Minnesota lawmakers are primed to extract every last minute of their allowed time at the Capitol as they strive to end the ...

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air quality alert through noon Monday as the air quality index is expected to reach the unhealthy category. The alert comes as a band of heavy ...

Friday night’s 83rd Riverland Community College commencement held a number of powerful moments, but among the more powerful ...

Students and teachers on Friday assembled in the Alden-Conger School gymnasium for a special announcement before classes ...

On a warm late afternoon when you drive near the west end of Clark Street in Albert Lea you often get the aroma of a ...

Emerald ash borers kill ash trees by tunneling under the bark and feeding on the part of the tree that moves nutrients up and down the trunk. Trees become brittle and can topple over. While there is a ...

Administrations of any party are frequently blamed for things out of their control. That is not the case with the current student aid fiasco; it is purely the fault of the U.S. Department of Education ...

Why is it that legislatures often pass new laws to fix some kind of problem and we end up finding out that those new laws ...

Local performing artist Elisha Marin introduced his music to a new audience at The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in ...

Happy Mother’s Day to all who celebrate this holiday. While it’s a secular holiday, churches often make a point to recognize mothers, if for no other reason than it always falls on a Sunday!

The district superintendent of the Southern Prairie District of the United Methodist Church, Minnesota annual conference, has announced that it is the intention of Bishop Lanette Plambeck and the ...

The Dorothy Godtland Lecture Series at the Albert Lea Art Center on May 23 will focus on the “Art of Beekeeping” by Albert Lea resident and avid beekeeper Paul Hanson. Hanson has been a beekeeper ...