ALBERT LEA, Minn. (FOX 47) Minnesota businesses near the border with Iowa are nervous they’ll lose customers to the Hawkeye State.
On Friday, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a public health proclamation removing the state mask mandate, and weakening gathering restriction statewide.
Albert Lea is about 10 to 15 minutes from the closest Iowa town.
“We worry about losing customers all the time especially being so close to the border,” said Jason Hoiseth, co-owner of Bleachers Sports Bar and Grill. “It’s just a matter of them going down there one time and finding somewhere that they really like. Not that I don’t want people to be everywhere and support all the businesses. But local is what we need and we want to keep the local businesses happy.”
The Timbers event center now open in Northwood
The former Northwood Lumberyard has been redeveloped into an event center set to host weddings, receptions, anniversaries and other joyous celebrations
Posted: Jan 29, 2021 11:28 AM
Posted By: Alex Jirgens
NORTHWOOD, Iowa - A 120 year-old building has been given a new lease on life.
The former Northwood Lumberyard has been transformed into The Timbers , an event center set to host weddings, receptions, anniversaries and other joyous celebrations.
After two contractors purchased the building about five years ago, they planned to tear it down. However, after discovering that the building was in too good of shape to take down, they turned to the non-profit organization TUNE to not only buy the property, but redevelop it into an events center. Inside and around the building, many facets of the lumberyard were kept intact, including the wooden supports and the dancefloor, and the tin on the roof.
PEOSTA, Iowa â Sue White held her husbandâs hand as he took his last breaths.
She prepared herself for the third service she would attend within eight weeks to mark the death of a family member.
First, her brother. Then, her mother-in-law.
Now, her high school sweetheart with whom she embarked on a 49-year marriage.
âIâm ready for this year to be over,â Sue said, âand hopefully, next year will be better.â
Rick White, 69, of Peosta, died in October after contracting the novel coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19.
Sue, a retired secretary and receptionist, included the cause of death in Rickâs obituary. She wanted to illustrate the diseaseâs pernicious effects.
Long delayed Iowa sentencing for Albert Lea burglar
Jabar Morarend
Posted: Dec 10, 2020 12:30 PM
Posted By: Mike Bunge
NORTHWOOD, Iowa – A Freeborn County man is finally sentenced for a North Iowa burglary.
Jabar Pedro Morarend, 48 of Albert Lea, was accused in April 2017 of two Worth County burglaries and driving a stolen vehicle. Authorities say he broke into two separate homes on April 5 and April 18 and was arrested on April 18 at the Kum & Go near the Diamond Jo Casino for driving a stolen SUV.
Morarend pleaded guilty to one count of 3rd degree burglary in December 2017 but never appeared for his sentencing because he was arrested in January 2018 in Freeborn County for 1st degree burglary. He eventually pleaded guilty to 2nd degree burglary in that case and was sentenced in June 2018 to four years and three months in prison, with credit for 248 days already served.