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Funeral notice: Thomas Ulland, 66
Sept. 19, 1957 – Jan. 28, 2024 WILLMAR, Minn. – Thomas Ulland, 66, Kerkhoven, Minn., died Sunday, Jan. 28, in Rice Memorial Hospital. A service ...
Sarah Stultz, Author at Austin Daily Herald
Albert Lea
Scholarship opens free college to Freeborn Co. students
After months of planning, Riverland Community College, the Albert Lea Economic Development Agency and the Albert Lea-Freeborn County Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday announced the ...
by Sarah Stultz, Tuesday, January 23, 2024 8:00 pm
Albert Lea
New documentary captures ‘unbreakable spirit’ of Arik Matson
“The Weight of the Crown,” a documentary featuring the story of former Waseca Police Officer Arik Matson, will premiere next month at movie theaters in ...
by Sarah Stultz, Tuesday, January 2, 2024 7:37 pm
Business
Hormel named to Drucker Institute Management Top 250 List of America’s Best-Run Companies
Hormel Foods Corporation has been named one of America’s Best Run Companies on the 2023 Management Top 250 list compiled by the Drucker Institute and ...
by Sarah Stultz, Friday, December 15, 2023 5:52 pm
Columnists
Ask A Trooper: All cars must have license plates
By Sgt. Troy Christianson Question: My question is why electric cars and trucks do not have front license plates? These are all from Minnesota which ...
by Sarah Stultz, Tuesday, December 12, 2023 5:36 pm
Albert Lea
Five people, including three from Austin, sentenced to prison in drug trafficking case
Five people, including three from Austin and one from Albert Lea, have been sentenced to prison for trafficking methamphetamine that was shipped through the mail ...
by Sarah Stultz, Tuesday, November 21, 2023 8:17 am
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Donald G Tomlinson Sr., 80
Our loving husband, father & “Pappy”, Donald (Don) Tomlinson Sr, was welcomed into Heaven Monday, October 30th, 2023, at 80 years of age, at home ...
by Sarah Stultz, Friday, November 3, 2023 5:12 pm
Albert Lea
Austin man handed 45 months in prison for assault in Freeborn Co.
An Austin man was sentenced Thursday in Freeborn County District Court to 45 months in prison for reportedly assaulting another man with a baseball bat ...
by Sarah Stultz, Thursday, August 24, 2023 10:58 am
Albert Lea
Albert Lea man drowns in Fountain Lake
An Albert Lea man drowned Thursday on Fountain Lake near the Edgewater Bay boat landing, according to authorities. Freeborn County Sheriff Ryan Shea said it ...
by Sarah Stultz, Thursday, July 13, 2023 2:06 pm
Albert Lea
A. Lea man charged with murder in 2-year-old’s death; bail set at $1 million
An Albert Lea man is facing charges of second-degree murder and child endangerment in the death of a 2-year-old boy Thursday morning at Trailside Apartments. ...
by Sarah Stultz, Friday, July 7, 2023 6:17 pm
Albert Lea
Police investigating after toddler injured in Albert Lea
Albert Lea police are investigating after a toddler was reportedly injured and taken to the hospital Thursday morning. Police received a call at 11:43 a.m. ...
by Sarah Stultz, Friday, July 7, 2023 7:10 am
Crime, Courts & Emergencies
3rd person charged in drive-by shooting that killed 1, injured 2
A third person was charged Friday in Mower County District Court in last week’s drive-by shooting in Austin that killed one person and injured two ...
by Sarah Stultz, Friday, June 16, 2023 1:33 pm
Crime, Courts & Emergencies
2 charged in drive-by shooting that kills 1, injures 2
Two Austin men are facing multiple charges for a drive-by shooting Friday night that killed one man and injured at least two others. Manamany Omot ...
by Sarah Stultz, Monday, June 12, 2023 11:42 am
Albert Lea
Austin man sentenced to prison in Freeborn for sexually abusing child
An Austin man was sentenced to seven years and seven months in prison Friday in Freeborn County District Court for sexually abusing a child in ...
by Sarah Stultz, Friday, June 2, 2023 6:00 pm
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Jeanette E. Mayfield, 72
Jeanette Elizabeth Mayfield, age 72, of Austin, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on February 28, 2023, surrounded by her family after a long battle with COPD. ...