Manchester News

Strong thunderstorms moved through the Albert Lea area with heavy rains and high wind.

The Albert Lea City Council on Monday approved the issuance and sale of $2.84 million in general obligation permanent improvement revolving fund bonds that will be used to finance seven street improvement projects in the city completed in 2008 and 2009.

The Albert Lea City Council tonight will take on two orders for removal of dilapidated houses in the city.

Plumes of smoke continue to rise from one of the Waste Management buildings Wednesday morning.

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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.

The Freeborn County commissioners on Tuesday accepted written comments gathered by the Planning and Zoning Department on a proposed transmission line to connect the planned Bent Tree Wind Farm to the Hayward electrical substation.

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.

Editor's Note: This is the fourth in a series featuring Albert Lea's centenarians.

In addition to federal stimulus funds coming to Freeborn County to help with highway projects, a few small cities within the county are high on the priority list to receive funds as part of a clean water ...

Wea ve had a lot of trials and tribulations, but we love each other,a is the comment of Virginia Higgins as she and her husband, Bernard, prepare to spend another Valentinea s Day together.

Initial reports from the Minnesota State Patrol indicate an automobile rolled over at milepost 8 of Minnesota Highway 13, just north of Manchester.

A new performing arts venue in the southern metro area opened this week in Burnsville.

Nathan Walter Clark, 24, no address listed, was injured in a single- vehicle rollover on County Road 25 two miles west of Manchester about 8:40 a.m. Monday, according to the Freeborn County Sheriffa s Office.

The cab of a 1939 Chevy pickup sits detached from its engine and chassis, in the early stages of restoration.