Albert Lea News

Mark Stotts joined the Austin School District as director of finance and operations Monday.

In what was perhaps the longest television segment yet about the AARP/Blue Zones Vitality Project, Blue Zones founder Dan Buettner and a handful of Albert Leans on Monday shared four simple secrets to longer lives during a feature on ABCa s a oeNightline.a Highlighting the successes of the Vitality Project as it went, the segment started by ...

A 37-year-old man strikes a plea deal with prosecutors after he's accused of attacking a woman with a sword.

Habitat for Humanity of Freeborn and Mower counties has chosen a family for its 2010 home build in Albert Lea.

The Albert Lea Police Department and Freeborn County Sherriff's Office will go trick-or-treating for impaired drivers on Halloween weekend through increased DWI patrols.

The deal for the city to purchase the Mexico Lindo property is a good one, but we have an out-of-the-box suggestion for the site, too.

A Wisconsin company that already owns dozens of McDonald's restaurants in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa is buying three more in Minnesota.

It was my intention in the last column to check on several myths and do updates on Albert Lea Lake.

A fire was reported in an abandoned house at 806 Jefferson Ave. at 11:26 p.m. Monday, according to a spokesman with the Albert Lea Fire Department.

The successes of the AARP/Blue Zones Vitality Project entered the national spotlight again Monday with a story in USA Today highlighting the results of the project.

The Albert Lea Grizzlies are a nine-man football team that is a part of the Southern Plains Football League.

Aside from similar Mexican foods, El Tio Pancho also carries candies that are frequently used for parties.

The family of the Freeborn County infant who died of swine flu says the 5-week-old also had critical heart and lung ailments.

Motorists may now travel on U.S. Highway 65 in Albert Lea without delays, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.

Albert Leaa s seventh and eighth grade boysa and girlsa cross country teams participated Monday afternoon in the Mankato East Cross Country Invitational.

A grand jury has indicted an Albert Lea man in the murder of his former girlfriend.

If a new proposed ordinance passes, Austin would join at least 30 other cities or counties in Minnesota that punish people for hosting parties where minors drink alcohol.

Hardware store owner and heart attack survivor Leo Aeikens spent most of his life with a hankering for meat, cheese and ice cream.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol, three men were injured in a crash on Interstate 90 on Friday afternoon.

At the Big Island Rendezvous & Festival, the participants know each other as fur traders, canoe men and bead workers, but in their day-to-day lives, they often work regular jobs.