ALLETE INC — Director's Dealing 2005

Feb 1, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ALLETE INC (ALE)
CIK: 0000066756
Period of Report: 2005-01-28

Reporting Person: MAYER GEORGE L (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2005-01-28	Common Stock	A	189.42	—	Acquired	16315.49	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	166	Indirect
Common Stock	100	Indirect
Common Stock	83	Indirect
Common Stock	133	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Includes shares acquired in exempt transactions under the dividend reinvestment feature of ALLETE's stock purchase and dividend reinvestment plan and is based on plan information available as of December 31, 2004.

F2: By reporting person's spouse as conservator for family member in the same household as reporting person.