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Aaron and Cassandra Landin’s daughter, Leah Lorraine Landin, is the First Baby of 2021 in New Prague. Leah was born at 6:33 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 4, at Mayo Clinic Health System in New Prague, weighing 7 pounds, 12 ounces and is 19 and-a-half inches long. The family, from left, is older brother Koa...
The New Prague City Council reorganized for 2021 at its electronically held meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 5. For the new year the council appointed its City Attorney, which council members will serve on the city’s boards and commissions and heads of city departments. The council also approved...
Recognizing Minnesotans’ sacrifice and commitment to their communities over the holiday season that helped change the COVID-19 pandemic’s trajectory and save lives, Governor Walz announced measures on Wednesday that loosen restrictions on important parts of daily life while urging Minnesotans to...
A fire in the early morning hours on Wednesday, Jan. 6, destroyed a home in Montgomery. The fire happened at 201 Boulevard Ave NE. According to public records, it was owned by Mitchell Dappen. It had been the home of the late Stanley Busta. The Montgomery Fire Department was called to the scene...
New Prague City Administrator Mike Johnson, left, administers the oath of office to Duane Jirik, the city’s new mayor, the morning of Monday, Jan. 4, at New Prague City Hall. Under the city’s bylaws the earliest a new mayor can be sworn in is the first Monday of the new year. Jirik has had several...
Minnesota State Patrol reported that one person, William Earl Boysen of Webster, was transported to Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burnsville with non-life threatening injuries after a two-vehicle crash in New Prague, around 5:34 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 30. A 2005 Chevy Venture, driven by Boysen,...
During Morristown City Council’s last regular meeting of 2020 on Monday, December 21, council members discussed plans to “clean up” the city’s Code of Ordinances book in the new year. “I’d like us to focus on our ordinance book and clean it up before we do anything with it…" To see more on this...
Long-time Le Sueur County employee Darrell Pettis will be ending his more than 20+ year career with the county. Pettis submitted his resignation Tuesday, Dec. 22 during the Le Sueur County Board of Commissioners Meeting. The board approved the resignation, which will take affect Jan. 22, 2021....
Half of the students attending WEM will return to in-class learning starting Monday, January 11. The WEM Board of Education approved the early return for PreK-6th grade students during their Monday, Dec. 21 regular monthly meeting. Governor Tim Walz initially said... To read more on this story,...

Travis Van Houdt

Travis Van Houdt, 18, of Waterville died after a crash that occurred Tuesday, Dec. 22 at 5:56 a.m. near the intersection of 230th Street W. and Iona Avenue in Morristown Township. Van Houdt is the son of... To see more on this story, pick up the December 31, 2020 print edition of the...

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