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Fran Barten and the Will family pause for a photo during the annual Roman Barten Memorial Breakfast, Sunday, May 4, at the Knights of Columbus Hall in New Prague. From left, back row, are Fran Barten, mom Amanda, dad Eric, Keaton; (front row, from left) Colton and Sofie. Fran Barten estimated 850 people attended the breakfast. Funds raised will help Colton, who was diagnosed with mixed phenotype lineage leukemia. (Patrick Fisher photo)
Like others that have been honored at the Roman Barten Memorial Breakfast, the Will family of rural New Prague found the experience almost indescribable. This year’s annual breakfast was held Sunday, May 4, at the Knights of Columbus Hall.
“It’s been absolutely mind blowing,” said Eric Will of the...
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Map of the 85-year-old natural gas pipeline replacement
Northern Natural Gas (NNG) is abandoning approximately 1.7 miles of 16 inch steel natural gas pipeline north of Montgomery this summer and putting in a replacement line next to an existing line.
The section being abandoned starts at the intersection of 330th Street and 151st Avenue (Le Sueur County...
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The girls who will be competing to be this year’s Kolacky Queen on July 25 are, front row, from left, Jules Rotter, Haley Stevens, Olivia Westerman, Kylie Anderson, Emily Kuchinka, Lucy Fleek, Kaytlyn Miller and Dakota Meadows. They were joined by 2024 Kolacky royalty, back row, 1st Princess Olivia Skluzacek, Queen Neysa Anderson, and Second Princess/Miss Congeniality Tayla Kline.
The Kolacky Queen candidates are set for 2025’s Kolacky Queen’s Pageant, which will be held Friday, July 25, going into the Kolacky Day celebration weekend.
On Saturday morning at St. John Lutheran Church in Montgomery, eight hopefuls attended an orientation on what to expect before, during, and...
The Will family of rural New Prague – (from left) Keaton, mom Amanda, Colton, Sofie and dad Eric – will be the guests of honor at the annual Roman Barten Memorial Breakfast Sunday, May 4, at the Knights of Columbus Hall in New Prague. Colton, age 5, was diagnosed last spring with mixed phenotype lineage leukemia. (Submitted photo)
Amanda Will never dreamed of spending the amount of time in a doctor’s office and the hospital as she has the past few years. The journey her son, Colton, and family have been on has already seemed to have taken a lifetime.
Colton Will of New Prague was diagnosed with mixed phenotype lineage...
Dresses, tuxedos, and corsages will be on full display Saturday, May 3 at the Waterville-Elysian-Morristown Junior-Senior Prom in Waterville.
More than 125 students have signed up to participate in the Coastal Prom Night, starting with the Grand March in the WEM Gymnasium at 4 p.m. There will be a...
Clayton Roemhildt receives his Quilt of Valor from Brenda Domonoske and Tammy Thayer Saturday, April 26.
Part of being a veteran is fighting to protect the country and all who live in it. Meaning to this day our ability to spend a day without worry is in part thanks to the efforts of veterans. We, the American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 311 of Elysian hold solemn pride in the heroism of those who served...
WEM Speech Coaches Eric Gerst and Rachel Wendlandt are pictured above with State Entrants Claire Elness and Maddie Heuss, who each have competed at State three times and earned two All-State honors.
WEM seniors Claire Elness and Maddie Heuss are no strangers to the Class A State Speech Tournament.
Both students have advanced three times and they have also returned home with finalist medals. and both have been named All-State twice.
This year Elness placed seventh in the Great Speeches...
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Volunteer drivers for Meals on Wheels in Montgomery gathered for an appreciation lunch. Pictured, from the left, in the front row are Dennis Knapper, Kathy Blixt, and Francis Rynda; and in the back row are Jerome Holtz, Patti Mladek, and Mike Hruby. Missing from the photo were Michaela and Grant Erickson, Jim Mladek, Joe Gores, Pam Edel, Brett Vollmar, Jim Blum, Jenny Turek, Dan Hardel and Julie Tritz Reiter.
April is National Volunteer Month and volunteer drivers for the Meals on Wheels program in Montgomery were celebrated on Friday, April 25, at Park Manor in Montgomery. They gathered for a meal complete with a Caesar salad, fruit and pizza, from Pizzeria 201, and beverages, cookies and snacks...
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Author and blogger Kate Swenson speaks to a crowd about her experiences on having a child with autism at an author event held at the Montgomery Public Library on Tuesday, April
With a new book on the New York Times Best Sellers list, Kate Swenson spoke at the Montgomery Public Library on April 15 about the subject matter near and dear to her heart.
Swenson’s new book, “Autism Out Loud,” was released April 1. For the week of April 20, it sits at number 10 on the New York...
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Branko Schoenbauer stands with his flute inside Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis before his performance there with the 2024-2025 All-State Band in February.
Tri-City United High School musician Branko Schoenbauer was chosen last year for the 2024-2025 All-State Concert Band as a flutist.
All-State members are chosen through an audition process of recording a couple numbers and submitting them to a judging panel. “We had a lot more time than I expected...
