Albert Lea News

A group of Albert Leans are hoping residents and businesses plant geraniums to beautify the city.

The Albert Lea Community Theatre is getting ready to cast their summer musical. And it's not just any musical.

You use them for moving, storage, maybe even make shift forts. But did you know boxes were made just down the road? A constant rhythm plays in the background of Minnesota Corrugated Box.

Nothing else. At least for now. But, that is a big change that came about from the recent sale of Detke-Morbac, the John Deere dealership in Blue Earth.

Prices Friday morning broke the $4 a gallon mark. The average in Rochester is $4.12 and Austin and Albert Lea are at $4.09. The average prices across the state is $4.24. Khan is the CEO of RST Transportation.

The Albert Lea City Council is approving more than 230,000 dollars in cuts to the Broadway Reconstruction and Streetscape Project.

Blue Earth Area Schools officials explained to a group that included concerned parents why moving the district's eighth-graders to the high school in 2014 will benefit the kids.

KIMT NEWS 3 - Now that the weather is finally starting to shape up, you may be thinking of taking a trip to your local farmers' market.

A breezy push of hot, dry air from the south coupled with a strong mid-May sun pushed afternoon temperatures into record territory.

Both the Twin Cities and the state topped historical high temperatures today. Minneapolis beat the record of 95 degrees set in 1932 by topping out at 98, according to Shawn DeVinny, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service Office in Chanhassen.

Yesterday, the Minnesota Senate passed, and Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed, legislation making Minnesota the 12th state with marriage equality : Minnesota becomes the first Midwestern state to legalize same-sex marriage by legislative vote, and the latest victory for those working to extend marriage rights to gay and lesbian couples across ... (more)

The Snow MAYhem may feel like ages ago, but a local park is still feeling the effects of that winter blast we got earlier this month.

Joe Libby, principal at Phillips Middle School, has been named a finalist for the superintendent's position at Medford, Minn.

A handful of anglers in Albert Lea say local lakes are usually jam packed during opener weekend.

Today marks the nation's largest single day food drive of the year. Postal service letter carriers were filling up mail boxes as well as picking up canned food on their routes all day today.

It is a plan to refresh an area downtown and the businesses located in it, but some are not on board.

The walleye fishing opener is just a day away and across Minnesota anglers used Friday's nice weather to prepare for the season.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation is resurfacing Highway 65 all the way from the Iowa border to around the Interstate 35 exit near Albert Lea.

The Broadway Reconstruction and Streetscape project is now underway downtown, which will result in some road closures during the project.

When a child is abducted, every minute that goes by is crucial to their recovery.