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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

BeMobile Verizon is proud to celebrate 12 years of community involvement with its annual Backpack Giveaway, an initiative easing the back-to-school burden for families by providing free backpacks ...

We were pleased to hear the Albert Lea school board vote Monday night to provide transportation to a group of students who live west of U.S. Highway 69 near Southwest Middle School and Sibley ...

The battle over whether the Trump administration should release files on deceased sexual predator Jeffery Epstein could become a political problem for at least one member of Minnesota’s GOP delegation ...

It has made my heart happy to drive into Edgewater Park and see the new inclusive playground buzzing with activity.