The 2025 fishing season kicked off with some impressive catches during the Albert Lea Anglers Opener Extravaganza, sponsored ...

American Legion Post 56 is introducing a new campaign in June that post leaders hope will increase patriotism in the ...

Several metro-area high school softball players are suing Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and other state leaders to remove transgender athletes from their sport.

A longtime resident who escaped from a state treatment center for sexually dangerous people tricked staff by putting a dummy ...

Gov. Tim Walz drew the ire of the Trump administration this week after he likened federal immigration authorities to Hitler’s Gestapo during a commencement speech to Minnesota law school graduates.

Less than 10 percent of the Minnesota budget fell into place prior to the end of the Legislature’s  2025 session, forcing ...

With Memorial Day on May 26 kicking off summer, the Albert Lea Inspection Department urges residents to take safety steps ...

A gazing ball was reported taken from a yard at 9:06 a.m. Monday at 815 St. Thomas Ave. The theft was captured on camera at 4 a.m. Sunday. A theft was reported at 1:45 p.m. Monday at 1210 E. Main St.

Albert Lea’s adult education program taught 327 students in the last year, including people from 25 countries who speak 17 different languages, Community Education Director John Double shared during ...

Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation  recently awarded 34,639 children’s books to 73 organizations through its Early Literacy Grant Program, increasing the annual distribution by 15,000 books.

Monday is adjournment day for the 2025 Minnesota legislative session, but lawmakers aren’t done with their work just yet and ...

Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders announced a budget agreement Thursday that they’ll have to sprint to complete ahead of ...