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Vern Trcka stands in the zinnia garden he planted next to Dollar General in Montgomery. The flowerbed is one of two zinnia-filled plots he tends in town in an effort to bring joy to the community and celebrate the town’s Czech roots—all in honor of his Grandma Otillia, who planted (and harvested) the seed. (Lisa Ingebrand photo)

As a little boy, Vern Trcka enjoyed helping his grandma, Otillia Ziskovsky, plant her large zinnia garden every spring. He’d walk behind her as she tenderly dropped the precious seeds into the shallow furrows, and he would cover them—ever so slightly—with soil. “Only cover them a 1/4-inch, no more...
The race is on for seats on the Montgomery City Council and TriCity United School Board after filing periods closed Tuesday, Aug. 16. Montgomery City Council The City Council race will have two elections. One will be for two seats with four-year terms each that are being held by Mick McGuire and...
The 49th Annual Pioneer Power Show held its daily parade at 12:30 p.m. of tractors on Friday, Aug. 26, with a wide assortment of tractors, including steam powered ones. The Pioneer Power Show started August 26 and will be held this Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 27 and 28. The Le Sueur County Pioneer...
Rachel Rynda, a 19-year-old college student from Montgomery, representing Le Sueur County, was crowned the 69th Princess Kay of the Milky Way in an evening ceremony Aug. 24 at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.   Rynda, who was the 2020 Kolacky Queen, was also named Miss Congeniality. She will serve...
Julie Bisek, center, has been named this year’s Parade of Farm Pride Grand Marshal during Dozinky, New Prague’s Czech Harvest Festival. With her are Chamber Administrative Assistant Xilonen Walton, left, and Chamber Executive Director Brooke Sticha. Bisek will preside over the parade on Saturday,...
The owners and staff at New Prague’s new McDonald’s at 101 Chalupsky Ave. SE held a ribbon cutting, with some confetti, the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 16. Participating in the ribbon cutting from left are Ariel Choate, Anders Choate, Annika Klugherz, April Choate, Josh Choate, Shannon Boyer, Jon...
Per a news release from the Scott County Sheriff's office. On August 20, 2022 at 4:04 p.m., Scott County 911 Dispatch received a call of a house on fire on the 26xxx block of Prairie Rose Ct in Cedar Lake Township.   Firefighters were later able to extinguish the fire; however, the house sustained...

The Eddie Shimota Band had the audience fired up with its assortment of Czech waltzes and polkas for the last concert for Music at the Broz on Thursday, Aug. 11, in New Prague. A crowd estimated at 400 came out for the evening of polka music. (Patrick Fisher photo)

New Prague’s summer concert series Music at the Broz closed out with lovely weather, toe tapping music and likely its largest crowd as an estimated 400 people came out to listen to the Eddie Shimota Band the evening of Thursday, Aug. 11. Playing a mixture of Czech waltzes and polkas that had...

As part of the St. Wenceslaus Parish Festival a mortgage burning ceremony was held the evening of Saturday, Aug. 13. The $5 million mortgage was for several projects over the years at the church. (Submitted photo)

St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in New Prague had a beautiful weekend for its annual Parish Festival. There were kids games, food trucks, music, bingo, and three Polka Masses. The first Polka Mass was on Saturday evening at 5 p.m. After the service the band, Big Toe and the Jam provided music as...

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