Albert Lea Tribune

04/07/2026

Albert Lea High School students will take on one of the most famous Broadway musicals this week as they perform this year’s spring show, “Chicago: Teen Edition.”

04/07/2026

The Albert Lea school board on Monday discussed the possibility of moving the district’s Area Learning Center to a portion of Southwest Middle School.

04/06/2026

The Albert Lea school board later this month will consider three proposals on moving the district forward in light of declining enrollment, including the potential to close at least one elementary school building and regroup some grades in the future.

04/05/2026

Three people were injured Saturday morning after a driver lost control of her vehicle while turning and ended up in a ditch near the intersection of 850th Avenue and 185th Street in Hayward Township.

04/03/2026

Albert Lea Area Schools saw increases in its four-year graduation rates between 2024 and 2025, according to new data released Friday by the Minnesota Department of Education.

About 89% of students at ALHS graduate in 4 years

04/03/2026

A Freeborn County District Court judge on Wednesday ordered a competency examination of the 44-year-old man charged with reportedly critically injuring an elderly man last month with a meat cleaver in what authorities said was an unprovoked attack.

04/02/2026

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04/01/2026

Albert Lea High School English teacher Jennifer Henschel was named the 2026 Albert Lea Teacher of the Year on Wednesday in the annual reception at the high school.

Albert Lea High School English teacher Jennifer Henschel was named the 2026 Albert Lea Teacher of the Year on Tuesday in the annual reception at the high school.

04/01/2026

Ruby’s Pantry has announced that it will cease operations effective immediately after over two decades of providing food for the communities in which it has worked out of, including Austin and Albert Lea.

03/31/2026

Projects include repair of the northbound and southbound Interstate 35 bridges over Albert Lea Lake, which is expected to take place from June through October and cost $3.3 million. Shoulder closures will occur during construction.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation today announced its 2026 road construction season includes more than 200 projects that will help improve and maintain Minnesota’s roads, bridges and other transportation infrastructure; improve safety and mobility; and support jobs throughout the state.

03/30/2026

An Albert Lea man pleaded guilty Monday in Freeborn County District Court to four counts of criminal vehicular operation after reportedly driving the wrong way on Interstate 35 in October and causing a crash that injured four people and himself.

03/30/2026

One man was injured Sunday evening after a vehicle rollover on 180th Street east of 660th Avenue, west of Conger.