Alden News

A Sunday fire reported at 9:13 a.m. in a corn field near the intersection of County Roads 46 and 12 west of Albert Lea also involved a combine, according to the Freeborn County Sheriffa s Office.

Crossroads Community Hospice and the Albert Lea Medical Center invite area residents to a oeSet Memories Aglowa this holiday season by donating money toward a light on the special hospice tree in memory of a loved one, friend or for someone living you wish to honor.

Ivan Stringer American Legion Post No. 164 members carefully lowered a heavy bronze statue onto its platform Wednesday as the brisk wind rippled the line of military flags behind them.

The Alden-Conger area early childhood screening will be held on Monday, Oct. 19, starting at 8 a.m. at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Alden.

Kailie Drescher of Alden, daughter of Craig and Beth Drescher, graduated from level 1 of the future astronaut training program this summer at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center.

The 28-year-old Alden man who crashed last week while riding his motorcycle about a mile west of Gordonsville died on Thursday.

Dillon J. Gordon, 29, was injured while riding his motorcycle about a mile west of Gordonsville at 10:38 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Freeborn County Sheriffa TMs Office.

Nostalgia has hit me this summer. Perhaps it is because I have reconnected with many people in my life that were important to me years ago.

It's not every day that people involved with local chapters of national organizations receive recognition from the group's headquarters.

Thanks to funds of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, more than 50 Freeborn County young adults this summer have been able to learn the ins and outs of career exploration, develop positive work habits and find employment through September.

On Wednesday, the retired farmer and dairyman will be one of two recipients of the 2009 Outstanding Senior Volunteer Award at the Freeborn County Fair.

As Marion Drescher has gone about her retirement, she's tried to keep the words of Florence Nightingale in mind: "Life is a splendid gift.

The Freeborn County Home Council scholarship luncheon was held at Trails Restaurant on July 21.

John and Cathy Bennett of 300 Second Ave. N., Northwood, Iowa, announce the birth of a daughter, Olivia Jean-Marie Bennett, on June 22, 2009, at Albert Lea Medical Center.

In 1961 one of Irv Sorensona s a oeHi-Lites and Shadowsa illustrated features had as its main theme the community of Armstrong.

The Freeborn 4-H Club met on June 14. Secretary Genna Anderson called the meeting to order at the Freeborn American Legion.

Jennifer M. Lombardi, a 2002 graduate of Albert Lea High School and 2006 graduate of University of St.

When five boys from the Albert Lea Knights Baseball organization came to the downtown carnival on the Fourth of July, they went straight to one attraction: guess the speed of the pitch.

One of the pre-parade activities now taking place in Albert Lea and other localities is to place chairs of all types next to the street curbs along the known parade routes a day or two prior to the annual events.

The man who allegedly led authorities on a high-speed chase last weekend from Worth County into Freeborn County south of Twin Lakes is in the Freeborn County jail awaiting extradition to Iowa.