Serving your local news. 2009-11-20T15:48:53-06:00 http://www.albertleatribune.com/ tag:www.albertleatribune.com,2009:www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/20/league-finds-albert-lea-thunder-allowed-pay--play/ 2009-11-20T09:50:00-06:00 Tim Engstrom newsroom@albertleatribune.com The Albert Lea Thunder is in hot water with North American Hockey League over allegations of pay-to-play and ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Xx3yT1eH3nXJHJTHjC4S4JtBO70/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Xx3yT1eH3nXJHJTHjC4S4JtBO70/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Xx3yT1eH3nXJHJTHjC4S4JtBO70/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Xx3yT1eH3nXJHJTHjC4S4JtBO70/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thealbertleatribune/~4/-OZZ3z1evSw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/20/league-finds-albert-lea-thunder-allowed-pay--play/ tag:www.albertleatribune.com,2009:www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/20/league-statement-not-reflection-nahl/ 2009-11-20T09:45:00-06:00 Nick Gerhardt newsroom@albertleatribune.com The invisible elephant that has existed inside the Albert Lea Thunder locker room since the team’s inception was ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ms0jCLSannnXx-VyM6bHMCCOwPA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ms0jCLSannnXx-VyM6bHMCCOwPA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ms0jCLSannnXx-VyM6bHMCCOwPA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ms0jCLSannnXx-VyM6bHMCCOwPA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thealbertleatribune/~4/cpacWt3oR8Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/20/league-statement-not-reflection-nahl/ tag:www.albertleatribune.com,2009:www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/20/officials-medical-episode-possibility/ 2009-11-20T09:40:00-06:00 David Richards david.richards@austindailyherald.com Determining what caused a tour bus to flip over on Interstate 90 Wednesday killing two people and injuring ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lTY6U8VMa470iV_CRklXisrfkwo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lTY6U8VMa470iV_CRklXisrfkwo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lTY6U8VMa470iV_CRklXisrfkwo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lTY6U8VMa470iV_CRklXisrfkwo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thealbertleatribune/~4/FJjTGzMHKJg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/20/officials-medical-episode-possibility/ tag:www.albertleatribune.com,2009:www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/20/state-patrol-releases-list-passengers-tour-bus/ 2009-11-20T09:35:00-06:00 Sarah Stultz newsroom@albertleatribune.com The Minnesota State Patrol has released the full list of passengers from the tour bus crash on Interstate ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QkjCtGTit-gs39jdXQL-IRFhBRU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QkjCtGTit-gs39jdXQL-IRFhBRU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QkjCtGTit-gs39jdXQL-IRFhBRU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QkjCtGTit-gs39jdXQL-IRFhBRU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thealbertleatribune/~4/8vJ1Ua2oZGc" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/20/state-patrol-releases-list-passengers-tour-bus/ tag:www.albertleatribune.com,2009:www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/20/medical-center-swung-automatic-gear/ 2009-11-20T09:30:00-06:00 Sarah Stultz newsroom@albertleatribune.com When word came Wednesday afternoon at Albert Lea Medical Center that there had been a tour bus crash ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZjZNpQengdsaME7Mx00WkDUF1FI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZjZNpQengdsaME7Mx00WkDUF1FI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZjZNpQengdsaME7Mx00WkDUF1FI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZjZNpQengdsaME7Mx00WkDUF1FI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thealbertleatribune/~4/_h-O9iWNre0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/20/medical-center-swung-automatic-gear/ tag:www.albertleatribune.com,2009:www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/20/man-drives-truck-swamp/ 2009-11-20T09:25:00-06:00 Geri McShane newsroom@albertleatribune.com A man drove a truck into a swamp north of Albert Lea on Thursday afternoon. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/34oziHqC_9Y04j33YAnMXGyiLv4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/34oziHqC_9Y04j33YAnMXGyiLv4/0/di" border="0" 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src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thealbertleatribune/~4/66GItFfyxJA" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/20/window-smashed-stereo-stolen/ tag:www.albertleatribune.com,2009:www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/20/conv/ 2009-11-20T09:10:00-06:00 Staff newsroom@albertleatribune.com James Arthur Hoppe (D.O.B. March 1 1973). 163 Cleveland Ave. W. Winnebago. Count 1: Operating unsafe equipment. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8nYyLOYRVqheLxogUZhwPiy5Wu0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8nYyLOYRVqheLxogUZhwPiy5Wu0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8nYyLOYRVqheLxogUZhwPiy5Wu0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8nYyLOYRVqheLxogUZhwPiy5Wu0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thealbertleatribune/~4/1hdG4fIGkGU" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/20/conv/ tag:www.albertleatribune.com,2009:www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/20/daybreakers-donate-quarterback-club/ 2009-11-20T09:05:00-06:00 Staff newsroom@albertleatribune.com Albert Lea’s Daybreakers Kiwanis recently made a donation to the Albert Lea Football Quarterback Club which raises money ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HudOCXCvZqLzgNlEw5u4u8JGUGI/0/da"><img 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href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2sukRjtIZ8wdQP3TV_J2gRtXdNE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2sukRjtIZ8wdQP3TV_J2gRtXdNE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thealbertleatribune/~4/CLRHLMAyd9Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/20/grief-series-begin-dec-2/ tag:www.albertleatribune.com,2009:www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/20/lens-shutter/ 2009-11-20T08:55:00-06:00 Staff newsroom@albertleatribune.com The Lens & Shutter Photography Club held its Oct. 15 meeting at the Rofshus Precision Machine Building with ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xSR0LHjNzevianLuJP3Nqm_OQgI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xSR0LHjNzevianLuJP3Nqm_OQgI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xSR0LHjNzevianLuJP3Nqm_OQgI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xSR0LHjNzevianLuJP3Nqm_OQgI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thealbertleatribune/~4/4xwys4Y-jBE" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/20/lens-shutter/ tag:www.albertleatribune.com,2009:www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/20/vfw-auxiliary/ 2009-11-20T08:50:00-06:00 Staff newsroom@albertleatribune.com The Freemond Madson Auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 447 met Nov. 9 with Eunice Hatleli presiding. