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Power 96 News for Friday october 3rd, 2025.
10/03/2025
The Austin Police Department is looking for a suspect who robbed the Buy the Way Foodmart on Wednesday. The crime occurred around 9:20 p.m. in the 1200 block of East Oakland Place Southeast.
Power 96 News for Thursday October 2nd, 2025.
10/02/2025
Authorities say the 45-year-old man who was shot and killed last Wednesday in rural Alden was illegally at his parents" property and hiding in an outbuilding before he attacked his mother and then his father and brother when...
Power 96 News for Wednesday October 1st, 2025.
10/01/2025
The Albert Lea school board on Monday approved the certification of the preliminary levy to be paid in 2026 at the maximum levy authority as the district anticipates seeing less state aid coming into the district because of...
Power 96 News for September 30th, 2025.
09/30/2025
After more than a decade in the works, a major access has opened for the public on the Cedar River State Water Trail, about five miles south of Austin.
Power 96 News for Monday September 29th, 2025.
09/29/2025
Sterling Pharmacy has consolidated its two Austin locations into a single site at 1109 West Oakland Avenue.
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Power 96 Sports for Friday October 3rd, 2025.
10/03/2025
Albert Lea Tiger athletics, Last night, girls soccer took it to Red Wing winning 4-1. Bots soccer also defeating Red Wing 2-1. Tiger volleyball, falling to Northfield 3 sets to none.
Power 96 Sports for Thursday October 2nd, 2025.
10/02/2025
Tiger Athletics were off last night, but today both Boys and Girls Cross Country will be in action in Owatonna. Girls Volleyball will be in Northfield, Boys Soccer will be at the Gus, while Girls Soccer will be in Red Wing.
Power 96 Sports for Wednesday October 1st, 2025.
10/01/2025
Albert Lea Tiger athletics, Last night, boys soccer was defeated by Rochester Mayo 5-Nil. Tiger volleyball was shut out by Mankato East 3 sets to none. Today, Tiger teams are off.
Power 96 Sports for September 30th, 2025.
09/30/2025
Albert Lea Tiger athletics, Last night, boys soccer was defeated by Pine Island/Zumbrota/Mazeppa 3-NIL. No time to dwell on the loss as the team is back in action tonight again on the road to take on Rochester Mayo at 7.
Power 96 Sports for Monday September 29th, 2025.
09/29/2025
Albert Lea Tiger athletics, Tiger Football is now 5-0 looking to make it 6-0 after defeating Fairmont 29-24 Friday night. This Friday, the homecoming game as St. Peter comes to the Gus.
