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Adults competing in the Kolacky Eating Contest must try to scarf down six of the fruit-filled buns, while youth ages 12 and under must eat three, and then yell “Kolacky Days” to officially complete their challenge.
Winner of the competition gets a medal, kolacky to take home, a giant commemorative Kolacky Days button, and is declared the Kolacky King, male or female. All participants get to keep any kolacky they don’t finish, and that makes it a win either way.
Open
Krocak Farm Team
15-time champions
Over 40
Nut Busters
16-time champions
Business/Organization
Selly Concrete
Youth
The Out-Of-Towners
Women
Krocak Women
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It was an extremely hot day on Sunday, July 26 for the Kolacky Days Grand Day Parade with temperatures reaching in the upper 90's by parade time and dew point temperatures in the mid-to-upper 70's. This kept a few of the over 110 parade units from attending this day and announcer Larry Jindra and KCHK announcers scrambling in their lineup sheets.
One of the longest running Minnesota County Fairs is celebrating its 169th year next week.
The Le Sueur County Fair begins Thursday, August 20 at the fairgrounds in Le Center, and runs through Sunday, August 23. It is the last county fair before the Minnesota State Fair.
Every year the fair board approves improvements to the grounds and this year will be no different, with many new spruced up areas.
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The 92nd Annual Homemade Kolacky Days Baking Contest winners for each category receive $50 for first, $25 for second, and $15 for third, each in Monty Bucks. This year’s youth winner was the only entrant.
Best Tasting Traditional Kolacky
Must be prune or poppyseed. Judged on looks, smell, taste, and texture.
1st Mary Holtz (Prune)
2nd Janell Franta (Prune)
3rd Ceske Damy (Prune)
One of the longest running Minnesota County Fairs is celebrating its 169th year next week.
The Le Sueur County Fair begins Thursday, August 20 at the fairgrounds in Le Center, and runs through Sunday, August 23. It is the last county fair before the Minnesota State Fair.
Every year the fair board approves improvements to the grounds and this year will be no different, with many new spruced up areas.
Miss Czech-Slovak Minnesota 2025-2026 Gianna Olsen from Stillwater attended the Miss Czech-Slovak US Pageant in Wilber, Neb., competing against 10 other candidates from around the country. She was given the Cultural Preservation Award by the judges.
Olsen did a vocal solo for her talent at the event, which ran from Friday, July 31-Sunday, Aug. 2, and coincides with Wilber’s Czech Festival.
Monday, July 27
Tuesday, July 28
Crews will close northbound Highway 169 to traffic between County Road 59/Delaware Avenue in St. Lawrence Township and Creek Lane in Jordan from 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7, to 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 10. The closure is necessary to complete storm sewer work, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT).
The posted detour will be County Road 59 (Delaware Avenue) to County Road 66 (Old Highway 169 Boulevard) to Highway 21 (Broadway Street). All construction activities and traffic impacts are weather dependent and subject to change.
Lonsdale Community Days brings a day-plus of events for the family to enjoy, including a new laser light show at 10 p.m. on Saturday evening on North Main Street.
This year’s grand marshal, Joe Peroutka, is most excited for the kid’s pedal tractor pull at 10 a.m. and Grand Parade at 1 p.m, which he and his family will be a part of. The full schedule of events can be seen on the ad on the back page of this issue of the Messenger.
Library Assistant Karen Gustafson spent her last day at the Montgomery Public Library on Thursday, July 30, like it was any other day attending to the usual customers through closing time.
Gustafson, now age 61, started working at the library in February 2006. “The first week was tough because the librarian was still getting her feet wet and so the two of us kind of had to figure things out on our own. It was kind of like a rollercoaster,” said Gustafson.
