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Allie Schmidt, left, and Aaron Paul were crowned Queen and King at New Prague High School’s coronation ceremony on Friday, Feb. 26, at the high school auditorium. The brief ceremony was live streamed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There was music and the introduction of the candidates for King and...
An Elysian man has been charged with a felony after he fled a police officer in a motor vehicle.
Bryan William Fries, 37, of Elysian faces a felony charge in Le Sueur County Court for fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle. Four misdemeanor charges, all tied to the same incident, have also been...
WEM senior Brielle Bartelt, daughter of Billy Bartelt and Vicki Schroer, shows her congratulation letter she received Friday, Feb. 19 which named her one of 10 Class A players invited to play in the Minnesota All Star Basketball Game. (Jay Schneider photo)
The record-setting high school basketball career of WEM senior Brielle Bartelt will be coming to an end in April.
The Class A State Tournament is scheduled for the second weekend in April.
Bartelt would love to have her team advance, as they did last year, only to have the tourney end due to the...
Due to a spike in number of coronavirus cases and quarantined students, TCU High School is returning to a hybrid learning model.
Superintendent Lonnie Seifert made the announcement Thursday after six confirmed covid-19 cases were reported, and 86 students were quarantined due to being identified...
Phillip Doyle’s car landed upside down on County Road #3 after he avoided crashing into a crossing car that had run a stop sign on County Road 142 on Thursday, Feb. 18. (Wade Young photo)
Wearing a seatbelt helped a man escape injury when his car rolled on Le Sueur County Road #3 in Montgomery, in the early morning hours on Thursday, Feb. 18.
According to Anne Doyle, her son, Phillip, 21 of Montgomery, was going to work at Technical Methods, Inc. in Lonsdale around 6 a.m. on the...
Diana Jasan Keohen donating her grandmother’s christening gown. The nearly 120 year old gown was donated to the New Prague Area Historical Society. (Submitted photo)
On Oct. 28, 1902, Albert and Anastasia Krenik delivered a beautiful baby girl named Adeline at their Lanesburg Township farm. On a crisp fall day, the new parents carried their newborn to the city of New Prague and climbed the three wood steps to enter the wood framed St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church...
The New Prague City Council unanimously approved an on-sale liquor license and Sunday liquor license for 105 Main St. E, which is planning to open by April as The Local 105. (Patrick Fisher photo)
The New Prague City Council unanimously approved two liquor licenses for a new liquor establishment, The Local 105, at its Tuesday, Feb. 16, electronically held meeting. Michele Kotek, operating as DJMS Enterprises LLC, The Local 105, had applied for an on-sale intoxicating liquor license and a...
Among a country and FFA-theme display on the stage of the Performing Arts Center, TCU High School crowned its Snow & FFA Week royalty on Tuesday, Feb. 23. Crowned King was Reece Weydert. Crowned Queen was Kylie Maxa. (Wade Young photo)
Taylor Blumberg, right, of Girl Scout Troop 44857 of New Prague makes a sale in front of Small Town Girl Children’s Boutique along Main Street on Monday, Feb. 22. Blumberg, in her fifth year of Girl Scouts, was going to be selling Girl Scout cookies until 5 p.m. in front of the shop owned by her...
Snow Week 2021 Royalty, left to right: Princes Ahmad Alladin, Gavin Krantz, Kyle Schmitz, King Kolin Rients, Queen Lindsay Condon, Princesses Paige Atherton, Jessica Hilpipre, and Lindy Caldwell.
The 2021 FFA/Snow Week Royalty were crowned Friday, Feb. 19 in Waterville. The Queen was Lindsay Condon and the King was Kolin Rients. Princesses were Paige Atherton, Jessica Hilpipre, and Lindy Caldwell. Princes were Kyle Schmitz, Gavin Krantz, and Ahmad Alladin.
Feb. 22 through 26 WEM students...
