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The new board of directors for the Le Sueur County Historical Society elected at the annual meeting on June 3 are (front, from left) Bonnie Reak, Dean Pettis, William Stangler, Ruth Collins, (back) Lois Mack, Bryce Stenzel, Richard Bennett, Mike Frederick, and George Luskey. (Wade Young Photo)
The Le Sueur County Historical Society (LCHS) began a new chapter on Monday.
After a year-long lawsuit where more than a dozen plaintiffs asked a judge to force transparency, a fair election and an examination of the society’s books, a new board of directors was elected.
A Nominating Committee put...
Highway 93 from Highway 169 to Henderson opened over the weekend (June 1) after closing a fourth time on May 27 due to flooding on the Rush River.
Motorists are advised to continue to drive with caution along Highway 93 as flood waters are near the roadway. Speed limit is reduced to 50 mph and...
Father Kevin Clinton, center, leaves St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in New Prague to a 43 bell salute from members of the bell choir and church choir on Sunday, June 2. Father Clinton is retiring and served at his last Mass on Sunday, after 45 years as a priest. A celebration of his retirement was...
New Prague High School’s senior class of 2019 celebrate at the end of the graduation ceremonies on Friday, May 31, at Trojan Stadium as family and friends look on. The ceremony included music, the student address by Anne Zweber, an address from NPHS social studies teacher Allie Meyer and the...
Falcon Ridge Elementary School teacher Cindy McNab, left, received the Paul Flick Silver Apple Award from Roseann Flick, widow of former school administrator Paul Flick, during the New Prague Area Schools' Year-End Celebration Friday, May 31. McNab has not only taught in the same building -...
UPDATE - Driver Pronounced Dead
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner is investigating the cause of death of Joshua David Bastyr, 34, who had a medical emergency while driving along Chalupsky Avenue SE in New Prague on Thursday, May 30. New Prague Police Chief Jim Gareis said that officers were...
On June 2, 1974 Father Kevin Clinton was ordained a priest at St. Paul Seminary, now 45 years later he will be holding his last Mass this Sunday, June 2, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in New Prague.
Fr. Clinton grew up in Le Sueur County and graduated from Cleveland High School in 1966. He...
Attending the Thursday, May 23, groundbreaking ceremony for Braith Auto in New Prague are, from left, Zak Kvam of Braith Auto, City Building Official Chad Lunder, Tim Braith of Braith Auto, City Administrator Mike Johnson, City Planning Director Ken Ondich, Doreen and Howard Braith of Braith Auto, Market President Eric Krogman of First Bank & Trust, city council members Maggie Bass and Bruce Wolf, Mayor Chuck Nickolay, Pete Sletten of the city’s Economic Development Authority and Brent Quast, president of the EDA. (Patrick Fisher Photo)
Braith Auto Repair and city officials held a ground breaking ceremony the morning of Thursday, May 23, in New Prague’s Industrial Park, just off of Highway 21. The ceremony was the latest step for the business, located outside of New Prague, to relocate into the community.
Howard Braith, owner of...
Principal Pat Pribyl, seated, gets high fives from Raven Stream Elementary School students who won prizes in a drawing during the last day of classes on Thursday, May 30. Superintendent Tim Dittberner, right, drew names. He and other school leaders showed up on Thursday to wish Pribyl a happy...
Elko New Market Police Chief Brady Juell pins the badge on new Officer Steve Hotaling. (Patrick Fisher Photo)
Elko New Market welcomed its newest police officer, Steve Hotaling, during the Wednesday, May 22, meeting of the Elko New Market City Council. Police Chief Brady Juell provided a biography of Hotaling before pinning a police officer’s badge on Hotaling’s uniform.
Chief Juell said that Hotaling was...
