St. John’s Lutheran Community is showing appreciation to its dedicated staff by holding special events throughout the week ...

Freeborn County Chamber of Commerce this week announced Albert Lea Mayor Rich Murray has been named grand marshal for the ...

Three women in Lake Mills recently decided to combine their unique talents and keep a local business open in the community.

Nose for News by Sarah Stultz It may be summer, but I have a song stuck in my head from the holiday season: “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” If you know me, you know I love spring, and I ...

May is Minnesota’s Arbor Month, an entire 31 days of appreciating trees and what they can do for our world, our community and what they can do for our spirits. Aside from being aesthetically pleasing ...

Last Thursday, dozens of area residents rallied in Central Park to defend Medicaid funding, which Republicans are trying to ...

I didn’t have any passwords when I was a boy. If I needed one, it would likely have been, “Open sesame,” which was a magical ...

Question: I read your last article about road construction and work zones. Can you talk about the zipper merge? It seems like ...

Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation awarded 359.25 gallons of paint to 13 communities across its 20-county region ...

Citizens of Albert Lea, greater Freeborn County, and all who are concerned about the current federal government rhetoric and actions are invited to a town hall meeting on May 22. The event will take ...

Since 1996 the Pelican Breeze Cruise Boat has been cruising Albert Lea Lake and entertaining people from around the country and the world. The public cruise season will begin on May 23 and May 25 for ...

Gardner Homer, the last Civil War Union Army veteran in Freeborn County, will be honored in a ceremony at 1 p.m. May 31 in the Greenwood Cemetery in Glenville. The ceremony is open to veterans, those ...