Captain Matt Langer, with the Minnesota State Patrol, says there were almost two dozen people on a tour bus that ran off a southern Minnesota interstate and rolled over in a ditch.

Albert Lea Medical Center recently welcomed David Yao, M.D., Plastic Surgery. He now sees patients on the third floor of the clinic.

A search is underway for a missing grain truck driver in Freeborn County. Authorities say the truck drove into a swamp near the intersection of 725th Avenue and County Road 14 just north of Albert Lea.

All of the passengers hospitalized at Albert Lea and Austin medical centers following a tour bus rollover Wednesday on Interstate 90 are listed in fair condition, according to spokeswomen at both hospitals this morning.

Rescuers work at the scene of a bus accident Wednesday afternoon Nov. 18, 2009 in Freeborn County on Interstate 90 west of Austin, Minn.

There will be an informational meeting about forming an Albert Lea Arts Council at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Albert Lea Senior Center in the Skyline Plaza.

A project long in the making has been progressing the last few weeks in Albert Lea.

Mention the special day once known as Armistice Day to some folks and they might make a connection with the date of Nov.

I have lived in Minnesota for almost 44 years. Up until last year, Albert Lea was just another town on the map of Minnesota for me.

A Sunday fire reported at 9:13 a.m. in a corn field near the intersection of County Roads 46 and 12 west of Albert Lea also involved a combine, according to the Freeborn County Sheriffa s Office.

Was a new record set Sunday in Albert Lea? The temperature Sunday of 72 degrees above zero, as recorded at the weather observing station at the Albert Lea Municipal Airport, set a record for Nov.

Freeborn County Recorder Kelly Callahan said Friday the owner of 2301 E. Main St.

Aaron Boyer walks through the kitchen at Tex Mex Taco House on Friday. At the time they were still waiting for a few items for the kitchen, in hopes of opening soon.

With about two months left in its 2009 Live United campaign, the United Way of Freeborn County has raised just more than a quarter of its campaign goal of $645,000. United Way of Freeborn County Executive Director Ann Austin said Monday the organization has raised $170,000 through various fundraisers and corporate gifts.

Marilyn Danielsen looks forward to Wednesdays. Thata s the day the Albert Lea-Freeborn County Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors make their visits to local businesses.