With a warm and gracious smile interspersed with a robust laugh, Joe LaFrance shared the story of First Lutheran Church ...

Albert Lea Area Schools, Alden-Conger School and Glenville-Emmons School have called off all activities and practices after school today with the forecast of severe weather on the horizon.

A man was arrested Sunday night after a report of gunshots fired on Clayton Avenue in Albert Lea. Police were dispatched to the house, at 2416 Clayton Ave., at 7:45 p.m. When officers arrived, they ...

A power-sharing agreement in the tied Minnesota House and a narrow Democratic edge in the Senate will be put to the test this week as the Legislature searches for a budget agreement in the homestretch ...

A state-funded program that helps people get down payments to become the first in their families to buy homes will become permanent if the Legislature passes the House omnibus housing budget bill.

Minnesota joined a 19-state coalition on Friday to sue the Trump administration for threatening to withhold federal funding ...

Widespread severe storms are likely Monday, with the greatest threat in the late afternoon and early evening, according to ...

Albert Lea High School students participated in the annual promenade Saturday afternoon in the high school gym while friends ...

National Day of Prayer will take place Thursday. Local residents are invited to meet for prayer at noon at the Freeborn County courthouse and at 6:30 p.m. at Bridge Community Church. Email newsletter ...

When I graduated in 1960 from Lake Mills, my government teacher said countries have wealth three ways: 1. Grow it or raise it. ( Our farmers and ranchers are doing a very good job of that.) 2. Mine it ...

A disturbing trend from the Trump administration is the cultivation of mistrust in science and the dismantling of the CDC.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a legal resident of the United States. He is just like you or me. The government thought he was a ...