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                                                                      EXHIBIT 32
                                            ALLETE Second Quarter 2007 Form 10-Q


                  SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT
           BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
            PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


Pursuant  to Section  906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,  18 U.S.C. Section
1350,  each of the  undersigned  officers of ALLETE, Inc. (ALLETE), does  hereby
certify that:

1. The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of ALLETE for the  quarterly  period  ended
   June 30, 2007,  (Report)  fully  complies  with the  requirements of  Section
   13(a) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934  (15 U.S.C. 78m); and

2. The  information contained  in the Report  fairly  presents, in all  material
   respects, the financial condition and results of operations of ALLETE.


Date:  July 26, 2007           Donald J. Shippar
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Donald J. Shippar
                               President and Chief Executive Officer


Date:  July 26, 2007           Mark A. Schober
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Mark A. Schober
                               Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


This certification shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise  subject to liability  pursuant to
that  section.  Such  certification  shall not be deemed to be  incorporated  by
reference  into any filing under the  Securities  Act of 1933 or the  Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent that ALLETE specifically incorporates
it by reference.

A signed  original of this written  statement  required by Section 906, or other
document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that
appears in typed form within the  electronic  version of this written  statement
required  by Section  906,  has been  provided to ALLETE and will be retained by
ALLETE and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon
request.
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