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It was the last day of school for the seniors at New Prague High School, and keeping with tradition, a group of seniors drove tractors to school on the final day. This included Tyler Lund, who drove a late 1950s John Deere that he said was purchased new by his great-grandfather.
This year’s Memorial Day program has new times. The church service at Most Holy Redeemer Church will begin at 8 a.m. The parade from the church to the American Legion Post 79 for the program begins at 8:45 a.m. The program at the Legion begins at 9:15 a.m.
The program will also include prayers by...
WEM juniors, left to right, Kelsey Kuball, Payten Polzin, and Lisa Saemrow are the candidates for the title of 2019 Miss Morristown. (Submitted Photo)
The 34th Annual Morristown Dam Days Celebration will begin with the coronation of Miss Morristown 2019 on Wednesday, May 29, at 7 p.m. in the Morristown Community Center.
Admission is two dollars and a Dam Days button. Dam Days buttons will be sold at the door.
Iszabela Lee, Miss Morristown 2018,...
Vintage Escapes Winery and Vineyard, owned by Ashley and Dan Reller (pictured with their son, River), opens this weekend and features wines made using Minnesota-grown grapes and raspberries. (Lisa Ingebrand Photo)
At the top of a gentle hill overlooking Hunt Lake, nestled along historically rich Dodd Road in rural Kilkenny, Dan and Ashley Reller decided to plant their dreams of owning their own vineyard and winery.
This weekend, after four years of hard work, the Rellers will share the fruits of their labor...
Captain Lesley Fierst
US Navy Captain Lesley Fierst will be the speaker at New Prague’s annual Memorial Day observance, to be held Monday, May 27, at Memorial Park.
The observance includes cemetery visits, a parade from City Hall to Memorial Park, and a program at Memorial Park.
The New Prague Veterans Honor Guard will...
A brief dedication ceremony was held Thursday, April 25, for Elko New Market’s new solar arrays. At the ceremony were, from left, Braden Solum of Ideal Energies LLC, Elko New Market Council member Kate Timmerman, Mayor Joe Julius and Assistant City Administrator Mark Nagel. The 86 solar arrays are mounted on the roof of the city’s Public Works building. (Patrick Fisher Photo)
The first of two solar energy projects in Elko New Market was dedicated the evening of Thursday, April 25. The city has been working with Ideal Energies LLC of Minneapolis on the projects. The first to be completed was the installation of 86 solar panels on the roof of the city’s Public Works...
Eagle View Elementary School fifth grade students perform a drum concert on Friday, May 10. The students’ concert at the New Prague Area School in Elko New Market capped off a week where African drumming artist Christian Adeti shared the culture of his home in Ghana. (Patrick Fisher Photo)
Students at Eagle View Elementary School in Elko New Market welcomed resident African drumming artist Christian Adeti. Christian was born and raised in Accra, Ghana of West Africa. He has been performing drumming, singing, and dancing internationally for the past 16 years.
During the week of his...
Mike Grundhoffer and Ken Odenthal present a scholarship to MacKenzie Harstad at the Honors Night on May 15. (Wade Young Photo)
The graduating seniors of the Tri-City United Class of 2019 saw the fruits of their labor during Honors Night on May 15.
Awards, local scholarships and university scholarships were handed out to their recipients by the school counselors as well as other scholarship representatives from the...
A special city council meeting to discuss the 2020 budget in Lonsdale Monday became more than that when the mayor read the recommendation by its attorney on a cease and desist letter during public comments, that lead to council member Steve Cherney walking out in response.
The cease and desist...
PalmerWelcome of New Prague loaned his 1957 Chevrolet Cameo to Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis for its recent production of “Autonomy.” (Photo courtesy of Palmer Welcome)
Any New Prague residents who recently saw Mixed Blood Theatre’s production “Autonomy” may have recognized one of the 40 vintage and unique cars in the show. If a 1957 Chevrolet Cameo Model 2434 seemed familiar, it’s because it was on loan from New Prague’s Palmer Welcome.
According to a press...
