Tag: Albert

3 injured in crash in Albert Lea

Jun. 18—Three people were injured Tuesday afternoon after two vehicles collided in the intersection of U.S. Highway 69 and Minnesota Highway 13 in western Albert Lea. Linda Louise Crofton, 76, Matthew Christian Shuck, 21, and Rodney Alan Johnson, 76, all of Albert Lea received non-life threatening injuries and were taken to Mayo Clinic Health System […]

St. John’s Lutheran Community welcomes new chaplain with ties to Albert Lea

Jun. 14—By Ayanna Eckblad St. John’s Lutheran Community in late April hired a new chaplain to their staff. This chaplain is the Rev. Michael Mandsager. He has been with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for 32 years. He worked as a pastor at traditional church parishes throughout southeastern Minnesota for many years but transitioned […]

Albert Lea man killed in accident near Bancroft Township

Jun. 8—BANCROFT TOWNSHIP, Minn. — An Albert Lea man was killed in a single vehicle crash on Minnesota Interstate 90 on early Saturday morning, June 8, 2024. A 2005 Chrysler 300C and a 2023 freightliner semi tractor-trailer were both traveling west on Interstate 90 and when they collided at milepost 160 around 1:40 a.m, Saturday […]

Lovina visits brother Albert in the hospital

It is a foggy Tuesday morning, and daughters Elizabeth and Susan are coming for the day. They are coming with their horses and buggies, so I hope they arrive safely in this fog. Daughter Loretta is also planning to come for the day. Daughter Verena went over to her house across the road this morning […]

WV Department of Education announces Albert Yanni Scholarship Winners

May 30—charleston — The West Virginia Department of Education has announced the 2024 Albert Yanni Scholarship recipients. Thirty career technical education students were each awarded $2,000 to assist their pursuit of advanced education and/or training related to their career aspirations in the coming year. “These exemplary students are to be commended for earning this important […]

Albert Ruddy, Oscar-winning producer of The Godfather, dies aged 94

Albert S Ruddy, a colourful, Canadian-born producer and writer who won Oscars for The Godfather and Million Dollar Baby, developed the raucous prison-sports comedy The Longest Yard and helped create the hit sitcom Hogan’s Heroes, has died aged 94. Ruddy died “peacefully” on Saturday at the UCLA Medical Centre, according to a spokesperson, who added […]

Neighbors sue Ramapo ZBA for approving larger houses in Albert Drive neighborhood

MONSEY – The Albert Drive neighborhood has long been a fixture of Ramapo’s single-family home character. But neighbors argue their comfort zone is threatened by the Zoning Board of Appeals approval of two higher-density housing projects they claim in nearly identical legal actions are illegal and will alter their neighborhood. The ZBA has approved variances […]

Longtime Albert Lea jeweler set to retire in June

Apr. 20—After more than 36 years in business, Larry and Sandra Fisher of Fisher’s Fine Jewelers will retire in June. Fisher’s opened in 1987 in the former Rivoli Theater building, also known as the historic Bessesen Building, in what he described as the former Braaten Jewelers location. In 1994, the business moved a few doors […]

Albert Lea man arrested for soliciting minor sentenced to probation

Apr. 11—An Albert Lea man convicted of engaging in electronic communication relating sexual conduct with a child was sentenced Friday to five years of supervised probation. Stephen Brian Besco, 32, initially faced two counts, including one count of soliciting a child through electronic communication to engage in sexual conduct, but that charge was dismissed as […]