Albert Lea High School
Packers & Tigers: Red, black & blue
As the Austin and Albert Lea boys’ basketball teams prepare to square off Tuesday, the Herald looks back at the rivalry over the past decade
Andrew Dyrdal, Author at Austin Daily Herald
Albert Lea High School
Video and gallery: Packer/Tiger rivalry
As the Austin and Albert Lea boys’ basketball teams prepare to square off Tuesday, the Herald looks back at the rivalry over the past decade ...
by Andrew Dyrdal, Monday, January 30, 2012 11:33 pm
Courts and Crime
A.L. girls’ basketball coach, teacher placed on administrative leave
Albert Lea girls’ basketball coach, Sean Gillam, has been placed on paid administrative leave, pending the results of an investigation, according to Albert Lea School ...
by Andrew Dyrdal, Sunday, January 22, 2012 8:10 am
Community
Motorcycle man was ‘larger than life’
A young man with a military buzz cut and a muscular upper body build grew into an older, still quite muscular family man with long ...
by Andrew Dyrdal, Friday, January 6, 2012 6:12 am
austin girls swimming and diving
Austin’s Heimark takes 15th at state swim meet
MINNEAPOLIS — Austin’s Helen Heimark placed 15th on Saturday in the 200-yard freestyle at the Class A meet at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center.
by Andrew Dyrdal, Saturday, November 19, 2011 6:02 pm
Minnesota Vikings
Video: Purple orientation in Mankato
MANKATO — The purple’s back. After a four-month long NFL lockout, the Minnesota Vikings opened Monday their 46th consecutive training camp in Mankato at Minnesota ...
by Andrew Dyrdal, Tuesday, August 2, 2011 12:49 pm
Minnesota Vikings
Gallery: Vikings training camp opens
Photos from Minnesota Vikings training camp in Mankato taken by Albert Lea Tribune sports editor Andrew Dyrdal.
by Andrew Dyrdal, Tuesday, August 2, 2011 12:48 pm
Minnesota Vikings
Video: Purple orientation
MANKATO — The purple’s back. After a four-month long NFL lockout, the Minnesota Vikings opened Monday their 46th consecutive training camp in Mankato at Minnesota ...
by Andrew Dyrdal, Tuesday, August 2, 2011 12:47 pm
Minnesota Vikings
Training camp opened with silence
MANKATO — Eager to take the field together for the first time this season, Vikings players and coaches shelved their enthusiasm Monday to remember a ...
by Andrew Dyrdal, Tuesday, August 2, 2011 12:46 pm
austin post 91
Patriots end Austin Post 91’s season
ALBERT LEA — No lead was safe in District 1 Tournament at Hayek Field in Albert Lea Friday.
by Andrew Dyrdal, Friday, July 22, 2011 2:08 pm
outdoors
Adventure race at Myre-Big Island
Myre-Big Island State Park was full of adventurers Saturday despite the state shutdown. The Minnesota Orienteering Club Adventure O was held in Albert Lea and ...
by Andrew Dyrdal, Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:34 am
Health
Climber harnesses her strength
The 27-foot-high beige climbing wall — dotted with blue, red and gray holds — looms nearly 22 feet over her head, but Jennifer Kanz can ...
by Andrew Dyrdal, Wednesday, June 15, 2011 8:00 am
tornado
Rebuilding the farm
ALDEN — Doug and Staci Steele didn’t put much thought into what needed to be rebuilt first.
by Andrew Dyrdal, Monday, June 13, 2011 10:59 am
Albert Lea
State champion: Monson wins 1,600
ST. PAUL — Chrissy Monson is a state champion. The Albert Lea girls’ track runner won the 1,600-meter run Saturday at the Class AA state ...
by Andrew Dyrdal, Sunday, June 12, 2011 11:22 pm
children
Second-grader turns thrill seeker
Eight-year-old Rylee Petterson follows her father everywhere. The two have climbed Devils Tower in Wyoming’s Black Hills and skied black diamonds in Aspen, Colo.