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DFL Second District Candidate Angie Craig speaks during the Second District portion of Sunday’s forum. She was the only one of three candidates to attend Sunday’s event. (Chuck Kajer Photo)
The New Prague Community Action Network hosted its first candidate forum on Sunday, April 8, at the New Prague High School Lecture Room.
The forum gave the opportunity for congressional candidates from Minnesota’s First and Second Congressional Districts to speak to local residents about their...
The New Prague Planning Commission began discussion at its Wednesday, March 28, meeting about a possible ordinance amendment concerning having small cell facilities, used for telecommunications, in right of ways.
City Planning Director Ken Ondich brought up the discussion. He explained that in 2017...
The New Prague Area Historical Society has a new stove in the Centennial Cabin, which is more appropriate for the time period. The old stove, which was smaller and had one burner, has been moved to the shed behind the cabin in Memorial Park. (Photo courtesy of Linda Dvorak)
The Centennial Cabin in Memorial Park had a new wood stove installed on March 27, although new is a relative term as the stove is 139 years old. Dennis Dvorak of the New Prague Area Historical Society explained the stove, made in 1879, is more appropriate for the time period of the cabin.
“It has...
Students in the Tri-City United School District will make up one of their snow days by attending an extra day of school on Friday, June 1.
The decision came at Monday’s Tri-City United School Board meeting.
Superintendent Teri Preisler told the board there were four school...
A group of young girls and their dads danced to the "Hokey Pokey" during the "I Loved Her First Daddy Daughter Dance" sponsored by New Prague Community Education Friday, Aprli 6, at the New Prague Central Education Campus Gym. More than 100 young ladies and their fathers, grandfathers or others...
A fire Friday, Aprill 6 damaged a garage in Waterville.
A fire Friday, April 6 at approximately 3:30 p.m. damaged a garage at the Randy Coon residence located on North Cottrill St. in Waterville. Waterville fire fighters worked to keep the fire under control and not let it spread to adjacent homes. The garage was a detached, two stall garage. According...
New Prague High School has announced the 2018 inductees into the school’s Hall of Fame. They will be nducted during the school’s Honors Night Celebration on Wednesday, May. Inductees are in two categories - Distinguished Alumni and Distinguished Service. Nominees in a third category - Athletics...
Czech was Don Rynda’s first language.
His grandparents made sure of it.
“When I was little and my parents would be out working on the farm, my grandparents would care for me. They spoke Czech to me. It was important to them that the language was not forgotten… It wasn’t until I started country...
The cast of the TCU Spring Play, the comedy “Haphazardly Ever After” is (front, from left) Abigail Flynn, Alex Bass, Marissa Gare, Katelyn Brown, Allyson Hennen, Sofia Kaunonen, Carolyn Mikel, Lizzie Trnka, Caitlyn Gare, (middle, right side) Josephine Hatlevig, Aven Prigge, Janick Wagner, Isabelle Schmidmaier, Heather Johnson, Megan Bass (back) Lucas Velarde, Shane Schreiber, Josh Holicky, Becca Simon, Nick Deutsch, Grace Grant, Elizabeth Christian, Jose Reyes, Andrick Wagner, Logan Blaschko, Andrew Trnka, Natalee Korbitz, Isabella Truman, and Kaylee Kirchmann. Missing from the photo is Rianna Doyle. (Wade Young Photo
Imagine browsing through the Enchanted Depot to find customized magical solutions to all problems. Such is the world of TCU’s “Haphazardly Ever After,” that runs Friday and Saturday, April 6 and 7 at the Montgomery Middle School Auditorium. Performances are at 7 p.m. each night.
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Children have fun with a wind tunnel at the New Prague Library on Thursday, April 5, as part of First Step STEM. The event for pre-schoolers allowed children to learn about science, technology, engineering and math through activities such as looking at insects through magnifying glasses, making a...
