A community task force is exploring feedback from students, staff, families and community members regarding how to ...

Albert Lea needs 300 more units to meet local housing needs. Both the north and south industrials parks are nearly out of ...

SMART Transit in Albert Lea has announced service changes across its area footprint for 2026 on Thursday. There will be minor ...

The Freeborn County Board of Commissioners next week will vote to accept the resignation of County Assessor Rich Heffner, who has announced he will be moving to New York with his family after the new ...

The Albert Lea Convention and Visitors Bureau has announced adjustments to the annual Holiday Bazaar scheduled from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday in downtown Albert Lea.

Members of the Albert Lea Post 56 Auxiliary have brought back a Junior Auxiliary program focused on girls 17 and younger who ...

Ahead of their concert at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Frank W. Bridges Theatre, Riverland guitar instructor, Joshua Whalen spoke ...

In late November of this year, Freeborn County Emergency Management was informed of a potential security breach affecting the ...

Authorities received a report of an electrical fire in the sanctuary at 12:52 p.m. Tuesday at 918 Garfield Ave. The fire was ...

As the holiday season rolls around, businesses all over Albert Lea are bringing out their treasured holiday traditions. At ...

Federal immigration agents tackled and arrested a Somali American man in Minneapolis on Tuesday and detained him for about ...

Green energy advocates in Minnesota are praising the ruling this week by a federal judge in Massachusetts declaring President ...