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f0-_wvW-dHqMdHd1AGlpXy5V4nE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f0-_wvW-dHqMdHd1AGlpXy5V4nE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f0-_wvW-dHqMdHd1AGlpXy5V4nE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f0-_wvW-dHqMdHd1AGlpXy5V4nE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thealbertleatribune/~4/s8Ro5ZC4f6s" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/20/vfw-auxiliary/ tag:www.albertleatribune.com,2009:www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/20/methodists-and-lutherans-meet-joint-thanksgiving-s/ 2009-11-20T08:43:00-06:00 Staff newsroom@albertleatribune.com Four churches from Albert Lea will join for a united service of thanksgiving at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ku9UcNgC9dVN_9EzncKYWv44NI4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ku9UcNgC9dVN_9EzncKYWv44NI4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ku9UcNgC9dVN_9EzncKYWv44NI4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ku9UcNgC9dVN_9EzncKYWv44NI4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thealbertleatribune/~4/f3qxcTEkh2A" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/20/methodists-and-lutherans-meet-joint-thanksgiving-s/ tag:www.albertleatribune.com,2009:www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/20/haven-wells-host-first-fundraiser/ 2009-11-20T08:20:00-06:00 Staff newsroom@albertleatribune.com What makes December so different from the rest of the year? The calendar fills with Christmas concerts gatherings ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2SosYOjpWnH2tW_wS4Go4q3-8ME/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2SosYOjpWnH2tW_wS4Go4q3-8ME/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2SosYOjpWnH2tW_wS4Go4q3-8ME/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2SosYOjpWnH2tW_wS4Go4q3-8ME/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thealbertleatribune/~4/kIKcK9ZFqNo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/20/haven-wells-host-first-fundraiser/ tag:www.albertleatribune.com,2009:www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/19/buettner-focusing-taking-vitality-project-larger-c/ 2009-11-19T21:20:00-06:00 Sarah Stultz newsroom@albertleatribune.com Blue Zones founder Dan Buettner said he and his team are focusing on taking the Vitality Project to ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ufucB2Q3LQ0WCGtqdjlK0mXIV2Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ufucB2Q3LQ0WCGtqdjlK0mXIV2Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ufucB2Q3LQ0WCGtqdjlK0mXIV2Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ufucB2Q3LQ0WCGtqdjlK0mXIV2Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thealbertleatribune/~4/G0pwujn-wow" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/19/buettner-focusing-taking-vitality-project-larger-c/ tag:www.albertleatribune.com,2009:www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/19/state-patrol-its-too-early-speculate-cause-crash/ 2009-11-19T14:41:00-06:00 Sarah Stultz newsroom@albertleatribune.com Minnesota State Patrol Capt. Matt Langer said Thursday it is too early to speculate about the cause of ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N7f_BR1qKxyaTEaPjf3jOjQOnbM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N7f_BR1qKxyaTEaPjf3jOjQOnbM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N7f_BR1qKxyaTEaPjf3jOjQOnbM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N7f_BR1qKxyaTEaPjf3jOjQOnbM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thealbertleatribune/~4/scDnTet-CSg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/19/state-patrol-its-too-early-speculate-cause-crash/ tag:www.albertleatribune.com,2009:www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/19/blue-zones-founder-dan-buettner-oprah-web-site/ 2009-11-19T13:54:00-06:00 Tribune staff newsroom@albertleatribune.com Blue Zones founder Dan Buettner and the Albert Lea Vitality Project is featured on Oprah.com. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Kgh-lHxStFvEEu51kl3o189qaY0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Kgh-lHxStFvEEu51kl3o189qaY0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Kgh-lHxStFvEEu51kl3o189qaY0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Kgh-lHxStFvEEu51kl3o189qaY0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thealbertleatribune/~4/DAD-wlLBTf0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/19/blue-zones-founder-dan-buettner-oprah-web-site/ tag:www.albertleatribune.com,2009:www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/19/injured-bus-passengers-albert-lea-austin-hospitals/ 2009-11-19T11:51:00-06:00 Sarah Stultz newsroom@albertleatribune.com All of the passengers hospitalized at Albert Lea and Austin medical centers following a tour bus rollover Wednesday ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/n1tFySYr4UgdB5j0Gf0RR_9IesU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/n1tFySYr4UgdB5j0Gf0RR_9IesU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/n1tFySYr4UgdB5j0Gf0RR_9IesU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/n1tFySYr4UgdB5j0Gf0RR_9IesU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thealbertleatribune/~4/K2XDtjgLjZ4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/19/injured-bus-passengers-albert-lea-austin-hospitals/ tag:www.albertleatribune.com,2009:www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/19/2-killed-bus-crash-identified/ 2009-11-19T10:29:00-06:00 Associated Press newsroom@albertleatribune.com The two people killed in a Minnesota tour bus crash are being identified as two women from the ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FOeXObvXdisspv6FFlaWLis_DtQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FOeXObvXdisspv6FFlaWLis_DtQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FOeXObvXdisspv6FFlaWLis_DtQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FOeXObvXdisspv6FFlaWLis_DtQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thealbertleatribune/~4/MF-MrA2V2dk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/nov/19/2-killed-bus-crash-identified/