ALLETE INC — Director's Dealing 2003

Oct 3, 2003

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ALLETE INC (ALE)
CIK: 0000066756
Period of Report: 2003-10-01

Reporting Person: JOHNSON PETER J (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2003-08-01	Common Stock	A	293.255	$27.28	Acquired	37543.34	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Includes shares acquired in exempt transactions under the dividend reinvestment feature of ALLETE's stock purchase and dividend reinvestment plan.