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Members of the WEM football team took time out to pose for a picture with Charlotte Hager, who they helped move from her apartment to Traditions in Waterville Friday morning.

Less than 12 hours after their season opening football victory over Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop, members of the WEM football team provided some much needed community service to a Waterville resident in need. Charlotte Hager has been experiencing a health issue and because of her health, she could no...
Results from the annual Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs) given last spring show New Prague students are still well above the state average for proficiency in math, science and reading. The results the Minnesota Department of Education released today, Thursday, Aug. 29, indicate...

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William Marek (left) and Scott Marek are seen here.

Marek Law Office & Tax Service ended a long continued service for the Montgomery area on June 30, spanning 50 years from 1975-2024. William Marek, a 1969 New Prague High School Graduate, initially thought he wanted to be a high school teacher in math or science. He started his college education...

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Grant Fitterer who saved his co-worker from tragedy.

It started as a fairly typical afternoon at Rail 19 Bar and Grill in Lonsdale on Monday, Aug. 12. Grant Fitterer, 17, and Jackson Pollock, 25, were busy attending to the grill, both cooks at the restaurant, about an hour into their shift. Fitterer said that Pollack stated he hadn’t been feeling...
A 14-year-old boy from Cannon Falls was killed in a two-vehicle crash on 30th Street West, east of Fairbanks Avenue in Webster Township Tuesday evening, Aug. 27. The boy, Brantly Ryan McCarty, was a passenger in a westbound Ford F-150 on 30th Street driven by Caleb Mulvihill, 20, of Lakeville. The...

New Prague firefighters, Le Sueur County Sheriff's deputies and state troopers responded to a single vehicle crash near the intersection of 290th Street and 181st Avenue in Heidelberg this afternoon. A woman was injured in the crash.

A St. Peter woman, Nicole Straka, driving a pickup was injured in a single-vehicle crash near the intersection of 290th Street and 181st Avenue in Heidelberg this afternoon. Nicole Preliminary information indicates the crash just south of the intersection around 1:30 p.m. The woman was extricated...

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Excessive heat over area today.

Extreme heat and humidity will preside over the area today and an excessive heat warning has been issued by the National Weather Service in Chanhassen until 8 p.m. this evening. Severe storms are also possible late this afternoon into this evening. The following locations have been designated by...

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Molters Fresh Market in early October 2023, shortly before opening.

There have been numerous questions on the status of Molter’s Fresh Market grocery store in town and whether or not the store is closing. Over the past month or so, shelves have slowly been getting emptier and emptier and the deli inside was closed for business last week permanently. The store never...

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Union Pacific crews working on the rail line between Seneca and the grain elevator in Montgomery last week.

Union Pacific, which owns and operates the railroad running from Montgomery through New Prague, has been working on a tie replacement project along the line to Jordan. “We do that periodically to ensure safe transport of the items we ship,” said Mike Jaixen, senior manager of communications for...
Tyler Fellows won the grand prize of 2025 100 Polaris Ranger which was purchased at LaCanne’s Marine during the Kilkenny Fire Department ATV Raffle last week. There were 136 vehicles registered and 260 people who attended the event. More than three dozen prizes were included in this raffle. The...

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