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At the New Prague City Council’s Monday, Dec. 7, virtual meeting they were informed that Public Works Director Glen Sticha would be retiring. City Administrator Mike Johnson said he had received a letter from Sticha on Monday, Nov. 23, that it was his intent to retire effective February 25, 2021....
(Photo courtesy of Kurt Ruehling)
Bob Brinkman was out golfing on his 90th birthday on Tuesday, Dec. 1, at the New Prague Golf Club. Brinkman, of New Prague, stopped by the club with a request, he wanted to say he golfed on his birthday and General Manager Kurt Ruehling obliged him. “ I do not believe there is anyone in this area...
On December 9, 2020 at 6:02 am, Rice County deputies responded to the 5000 block of Hazelwood Ave in Webster Township, Northfield Ambulance and Northfield Fire/Rescue responded to a personal injury crash on CR 46 in Webster Township.
Upon arrival, deputies located two vehicles involved with 2...
Eric Lind, Regional Director of Business Development of Monarch Healthcare Management, unloads food donations for the Peace Center food shelf that were collected at Mala Strana Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Center in New Prague the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 9. Monarch Healthcare Management,...
The Montgomery Ambulance responds to the scene of a car accident. (Messenger file photo)
The Montgomery Volunteer Ambulance Service needs aid.
Last week, Thursday and Friday, it was taken out of service due to staffing shortages, which meant local emergency calls were answered by North Memorial Health out of New Prague.
According to City Administrator Brian Heck, previous staffing...
Santa greets the crowds during Santa’s Cruise Through New Prague on Friday, Dec. 4. Riding an engine from the New Prague Fire Department, Santa makes the turn onto Columbus Avenue near the start of the parade sponsored by the New Prague Chamber of Commerce that included emergency and city vehicles...
Due to the ongoing surge of patients hospitalized with COVID-19, Mayo Clinic Health System has temporarily suspended operations at the Belle Plaine clinic and will be temporarily suspending operations at the Mankato-Northridge, Le Sueur, Janesville and Waterville clinics as of Monday, Dec. 7.
The...
On December 3, 2020, at 12:20 p.m., Scott County Sheriff’s Office 911 Dispatch received a report of a body that had been located floating in the Minnesota River near Huber Park at 150 Fillmore Street North in Shakopee.
Sheriff deputies, with the assistance of personnel from the Shakopee Fire...
Due to the ongoing surge of patients hospitalized with COVID-19, Mayo Clinic Health System has temporarily suspended operations at the Belle Plaine clinic and will be temporarily suspending operations at the Mankato-Northridge, Le Sueur, Janesville and Waterville clinics as of Monday, Dec. 7.
The...
Carrie Hackney (left) and Sheri Velishek prepare to-go breakfasts and lunches for school-age children at WEM’s Morristown building on Wednesday morning, Nov. 25. The meals are available free of charge at both Waterville and Morristown school buildings. Meals can be preordered on the school’s website www.wem.k12.mn.us. (Lisa Ingebrand photo)
She’s been in food service for 36 years.
She good at what she does, but like most jobs, the pandemic has thrown her--and her hardworking kitchen crew--for a loop... No, make that multiple loops.
Nancy Culhane is Waterville-Elysian-Morristown School’s food service director. It’s a position she’s...
