Al Edenloff
Al Edenloff was born in Alexandria and later moved to Parkers Prairie where he graduated in 1979. While in high school, he wrote sports stories for the Parkers Prairie Independent. Al graduated from Moorhead State University with a degree in mass communication and started at the Echo Press as a summer intern in 1983. He worked as a reporter until 1990 when he was named editor. He's earned several writing and reporting awards from the Minnesota Newspaper Association (MNA) and the National Newspaper Association. He was presented with the Minnesota News Council's Journalism Accountability Award and is a three-time winner of the MNA's Herman Roe Editorial Writing Award. In his spare time, Al enjoys golfing, fishing, biking, watching sports, cooking and reading mystery novels.Contact
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Car show to take place during Awake the Lakes festivities
It’s all systems go for a Viking Speedway car show that will take place on city property west of the Runestone Museum as part of Awake the Lakes.
RELATED CONTENTDriving home a tragic lesson
Although the crash, the blood and the screams were all fake, the lesson they delivered was all too real. Don’t send text messages when you are driving. It could cost a life.
RELATED CONTENTVIDEO: High-flying electrical work
Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane (actually a helicopter), it’s…CapX2020 man. Motorists traveling on Interstate 94 west of Alexandria saw the unusual sight of a worker suspended from a tethered line connected to a helicopter last week.
RELATED CONTENTStubborn ice finally gives up; L'Homme Dieu ice-out is May 13
This year’s late spring missed making ice-out history by two days. The ice finally vanished on Lake L’Homme Dieu on Monday, May 13.
RELATED CONTENT'Terrific' bid saves Alexandria $900,000
Alexandria received "terrific" news about a watermain extension project it's doing in a newly annexed area west of McKay Avenue.
RELATED CONTENTManufacturers confident but concerned about future
With manufacturing providing the backbone of Douglas County’s economy, it would be helpful to gaze into a crystal ball to see what the future will hold. Lacking that, there is another tool: a survey called “The State of Manufacturing.”
RELATED CONTENTGolf balls, golf balls everywhere
Members of the Alexandria boys and girls golf teams had their hands full last Tuesday, picking up a sea of golf balls on the Geneva Golf Club’s driving range.
RELATED CONTENTStepping out for a good cause
More than 85 people, including many men walking gingerly on high heels, took to the streets of Alexandria Tuesday night in a new communitywide effort against sexual assault.
RELATED CONTENTVIDEO: Ready, set ... slow!
A slow bicycle race at the Eco Fair Thursday not only offered a unique competitive challenge, it also provided a peek into new bicycles that will pedal around the trails in Alexandria this summer.
RELATED CONTENTLocal senators decry DFL health bill
State Senators Torrey Westrom, R-Elbow Lake and Bill Ingebrigtsen, R-Alexandria are critical of DFL leadership for not giving nursing homes, group homes, and their employees a long overdue and adequate pay raise.
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Column - Clearing up faulty questions
As a newspaper person, I hear a lot of questions – questions the public asks at meetings, questions for me to field as an editor, questions that pop up online or in casual conversations at local events.
RELATED CONTENTColumn – A glimpse into crime
One small part of the newspaper that takes a little work but always seems to generate a lot of interest is the sheriff and police blotter.
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