Clarks Grove News

Luke and Rachel Ulrich of 1012 Foothills Circle, Albert Lea, announce the birth of a daughter, Sophia Ruth Ulrich, at 9:35 p.m. on June 22, 2009, at Albert Lea Medical Center.

With cardboard strewn across the ground to cover the incomplete hardwood floor, Donald, Kevin and Eric Worke - A three generations of Workes - A install new kitchen cabinets.

Three area businesses failed alcohol compliance checks conducted this week by the Freeborn County Sheriff's Office.

Meanwhile, firefighters put out the last hot spots at the site. An official cause has not been determined.

Firefighters are finally putting out the last of the hotspots after a transfer station caught fire for more than five hours in Clarks Grove, but crews are still trying to figure out how the fire actually started.

Crews are back at the scene of a fire that destroyed two waste transfer buildings at Waste Management in southern Minnesota.

St. Paul foursome the Arrest may have just put out their debut album, "01," but they're hardly newcomers.

Chris and Marla Burkhart of Albert Lea announce the birth of a son, Noah Christopher Burkhart, at 5:49 p.m. on May 7, 2009, at Rochester Methodist Hospital.

Albert Lea firefighters responded to a house fire on William Street Tuesday evening after three of the renters of the property came home and smelled smoke coming from the basement.

Bruce Nielsen of Hartland won $5,000 by playing the Lotterya s Casino Action scratch game.

A group in Freeborn County has concerns with the setbacks for the proposed Bent Tree Wind Farm, the health impacts of living close to wind turbines and the route planned transmission lines need to connect the turbines to the power grid.

The Albert Lea Salvation Army on Friday welcomed back four more team members from disaster duty in the Red River Valley.

A rollover car wreck with injuries was reported at 4:30 a.m. today near the intersection of 760th Avenue and 283rd Street in Clarks Grove, according to Sheriffa s Office reports.

Two people who authorities believe were a part of a larger group of people stealing and forging checks across Minnesota were charged in Freeborn County District Court last week with aggravated forgery and identity theft.

City and county authorities are investigating a sequence of events based on the thefts of checks from Thompson Sanitation of Clarks Grove.

Back in late 1937 the prestigious Editor & Publisher magazine of New York City made a survey of 1,500 American cities with daily newspapers.

Dustin Lee Demmer of Clarks Grove will be interning this spring at the Alliance for Sustainability in Minneapolis.

With Susan being the music teacher at the school, the producers saw a need to bless the school with new instruments, many of which the students had never played before.

Rachel Vos plays her part in the Hollandale Christian School band. The band was led by Susan DeVries.

Three generations of a Clarks Grove family teamed up to do what they can to help find a cure for juvenile diabetes.