The Smoking Tree cannabis shop is open in Albert Lea, but supply regulations and registration issues with the city are ...

A new decision from the Albert Lea City Council could be a sign of more difficulties for the cannabis industry ahead.

City councilors in the southern Minnesota town bemoan a lack of local control as the city attorney warns of consequences.

After rejecting its local registration 4 to 3, the City of Albert Lea is giving the Smoking Tree another chance to plead its ...

Standing at the back of the Albert Lea City Council meeting on Monday, Jacob Schlichter watched as council members voted down ...

On Monday, the Albert Lea City Council voted against registering the business license of what would be the state's first pot shop not on tribal land. The mayor said the city had more questions about ...

Albert Lea City Council voted no to the city’s first cannabis retailer registration at Monday night’s meeting.

City-run cannabis shops would be national outliers, but successful municipal liquor stores provide a model to go by.

ALBERT LEA, Minn. — The Albert Lea City Council voted against what would be Minnesota's first pot shop, despite the owner already getting a license from the state. Both the city attorney and cannabis ...

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The race to be the state’s first licensed cannabis retailer should cross the finish line this week, one ...