A longtime resident who escaped from a state treatment center for sexually dangerous people tricked staff by putting a dummy ...

Less than 10 percent of the Minnesota budget fell into place prior to the end of the Legislature’s  2025 session, forcing ...

With Memorial Day on May 26 kicking off summer, the Albert Lea Inspection Department urges residents to take safety steps ...

A gazing ball was reported taken from a yard at 9:06 a.m. Monday at 815 St. Thomas Ave. The theft was captured on camera at 4 a.m. Sunday. A theft was reported at 1:45 p.m. Monday at 1210 E. Main St.

Albert Lea’s adult education program taught 327 students in the last year, including people from 25 countries who speak 17 different languages, Community Education Director John Double shared during ...

Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation  recently awarded 34,639 children’s books to 73 organizations through its Early Literacy Grant Program, increasing the annual distribution by 15,000 books.

Monday is adjournment day for the 2025 Minnesota legislative session, but lawmakers aren’t done with their work just yet and ...

Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders announced a budget agreement Thursday that they’ll have to sprint to complete ahead of ...

A vehicle was reported broken into and a wallet taken at 5:09 p.m. Friday at 617 E. 10th St. The window was smashed to gain entry. Damage was believed to have occurred between 1:45 and 5 p.m. A window ...

The St. Peter Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a man who escaped from the Minnesota Sex ...

Over 300 students were on the stage Friday night, taking part in Riverland Community College’s 84th Commencement in Knowlton ...

After almost two months in her role as Freeborn County’s new administrator, Melanie Aeschliman has hit the ground running and ...