The Albert Lea City Council on Monday voted 5-2 to approve a zoning change on property in southern Albert Lea to allow for the potential expansion of the ALEDA Jobs Park.

Prior to his annual journey across the globe, Santa Claus sits down to talk about the lead-up to Christmas Eve as well as the night itself ...

Minnesota elected officials joined several faith leaders Tuesday in raising concerns about federal immigration actions, criticizing a lack of communication and transparency from federal officials.

Todd Michael Jameson and Steve Boyken of Ron & Steve Unplugged will team up to perform live music from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Hunter’s Bar in Myrtle. The show, “Those Meddling Kids,” is a Scooby ...

Young Arena hosted the 32-team Battle of Waterloo on Friday and Saturday. The tournament annually brings together many of the best teams in Iowa from all three classes.

Being the parent of a special needs child is a lot of fun for Christmas. Landon is now a teenager, and while most teenagers ...

As a way to say thank you for all the compliments and comments and sports tips I get throughout the year on this column, I am ...

Question: I know you were talking about winter safety tips in your last article. Can you go over the items a person should ...

The Albert Lea Noon Lions Club celebrated its 85th anniversary at Wedgewood Cove this month.

It’s the time of year again when the Magnificat runs through my head along with many Christmas songs. The Magnificat was Mary’s song in the New Testament, which she sang before the birth of Jesus. In ...

The snowplow operator might have had a red nose like the most famous reindeer of all, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, a fictional animal created by Robert Lewis May. Rudolph was the ninth and the ...

Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897.