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The games area at the Veseli Ho-Down was busy on Sunday, Aug. 18, as children were able to win an assortment of prizes. Hosted by Most Holy Trinity Parish, the 52nd annual festival also had food, selling out of its pork and dumpling meals, plus grilled burgers. There were three stages of music...
Tom Goetzinger, longtime station manager at KCHK Radio, has been named grand marshall for the 2019 Dozinky Parade of Farm Pride.
The New Prague Chamber of Commerce made the announcement Friday, Aug. 16, after the Chamber board of directors made the selection.
Goetzinger has been active in promoting...
Photo by Jay Schneider
Le Sueur County Historical Society has shed its vacant Waterville property and is focusing on the future.
The announcement of the sale was made during the society’s August 7 regular meeting in Montgomery.
“I have no idea what they (previous LCHS board members) were going to do with it, and it’s no...
Judge Patrick Goggins, right, shakes hands with Gov. Tim Walz during Goggins’ investiture ceremony Thursday, Aug. 8. (Chuck Kajer photo)
The New Prague Times Patrick Goggins of New Prague was sworn in as a Judge of the First Judicial District during an investiture ceremony Thursday, Aug. 8, at Next Chapter Winery in rural New Prague.
Judge Christopher Neisen, a former law partner of Goggins and a Judge in the Third Judicial District...
Every motorist driving in and out of Lonsdale’s east side gets a wave.
The unofficial greeter is John Carson. He loves waving to everybody and hopes it makes their day.
It makes him "happy," he said.
John, who turned 19 in April and graduated in May from Tri-City United High School, has been...
Lonsdale Community Days Grand Marshals Charlotte, left, and Joe Kodada, life-long residents of the town wave to the crowd at the beginning of the Grand Parade on Saturday, Aug. 10. The rain quit just in time for the parade, which had 55 units registered. The Grand Parade made its way down Main...
After a ceremony flag raising, Le Sueur County Sheriff Brett Mason welcomes people to the new Le Sueur County Justice Center in Le Center. A large crowd showed up for tours of the new facility, which will house the Sheriff's Office, county jail, courtrooms and court administration and Emergency...
The City of New Prague, SEH Engineering and project contractors announced Friday that the detour route for the street construction project will change after the morning rush on Monday, August 12.
The intersection of Columbus Ave and 12th Street, which is being made into a roundabout, will be opened...
The new KC hot dog stand attracted a nice crowd on Wednesday, July 24. (Wade Young photo)
Hot Diggity Dog!
The Knights of Columbus debuted a new, larger hot dog stand last week.
Instead of the familiar seven-foot-by-seven-foot metal stand, residents ordered their brat or hot dog from a new larger building. According to “manager” Ernie Kotek, the solid eight-foot-by-ten-foot space gives...
Montgomery American Legion Post 79 Commander Corey Kotek. (Lisa Ingebrand photo)
The American Legion, both nationally and in Montgomery, was chartered in 1919.
The organization started out as a group “of war weary veterans,” according to the Legion’s online history page, www.legion.org/history, so it makes sense that many of the group’s first items of business was to line up...
