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All of the deaths occurred on April 30, which is known as the 1967 Iowa–Minnesota tornado outbreak, or Black Sunday, to residents of Iowa and southern Minnesota. That day spawned a total of 21 tornadoes, devastating the towns of Albert Lea and Waseca, Minnesota. [6] [7] [nb 2] [nb 3]
Albert Lea Township (/ ˌ æ l b ər t ˈ l iː / AL-bərt LEE) [3] is a township in Freeborn County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 808 at the 2000 census. Myre-Big Island State Park is within the township. Albert Lea Township was organized in 1857, and named after its primary village, Albert Lea. [4]
As the main tornado crossed County Road 74, it hit a farmstead at EF2 intensity, killing a woman who was sheltering inside and another west of Albert Lea. [7] [9] The tornado crossed Interstate 90, reaching EF3 intensity as it destroyed several farmsteads and damaged homes.
Aug. 27—One person died and another was seriously injured Monday afternoon in a crash at the intersection of Minnesota Highway 13 and West Main Street in Albert Lea. Roger Allen Jensen, 84, of ...
Mar. 21—Update (6:45 a.m. Friday): One person died Thursday night after a crash involving a semi and pickup on Interstate 90 near Albert Lea. The Minnesota State Patrol is expected to release ...
Albert Lea, c. 1862 The city is named after Albert Lea Lake, which was named after Albert Miller Lea, a topographer with the United States Dragoons, who surveyed southern Minnesota and northern Iowa in 1835, including the current site of Albert Lea. [8] Captain Nathan Boone, a son of Daniel Boone, was the scout for Lea's unit.
Aug. 29—About 107 years after it originally started in downtown Albert Lea, Leutholds is expected to return to the heart of the city in November. Bill and Paula Hertling took over the men's and ...
Freeborn County is a county in the state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,895. [2] Its county seat is Albert Lea. [3] Freeborn County comprises the Albert Lea Micropolitan Statistical Area.