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Albert Lea Hometown Pride Clean-Up Day Set

Submitted by Melanie Bloom, ABC 6 News Anchor

Friday, April 13th, 2012, 11:43am

Albert Lea Hometown Pride Clean-Up Day Set

The Albert Lea City Council decided this week that the Hometown Pride Clean-Up Day for residents will be held from 9am-12pm on Saturday, April 28.

It will take place at the City of Albert Lea Transfer Station and Demolition Landfill.

The Clean-Up Day provides the opportunity to dispose of most items free of charge, or at reduced rates on certain items.

Neither hazardous waste nor commercial garbage will be accepted. Proof of city residence will be required.

The reduced rates on Clean-Up Day from 9am-12pm will be:

Free brush/yard waste
Free Household Garbage
Free Demolition Debris
$10.00 per Appliance/Sofa Beds
$5.00 per Furniture Piece
$3.00 per Car or Pick-up Tire
Regular Rates on rims, & e-waste

The City thanks Waste Management for their generous contribution toward the Hometown Pride Clean-Up Day.

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Give Your Input On The Albert Lea Streetscape Project

Submitted by Melanie Bloom, ABC 6 News Anchor

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012, 11:05am

Give Your Input On The Albert Lea Streetscape Project

Interested in the future of Broadway Avenue? There will be an informational open house on Thursday night.

The Broadway Streetscape Project includes new sidewalks along with street and decorative lighting from Front Street on the north end of town to Fountain Street on the south. It also includes a renovation of the park at Fountain Lake.

The current cost is 7.4 miilion dollars so the city says it will need to find grants before a project schedule is set.

They are looking for the council to approve the project this Spring.

Take a look at the plans that are already available online.

If you go:

Thursday April 12
Vitality Center, 211 Broadway, Albert Lea
5-7 p.m

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High Fire Danger, Burn Permits Suspended

Submitted by Chris Kuball, Storm Tracker 6 Meteorologist

Monday, April 9th, 2012, 7:14am

High Fire Danger, Burn Permits Suspended

     There's an elevated fire risk for much of Minnesota. Red Flag warnings are in place for much of south Minnesota and northwest Iowa
     It's blamed on low humidity and high winds. Winds will be breezy for the next couple days with gusts towards 35 mph.
     Any burning outside of a recreational camp fire is strongly discouraged and with any burning, extreme care will be needed.

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Albert Lea's "The Big Freeze" This Weekend

Submitted by Melanie Bloom, ABC 6 News Anchor

Monday, February 13th, 2012, 9:39am

Albert Lea's "The Big Freeze" This Weekend

The Big Freeze will be held in Albert Lea this upcoming weekend. The location is different this year than it was last year.

There will be a chili cook-off, skydiving, a Take A Kid Ice Fishing competition, geocaching, a softball tournament, snowshoe shuffle, winter carnival, Disc Golf Ice Bowl, snowmobile radar runs, sleigh rides, the Polar Plunge and more!

If you go:

Saturday, February 18
Edgewater Bay Pavillion, Albert Lea

For more information and times, visit the Big Freeze website www.bigfreeze.org

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Freeborn-Mower Cooperative Services Sponsors Essay Competition

Submitted by Phenda Varnie on Friday, February 10th, 11:25 am

Freeborn-Mower Cooperative Services’ (FMCS) Fifth Annual Youth Tour Competition is in full swing, attracting participation from 11th graders living in the FMCS service territory.

Eligible students from area schools lying within the FMCS service territory are invited to write a 500 word essay on this topic. Freeborn-Mower Cooperative Services is celebrating 75 years in business. If you could go back in time, describe the role you would have liked to play in our cooperative’s history and why. Also, provide an example of what you would do to shape our energy future. A panel of outside judges has been selected and will review the essays and completed application forms.

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