Minnesota House District 22B and Senate District 22 candidates answered a couple values-orientated questions at the Sept. 22 Meet Your Candidates event held at the Revival on Main in Montgomery. Each candidate was given up to two minutes to answer, whether or not they chose to use the entire time.
Monday, Sept. 28
- Assisted (Asst.) with a juvenile problem.
- Traffic stop (TS) and issued a warning for a stop sign and equipment violation.
- TS and issued a warning for failure to dim lights and maintain lane.
- TS and issued a warning for failure to signal turn.
- Security check/open door on Ash Avenue.
- TS and issued a citation for illegal window tint.
- Asst. with a juvenile problem on Northridge.
Tuesday, Sept. 29
To the editor,
I am writing because I believe Mary Nesgoda is the kind of person we need representing us in the Minnesota House for District 22B.
What I appreciate most about Mary is simple: She listens, and she cares about people. She takes the time to hear what people are saying and to understand the challenges they face.
The Le Sueur County Officials Association held its monthly meeting Wednesday evening, Sept. 30, at New Prague’s combined emergency response building. The meeting was held in the meeting hall of the New Prague Fire Department with a tour of the new police station at 505 Fifth Ave. NW.
Interim Mayor Chuck Nickolay welcomed the 20 government officials from townships and cities in Le Sueur County and county commissioners. Nickolay said it had been a real honor to be a part of the association and hoped people would enjoy the tour.
Le Center Volunteer Ambulance has been busy fundraising for their new ambulance. Recently they held Family Fun Night at the hall on Tuesday, Sept. 15, kicking off the start of their fundraising season. The ambulance crew had food, games, and a silent auction. That event alone brought in $12,696 towards the overall $450,000 goal to pay for the new ambulance and equipment necessary.
Residents of the Montgomery area gathered at the Revival on Main in Montgomery on Tuesday, Sept. 22 to hear from their local representatives at a Meet Your Candidates event put together by community member Jean Keogh.
To the editor:
I am writing to express my enthusiastic support for Marisa Ulmen as the DFL candidate for Minnesota State Senate District 22.
Knowing Marisa personally, I know firsthand that she possesses the qualities District 22 needs in a leader today. She is a hardworking individual of deep honesty, strong character, and unwavering integrity.
Before he could even remember and being only about nine months old, Silas Vlasak of Le Center started having drop seizures. Drop seizures, unlike atonic seizures, are when a person looses muscle tone and becomes limp, causing them to fall in place.
The seizures Vlasak was having were a result of having epilepsy.
Le Center’s Parker O’Malley and Kaitlyn Hartwig were crowned Tri-City United High School’s 2026 Homecoming king and queen Monday afternoon, Sept. 28 in the school’s performing arts center.
Montgomery Chamber of Commerce hosted a free event for local small businesses at Inspire Services on Wednesday, Sept. 16 to help them better understand how artificial intelligence (AI) has changed the ways in which their business is being discovered or not discovered in the online world by customers.
Hannah Bretz, acting director at the South Central Minnesota Small Business Development Center (MSBC), led the session. Previously to being the director, Bretz was a consultant at the center for 11 years.
The Tri-City United High School’s fishing team had a good season, finishing in the top five in the conference and sending two to the 2026 Minnesota Junior B.A.S.S. High School State Championship Tournament Sept. 12-13 on Leech Lake at Leech Lake, Minn.
TCU duo Ryan Barta and Michael Gregor, along with their adult boat captain Timm Moravec, headed up north to finish placing 19th out of 80 teams at the state tournament. Their total bag weight was 19.55 pounds, with the first day’s bag weighing 10.84 pounds and the second day’s bag weighing 8.71 pounds.
Titans boys soccer finish half of season 7-0-1
With two more wins, the Tri-City United (TCU) boys soccer team finishes the first half of their 2026 season with seven wins, no losses, and one tie.
The Titans moved up to 8th in the Class A State Soccer Poll after wins against Waseca, 4-1, on Tuesday, Sept. 15 and Fairmont, 4-0, Thursday, Sept. 17.
The Titans will “(Re)Discover” the ’90s for homecoming next week. Rebecca Wiseman, homecoming advisor and high school teacher, put together a fun set of days for students to celebrate, which were announced Monday, Sept. 21 to students during the unveiling in the high school performing arts center during advisory time.
Montgomery National Golf Club was extremely busy Thursday, Sept. 10. Not with golfers, but with high school cross country runners.
Close to 350 varsity runners from more than 25 boys and girls teams ran the 5,000-meter course looking to claim the titles at the Gerry Smith Tri-City United (TCU) Invitational.
The local school had their share of runners compete. The boys team placed 18th among the 27 total teams with 499 points. Three TCU girls ran in the women’s race which had 21 complete teams compete.
The Blandin Foundation out of Grand Rapids, Minn., has awarded $4,560,600 in grants for its second quarter of 2026, of which nearly $500,000 was invested in entities that service our area.