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The New Prague Trojan softball team earned the No. 1 seed in the Section 1AAAA softball tournament, which begins Tuesday, May 22.
The Trojans will host No. 8 seed Lakeville South on at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the double-elimination tournament. Win or lose, New Prague travels to Austin for a 4 p.m. game...
Flavian H. Weiers, age 91, of Union Hill, died peacefully on Sunday, May 20, 2018, at his home. He was born May 12, 1927, in Derrynane Township, Le Sueur County to Henry E. and Cecelia A. (Wolf) Weiers. He attended school at Union Hill and entered the US Army in 1950, was discharged in 1952, and...
Descendants of Felix Kolars and Barbara Simmer, who were married at St. Wenceslaus Church in New Prague in 1890, visited the city on Friday, May 28, to look for their roots. Their grandparents moved to St. Paul and the six siblings were raised in the St. Louis, MO, area, and are now scattered...
Falcon Ridge Elementary School fourth grader Brody Hutton, center, almost made it to the next round of the fourth grade class’ egg drop contest. The annual spring event at the New Prague school has students use science to make devices that will allow eggs to survive drops from continuing further...
Page 2 of this week’s newspaper features a salute to the police and emergency medical service providers whose job it is to keep the people of the New Prague area safe.
May 13-19 is National Police Week, a week in which Americans are asked to recognize the service and sacrifice of U.S. law...
Those who have been reading my columns in the paper know that my life has been turned a bit upside down over the past few months, between moving and then having two funerals all within a six-week span.
As these, and other life’s incidents have taken more of my time than usual, my time in the...
A daughter, Autumn Lois Jindra, was born to Brian and Ann (Hoffer) Jindra of New Prague on Saturday, March 10, 2018 at St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Shakopee. Autumn weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces and was 21 inches long.
Grandparents are Gary and Connie Hoffer of Adrian and Greg Jindra of New...
A lone bear was spotted walking in a field south of Montgomery, near the intersection of Highway 99 and County Road 3, on May 1, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
DNR Wildlife Resource Biologist Andrew Tri, who is one of two bear research specialists in the state, spoke to...
Shakopee and St. Patrick each won two games this week to stay undefeated in Dakota-Rice-Scott Baseball League play.
The Coyotes defeated Prior Lake and Lonsdale to go to 4-0, while the Irish topped Union Hill and Montgomery and are 3-0 in the league standings through May 13. New Market (3-1) and...