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The Credit River Antique Tractor Club held its 1 p.m. parade on Friday, July 16, at Cedar Lake Farm Regional Park. Around 40 tractors took part in the parade that was part of the 22nd annual show, which continues at the park north of New Prague on Saturday, July 17, and Sunday, July 18. Tractor...
Beginning at 4 a.m. on Thursday, July 15, the intersection of Main Street and Highway 21, on the west side of New Prague, is scheduled to be closed for one day for mill and overlay work. The work will begin at the intersection and go west on Highway 19 to the intersection with Fifth Avenue NW/SW....
Paige Atherton, daughter of Kyle and Kathy Atherton and Wendy and Clinton Stoen, was crowned 2021 Miss Elysian during the pageant held Thursday, July 1.
Atherton, sponsored by Kopischke Seamless Gutter and Scoops, was crowned by 2019 Miss Elysian Sophia Alladin. She also received the Talent Award...
Joshua Tetzlaff, center, chats with New Prague residents at the Monday, June 28, meet and greet at the New Prague Golf Club. Tetzlaff has been offered the position of New Prague City Administrator. (Times File Photo)
The New Prague City Council on Tuesday, June 29, unanimously offered the position of the New Prague City Administrator to Joshua Tetzlaff, who currently serves as the City Administrator for the City of Dodge Center. The offer came after a two-day interview process, held on Monday, June 28, and...
The cast of Shrek Jr. will be performing the show this Friday, July 9, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, July 10, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the New Prague High School auditorium. (Patrick Fisher photo)
This weekend Generations Theatre Company will present Shrek Jr., a production that was all set to go in 2020, but was cancelled on its opening night due to COVID- 19 restrictions. There are three shows that will be performed at the New Prague High School auditorium, 221 12th St. NE. The first is 7:...
Kirby
Le Sueur County’s new Public Health Director Megan Kirby hit the ground running April 26th when she officially stepped into the position.
“I was fortunate enough to have multiple weeks with our previous director, Cindy Shaughnessy, to train and learn the role a little more in depth,” stated Kirby,...
Crews put the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway caboose number 1201 on its wheels after being delivered to the Gopher State Railway Museum in rural New Prague. The caboose was recently donated to the museum by the family of the late Bill Hennes of Jordan. (Submitted photo)
If you were driving along Minnesota Highway 21 between New Prague and Jordan around 1 p.m. on Thursday, July 1, you may have noted an unusual sight - an old caboose moving on a flatbed trailer.
For nearly 50 years, the old Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway caboose number 1201 was a fixture in the...
Brothers Don, left, and John Lustig prepare to begin the next leg of the Henderson Tractor Ride after a stop at Union Hill. (Patrick Fisher photo)
The Henderson Tractor Ride on Saturday, June 26, paused in Union Hill as part of its 20th annual journey through the Minnesota River Valley.
There were 60 tractors ranging from a 1937-38 John Deere to a model from 1982, and lots of tractors from the 1950s and 1960s, that took part in the trip. Many...
Motorists should plan for the Intersection of Highways 19 and 21 (Main Street & 4th Avenue NW) on the west side of New Prague being closed to thru traffic Thursday, July 15 – Friday, July 16 during scheduled milling and resurfacing work. Although this schedule could be adjusted based on...
A screenshot of a video taken by Trisha Kae Efta shows a Le Center street blockaded by law enforcement.
A man was found dead in a Le Center home Tuesday morning, July 6, following a 10-hour long standoff with law enforcement.
The man, who has been identified as 38-year-old Michael Lee Elie of Le Center, died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
According to a press release issued by the Le Sueur...
