Minnesota lawmakers hope to put a new state budget — and fears of a potential government shutdown — to rest Monday in a ...

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air quality alert for all of Minnesota. The alert started at 11 p.m.

The United South Central softball team made school history Friday night at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium in Minneapolis when it ...

Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota’s narrowly divided Legislature have struck a deal on the state budget and will return to St. Paul ...

After years of fundraising and months of construction, the All Together Albert Lea Inclusive Playground on Thursday ...

When I packed up my small farm in central Minnesota and moved south to just outside of Albert Lea five years ago, I wasn’t ...

Guest column by John Double As the summer season approaches, the Albert Lea-Freeborn County Chamber of Commerce is gearing up ...

The Freeborn County Arts Initiative will host its current exhibit, “GAZE: A Study in Presence,” through the month of June.

Three Albert Lea athletes will compete Saturday in the Beastmode Fighting Championships 7 at the North Iowa Events Center in ...

This Sunday begins the season of Pentecost. In Acts 2 we read of the disciples gathered in Jerusalem, whereupon “tongues of ...

He’s one of 249 applicants who won in a lottery held by the state’s Office of Cannabis Management. The winners now can ...

The Albert Lea softball season came to an end with losses to Rochester Mayo and Austin at the Section 1 Class 3A tournament.