Section 16 Insider Trades

Date	Filer	Title	Filing	Type	Shares Traded	Price	Total Held
Feb 01, 2006	WELTY CLAUDIA SCOTT	Sr. VP Support & CAO	Form 4	Grant, award or other acquisition pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d)	5,442	--	5,442
Jan 31, 2006	AMBERG DEBORAH A	SrVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary	Form 4	Grant, award or other acquisition pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d)	347	--	1,396
Jan 31, 2006	Candy Warren L	Sr. VP Utility Operations	Form 4	Grant, award or other acquisition pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d)	1,091	--	1,901
Jan 31, 2006	Holquist Laura A	President ALLETE Properties	Form 4	Grant, award or other acquisition pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d)	1,343	--	4,384
Jan 31, 2006	McMillan David J	Sr VP Mrktg/Reg/Pub Affairs	Form 4	Grant, award or other acquisition pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d)	1,111	--	2,186
Jan 31, 2006	SCHOBER MARK A	Sen.VP & Corporate Controller	Form 4	Grant, award or other acquisition pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d)	1,173	--	8,436
Jan 31, 2006	SHIPPAR DONALD J	Director, President & CEO	Form 4	Grant, award or other acquisition pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d)	4,866	--	12,145
Jan 31, 2006	Stellmaker Donald W	Treasurer	Form 4	Grant, award or other acquisition pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d)	430	--	520
Jan 31, 2006	THORP TIMOTHY J	VP Invest. Rel./Corp. Comm.	Form 4	Grant, award or other acquisition pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d)	800	--	1,873
Jan 31, 2006	VIZANKO JAMES K	Senior VP & CFO	Form 4	Grant, award or other acquisition pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d)	2,994	--	10,612
Jan 31, 2006	WELTY CLAUDIA SCOTT	Sr. VP Support & CAO	Form 4	Grant, award or other acquisition pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d)	1,167	--	5,844
Dec 06, 2005	JOHNSON PETER J	Director	Form 4	Bona fide gift	700	--	24,229
Dec 06, 2005	JOHNSON PETER J	Director	Form 4	Bona fide gift	600	--	714
Dec 01, 2005	LUDLOW MADELEINE W	Director	Form 4	Grant, award or other acquisition pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d)	432	--	3,697
Dec 01, 2005	STENDER BRUCE W	Director	Form 4	Grant, award or other acquisition pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d)	197	--	11,175
Nov 18, 2005	Holquist Laura A	President ALLETE Properties	Form 4	Other acquisition or disposition	--	--	3,016
Nov 18, 2005	Holquist Laura A	President ALLETE Properties	Form 4	Other acquisition or disposition	--	--	2,984
Nov 16, 2005	Holquist Laura A	President ALLETE Properties	Form 4	Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security	849	$42.31	286
Nov 16, 2005	Holquist Laura A	President ALLETE Properties	Form 4	Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security	183	$42.07	103
Nov 07, 2005	AMBERG DEBORAH A	VP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary	Form 4	Other acquisition or disposition	--	--	1,041
Nov 07, 2005	WELTY CLAUDIA SCOTT	Sr. VP Support & CAO	Form 4	Other acquisition or disposition	--	--	4,644
Nov 03, 2005	AMBERG DEBORAH A	VP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary	Form 4	Discretionary transaction in accordance with Rule 16b-3(f) resulting in acquisition or disposition of issuer securities	1,480	$43.89	2,882
Nov 03, 2005	WELTY CLAUDIA SCOTT	Sr. VP Support & CAO	Form 4	Discretionary transaction in accordance with Rule 16b-3(f) resulting in acquisition or disposition of issuer securities	1,446	$43.89	4,442
Aug 05, 2005	Holquist Laura A	President ALLETE Properties	Form 4	Other acquisition or disposition	--	--	2,992
Aug 05, 2005	Holquist Laura A	President ALLETE Properties	Form 4	Other acquisition or disposition	--	--	1,135

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