Photo courtesy of Rice County

Sun, 11/17/2024 - 11:00am

Winter Hazard Awareness Week is Nov. 18-22

Joe Johnson Rice County Emergency Management Director As winter approaches, it's critical to prepare for extreme cold, snow, and icy conditions. These storms can last a few hours or several days and...

Margaret Traxler (left) and Le-Sueur County Historical Society Board Member Dean Pettis in front of the plaque. ( Le Sueur County Historical Society photo)

Tue, 11/12/2024 - 2:05pm

Traxler honored for schoolhouse contribution

Among the buildings along South Plut Avenue at the Le Sueur County Fairgrounds in Le Center, Minn., lies a small building nestled between the other structures that keeps a piece of yesteryear alive...

WEM seniors Cody Akemann and Keegan Kuball held up the Section 2AA Runner-Up trophy, which was the first a Buccaneer team has won since 2018, following a 52-20 loss to Triton Friday, Nov. 1 in Janesville. Also in the photo, left to right are senior Brody Holicky, sophomore Kaven Sheehy, and sophomore Timothy Kellstadt. (Jay Schneider photo)

Tue, 11/12/2024 - 1:39pm

Bucs fall to Triton in Section 2AA Championship

A combination of disappointment and joy were mixed together following the Section 2AA Championship football game Friday, Nov. 1 at JWP High School. The disappointment was the Buccaneers losing 52-20...

Wed, 11/06/2024 - 8:49am

Many new individuals elected into office

Voters in the Lake Region Area have voted and there will be some major changes in many of the four local communities. Two new mayors and six new city council members have been voted into office...

Previous Pause Next

LifeEnterprise

Joette L. Bliss, 61

LifeEnterprise, Elysian Enterprise

Joette L. Bliss, age 61 of Waterville, died on Monday, April 2, 2018 at Pleasant Manor in Faribault. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on June 28, 1956, Joette was the daughter of Joseph and Alice (Jennings) Kirk. She graduated from Simley High School in 1974. Following her graduation, she married her...

Florence Whilimina Hamele, 98

LifeEnterprise, Elysian Enterprise

Florence Whilimina Hamele, age 98 of Waterville, passed away on March 30, 2018 at the Minnesota Valley Health Care Center in Le Sueur. Born on March 15, 1920 in Cordova, Florence was the daughter of Herman and Tena (Delaska) Gehrke. She attended school in Cordova before getting married to George...

Attention newspaper website users:

New Prague Times, Montgomery Messenger, LifeEnterprise, Elysian Enterprise

We are in the process of launching our newly-designed website this weekend for the New Prague Times, Montgomery Messenger, Waterville Lake Region Life and Elysian Enterprise. We hope you like the new look, new functions, new design, including the new mobile versions. We apologize if there are any...

Sylvia Jane Krampitz, 79

LifeEnterprise, Elysian Enterprise

Sylvia Jane Krampitz, age 79, of Waseca, was born June 1, 1938 in Morristown, MN to Harold and Mabel (Fratzke) Schwichtenberg. She was the 2nd of 8 children. Sylvia attended Waterville High School and graduated in 1956. During high school her sweetheart was David Krampitz and they were married on...

Public Notices - Waterville Lake Region Life - 3-29-18

LifeEnterprise

Public Notices - Waterville Lake Region Life - 3-22-18

LifeEnterprise

Public Notices - Waterville Lake Region Life - 3-15-18

LifeEnterprise

Canines search school, no drugs found

LifeEnterprise

Students and staff members went into lock-down at the Waterville-Elysian-Morristown School building in Waterville, Tuesday morning, December 19, for an unannounced, yet routine search of the school property by drug-sniffing canines. Nothing was found in the 10-minute search, according to WEM...

Nusbaum and Pavek ExCEL in classroom, leadership and community

LifeEnterprise

Excellence in community, education and leadership.....this is what the ExCEL Award for high school juniors is all about. WEM happens to have two of those outstanding, well-rounded students who “ExCEL” in all three of these areas. Morgan Nusbaum and Jarod Pavek were nominated for the local honor by...

Schneid Remarks

LifeEnterprise

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to one and all. As I write this column Christmas morning, it never ceases to amaze me the generosity and friendly nature of those living in the Lake Region Area. It just seems like people come out of the woodwork when individuals and/or businesses are faced with...