Albert Lea House Fire Injures 2
A house fire in Albert Lea sent two people to the hospital Friday morning, according to the city's fire department.
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A house fire in Albert Lea sent two people to the hospital Friday morning, according to the city's fire department.
Officials in Albert Lea say no foul play is suspected after the body of a Mapleton man was discovered Wednesday in a car parked at a cemetery.
Some roads in southern Minnesota closed due to Tuesday's blizzard-like conditions have reopened Wednesday morning.
Southern Minnesota is facing the brunt of the Groundhog Day snowstorm -- school was canceled for kids in Rochester and Albert Lea.
After an almost spring-like weekend in the Twin Cities, weather conditions are about to get interesting. Forecasters say Rochester, Albert Lea and other cities in that region will likely get hit with up to a foot of snow and blizzard-like conditions.
Police in Albert Lea say a man's death in September was the result of an accidental shooting.
Police in Albert Lea say they have located the truck they believe was involved in a fatal hit-and-run incident. One person was killed around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday evening near the intersection of Main Street and Katherine Street.
Officers say it happened around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday evening near the intersection of Main Street and Katherine Street. By the time police arrived on scene, the victim was found deceased.
When Lindsey Horejsi jumped in the pool Thursday afternoon, racing for a record was part of the plan. "Not even a question, yeah," the senior swimmer from Albert Lea said. "I just kept visualizing at night which splits I had to go out, so I knew I had to go out fast. So I just went for it."
Albert Lea police are investigating what led to a male victim's death inside a residence early Thursday morning.
A 26-year-old man was charged Wednesday with third-degree murder for the overdose death of an Albert Lea teen. Dustin Charles Chenevert, also from Albert Lea, is charged with the Feb. 28 death of 18-year-old Colton Jayce Poplow, who was found dead by his father and a friend in a South St. Paul hotel room.
Remember the southern Minnesota volunteer firefighter who was suspended for flying a Confederate flag during a parade? Hartland city leaders say the issue remains under investigation, basically because officials have met just one time about it since it happened.
A small-town firefighter may lose his job after flying the Confederate flag from a firetruck during a parade in Albert Lea.
A small-town Minnesota firefighter has stirred up a firestorm by flying the Confederate flag at an Independence Day parade. Brian Nielsen is a volunteer firefighter in the town of Hartland. He said he was demonstrating against political correctness when he flew the flag at Friday's parade in Albert Lea.
There may be repercussions from the parade Friday in southern Minnesota where a Confederate battle flag was flown from a participating fire truck.
Albert Lea police are looking for two men who robbed a gas station and assaulted an employee Friday night. Police says two men entered the Mileage Gas Station on the 1300 block of Front Street West at about 10 p.m. while wearing ski masks.
A massive, friendly dog padded around Rep. Peggy Bennett's office this week, hemmed in by a plastic fence he could easily jump.
Authorities hope pictures of a ring may help solve the mystery of a man's identity. A 10-carat gold ring with a large red stone was found with human remains near Albert Lea on Monday. It was described as resembling a class ring.
Investigators are trying to identify human remains found off the shoulder of Interstate 90 in southern Minnesota. A landowner in Freeborn County called 911 Monday to report the discovery. The remains were found near a fence along the south side of I-90 near Highway 13.
Southern Minnesota is digging out from a winter storm that is pushing across the Plains and Midwest.
The Albert Lea Police Department is investigating after multiple shots were fired into occupied residences Wednesday morning.
For 67 years of marriage, Myron and Betty Young were inseparable. He was a farmer and she was a probation officer -- with a sense of humor. "At their 60th wedding anniversary, somebody said, 'Wow, 60 years you've been married to the same man.' She says, 'I know! That's a long time to wash the same guy's Fruit of the Looms,'" their daughter Wanda Gwinn said.
Albert Lea Police say a 10-year-old boy who had been missing since early Thursday has been located. Anthony Lee Cully was last see early Thursday at the north end of the city.
Authorities in southern Minnesota are looking for two suspects after an armed robbery at a hotel on Monday night. Albert Lea Police received a call at about 11:06 p.m. on a report of an aggravated robbery at the Holiday In Express on the 77000 block of East Main Street.
Two people were killed Wednesday night in a head-on crash involving three vehicles on Interstate 35 near the Iowa border, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Authorities responded to the accident at about 6:45 p.m. Wednesday on I-35 northbound about one mile north of the Iowa border.
