The Albert Lea Police Department (ALPD) says the city saw its biggest decrease in crime in 2024 in the last seven years.

The Albert Lea Police Department reports that the local crime rate dropped in 2024 to the lowest level since 2018, based on a statewide crime reporting system that went into effect in 2017. The 2024 ...

A southern Minnesota history center avoided an explosive exhibit on Thursday when authorities helped remove three live World War I-era incendiary devices that had sat undiscovered in the collection ...

Three live grenades were found in the collection, necessitating a call to the St. Paul Police Department Bomb Squad to have them removed. According to the Albert Lea Police Department, items like ...

The History Center of Freeborn County made history in its own right Wednesday after three live grenades were discovered in ...