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The New Prague Area Education Foundation held its annual Brain Power Walk-Run Saturday, Sept. 15, at Trojan Stadium. The event included a 5K run and a one-mile run. Above, New Prague Area Schools Superintendent Tim Dittberner was surrounded by a large group of elementary students at the beginning...
The Bisek family of New Prague found the 2018 First Bank & Trust Dozinky Medallion on Thursday, Sept. 13, after three out of four clues. The medallion was hidden in the small park north of Casey’s along Highway 21. From left Rachel, Mike, Jacob and Jamie Bisek receive the $300 prize from...
Construction has begun on the fitness center that will be operated by New Prague Area Schools and the City of New Prague. That was the message from Superintendent Tim Dittberner to the New Prague Area School Board at its Monday, Sept. 10, workshop.
Dittberner explained that the state had completed...
Chris Flores is the new lead pastor at Pillar of Grace Church in New Prague. He has been leading the church since July and was the associate pastor for Pillar of Grace Church for three years. Patrick Fisher Photo)
Since the beginning of July, Chris Flores has been the lead pastor at Pillar of Grace Church in New Prague. He has been the associate pastor for three years of the church at 830 Fourth Ave. SW. Being a pastor is something he knew he wanted to do for years.
“I was a young boy when I felt called to...
Superintendent Tim Dittberner updated the New Prague Area School Board about safety grants the district is pursuing. At the school board’s Monday, Sept. 10, workshop, Dittberner said that on August 29 they submitted grant applications to the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) for buildings in...
Don’t let her looks or her gender fool you. Dressed in football pads with a fierce determination, Anastasia “Ana” Stasney is out to win on the gridiron.
According to veteran coaches, Stasney is the first female to play football for Tri-City United School and the previous Montgomery-Lonsdale...
The students and staff of Tri-City United Elementary and Middle School remembered the horrific events of September 11, 2001 at the event's 17th anniversary on Tuesday. The students and staff held a memorial ceremony by gathering around the school’s flag pole outside where Principal Deb Dwyer read a...
A Le Center woman reached an incredible milestone on Saturday.
Surrounded by family, friends, and local well-wishers, Crystal Krenik celebrated her 100th birthday on Saturday, Sept. 8.
The lifelong Le Center native was born a hundred years ago in a little house west of Le Center to Ben and...
A panoramic photo captures only part of the growing event that is known as the Heidelberg Community Day, which was held on Sunday. (Wade Young Photo)
The popularity of a car show, craft booths, good food and weather with a good cause led to another successful Community Day at Heidelberg on Sunday.
Sunny skies and temperatures in the mid 70s helped bring hundreds of people to Heidelberg event that featured a car show, music, games, inflatables...
Bonnie Feneis of Kilkenny posed with her family for a quick photo in the middle of a large, green shamrock painted in the middle of Kilkenny's main intersection in honor of the Halfway to St. Patty's day Celebration on Saturday, Sept. 8. The Feneis clan is pictured (left to right): Front - Bonnie Feneis, Bob Feneis, and Julie Freid. Back - Daniel Feneis, and Pat (Feneis) Freid. Lisa Ingebrand Photo
Whether it was the luck of the Irish or event coordinator Janice Sneller's prayers for good weather, Mother Nature smiles on the Irish in Kilkenny on Saturday, September 8 during the city's Halfway to St. Patty's Celebration. A large crowd flocked to the community to enjoy a day full of music, good...
