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Adults Easter egg hunt
Saturday, April 8 from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at Vintage Escapes and Winery in Kilkenny.
Adult Easter Egg Hunt (21+) at Vintage Escapes Winery! Spots are limited so get your tickets while they last. Costumes and bunny ears encouraged!
Non-refundable tickets are required and the cost...
The 34th annual Miss Czech Slovak Minnesota Pageant is Saturday, April 15 at the Montgomery American Legion.
Dinner, only available with advanced ticket sales, will be from 5 to 6 p.m. and includes pork, dumplings, sauerkraut and kolacky. The after dinner program emcee’s are Anne Jans and Heather...
Cassie Kieffer and her husband, Riley, are among the victims of a man who allegedly took money to build in-ground pools from clients and didn’t do the work, instead using the money for his own personal interests. The man, Charles Workman, is facing federal criminal charges in the case. (Photo courtesy Cassie Kieffer)
She works professionally investigating fraud cases and was a victim of it herself. While Cassie Kieffer hopes she and her husband might one day see some of the money they invested in the construction of a pool they never received returned to them, she hopes changes in state law will protect others...
Members of the New Prague Fire Department perform Saturday, April 1, at the Park Ballroom. The firemen’s drill squad did a variety of maneuvers during the 115th annual drill. (John Mueller photo)
Mark Novak was at New Prague’s Annual Firemen’s Dance & Drill Saturday, April 1, at the Park Ballroom. He was among the 16 members of the fire department’s drill squad and it was his 20th year participating.
The dance and drill are long time traditions, as this was the 135th year of the dance...
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2023 Little Ambassador Candidate Juliette Bunnel (front left) and 2023 Junior Ambassador Lyla Mach (back) joined the ribbon-cutting ceremony of BAM Fashion Boutique on Saturday. Pictured are owners Amy and Phil Gray, and their children (front, from left) MacKenzie, Aubree, and Bryson.
After selling fashion online, out of her basement and garage, BAM Fashion Boutique owner Amy Gray opened her first-ever retail store in Lonsdale on Saturday, March 18.
Gray explains that her home business and family’s move to Lonsdale made them look for a brick-and-mortar location.
“I ran out of my...
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Montgomery Area Community Club members Jill Skogerboe and Jean Franke helped people at the MACC Membership Drive on Saturday at Franke’s Bakery.
Franke’s Bakery was sweeter than normal on Saturday, March 18 for those who renewed their membership or took out a new one to the Montgomery Area Community Club’s (MACC) Annual Membership Drive.
Memberships at the annual kickoff to the Kolacky season brought 120 renewals and some new members,...
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The entire band and choir group that participated in the Florida trip in front of Disney’s Magic Kingdom. Along for the festivities included 60 band members, 16 choir members, 15 chaperones, and the Tri-City United music directors - Sarah Costello and John Sosa.
Tri-City United High School band and choir students had a memorable trip March 5-10 at Disney in Florida.
For some students, it was their first time on an airplane, seeing the ocean or even their first time leaving Minnesota.
TCU Music Director Sarah Costello said, “We had an amazing time on our...
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The Tri-City United High School BPA teams that competed at the state-level competition.
Students from the Tri-City United Business Professional’s of America (BPA) teams placed well at this year’s state competition in Minneapolis during the state Spring Leadership Conference.
The network design team of Josiah Turek and Cole Walters placed first in their category and will be moving on...
Wann
Chuck Wann, who worked for over 50 years with his grandfather, mother and family members to run Suel Printing and The New Prague Times, passed away this past week. He leaves behind a legacy of a family-owned publishing company committed to serving readers and advertisers and helping make the...
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The presenting group from the 2023 Lonsdale State of the City/Schools on March 7 at the Lonsdale Public Library. Pictured (from left to right) are Superintendent of New Prague Schools Tim Dittberner, Lonsdale Mayor Tim Rud, Superintendent of Tri-City United Schools Kevin Babcock, and Lonsdale Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Shanna Gutzke-Kupp.
The 2023 Lonsdale State of the City/Schools was held to a full house in the Lonsdale Public Library on March 7. Attendees dined to a box lunch from Subway sponsored by Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric. The event was coordinated by the Lonsdale Chamber of Commerce.
Mayor of Lonsdale
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