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After weeks of campaigning, door-knocking, meeting voters, handing out literature, presenting information and answering questions, voters finally had their say Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8.
Polls closed several hours after The New Prague Times went to press. Results in local contested races...
Fire broke out at a Northeast 9th Avenue, Lonsdale, residence on Thursday night, Nov. 3. No one was injured in the blaze.
According to Lonsdale Fire Chief Dave Pfluke, the fire was reported by a neighbor at 6:34 p.m., and firefighters were at the scene in under 10 minutes.
“The attached garage was...
New Prague High School held a Pep Fest for the girls cross country team Thursday, Nov. 3, in the high school gym. The team finished second at its Tuesday, Oct. 25, section meet, earning a berth in the Saturday, Nov. 5, state meet at St. Olaf College in Northfield. For more on the Oct. 25 second...
The protracted drought in the area has prompted the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to name Scott and Le Sueur counties and several neighboring counties as disaster areas.
Scott, Le Sueur, Carver, Sibley, Dakota, Hennepin and Ramsey counties have been designated as primary counties eligible for...
Art Wann photo
A motorcyclist on East Main Street was injured in a crash at the roundabout at Columbus Avenue Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 1. The motorcyclist, a 72-year-old man from St. Louis Park, was heading east when he crashed at the roundabout. He was wearing a helmet. The man was assisted by New Prague...
Tyler Kistner, the Republican candidate for the Second Congressional District seat held by incumbent Rep. Angie Craig, a Democrat, was in New Prague at the 1319 Woodfire Tavern Tuesday evening, Nov. 1, after The New Prague Times went to press. Kistner stressed to supporters the importance of...
Local residents will have a chance to cast their ballots for local, county, state, and school board candidates during the Tuesday, Nov. 8 state general election.
Waterville residents will have a race for two city council positions and four Tri City United School Board members. They will also be...
The three cameras are located at the front of themes, on the side and at the rear to capture images of drivers running the stop sign extended from the driver’s side of the school bus. (John Mueller photo)
When a school bus driver opens the door to the bus, allowing children to disembark, the bus driver expects an oncoming vehicle to obey the stop sign extended from the bus. Because the bus driver’s attention is focused on the children. The information needed to punish the offending driver is most...
