A decomposing body was found in Albert Lea’s Garden Villa subdivision Saturday afternoon, according to Albert Lea police. The identity is not known and no details about the age or gender were released. The cause of death was also unknown Sunday.

Thanks to the efforts of Minnesota native Marion Ross, a stage musical version based on her classic television sitcom "Happy Days" is coming to Albert Lea next summer. Ross helped the Albert Lea Community Theater obtain the rights to perform the musical, and will be coming back to city for the premiere.

About 200 people marched in the streets of Albert Lea Monday night to speak out against hate and intolerance toward the Latino community, the Albert Lea Tribune reports. The protesters oppose a controversial electronic sign, owned by Albert Lea resident Mal Prinzing, hanging high on the side of a building that had said, “Catch and Release – No!; Deport Illegals – Si.”

A beloved bus driver got transferred off campus after reportedly giving a female passenger his number and offering to "talk jazz." Rob Thompson is well-known on campus for blasting jazz on his boombox and welcoming students aboard with "hey baby."

A Duluth school bus driver is hospitalized in critical condition after the vehicle filled with kids plowed through yards, uprooted trees and narrowly missed two homes. None of the 27 elementary school student on board was seriously injured. Emergency responders found the driver outside the bus having difficulty breathing.

A 40-year-old school bus driver was charged with DUI after "poor driving conduct" was reported to the Dodge County Sheriff's Office, and a deputy smelled alcohol on his breath in the Hayfield area, roughly 90 miles south of the Twin Cities, KTTC reports. He had dropped off children at summer school before the arrest.

Robbinsdale school officials are investigating a gun found on a roadway that was handled by a seventh grade student. Around 8 a.m. Thursday, a school bus driver for the Robbinsdale School District noticed something on the side of the road and asked a middle school student to get off the bus and see what it was.

Monticello School District and other officials are investigating allegations by a 12-year-old 7th grade student who says he was choked by a bus driver Tuesday afternoon. Travis Walker claims he was attacked by the driver after he answered a cell phone call from a sibling who was locked out of the house.