John F Kennedy during his inaugural address statedm “And so, my fellow Americans: Ask not what your country can do ...

The Vikings begin training camp practices Wednesday with 91 players and a handful of position battles set to play out over ...

Is it a close friend who sent a 50th birthday card to Epstein in 2003 with a drawing of a woman’s nude body, signed his ...

An Albert Lea man was charged with multiple counts after he allegedly fled police in a vehicle Saturday in Albert Lea and ...

Schmidt, born 7/2/1930, in Minneapolis, entered eternal life on 7/19/2025. Survived by her daughters, Judith (Dr. Kenneth) ...