State Rep. Bob Vogel (R-Elko New Market) easily won reelection for a two-year term in the Minnesota Legislature in House District 20A. Vogel received 11,984 votes, or 63.4 percent, to 6,860 votes for challenger Barbara Droher Kline (DFL-New Prague).
Vogel won each of the 25 precincts in the district.
Voters cast their ballots Tuesday morning, Nov. 6, at the St. Wenceslaus Parish Activity Center. Thats where residents of New Prague were voting in the 2018 General Election. There were lines of more than 25 people when the polls opened at 7 a.m. and as of 9 a.m. more than 500 people had cast their ballots - 256 on the Scott County side and 248 on the Le Sueur County side. That does not include the many people who took advantage of the early voting period - which set a record for Minnesotans.
Incumbents Rachel M. Meger and Arthur Kasendorf were reelected to the Heidelberg City Council on Tuesday. Meger received 53 votes and Kasendorf 49. There were 10 write-in votes.
Three unopposed candidates won offices in Helena Township during Tuesday’s election.
Supervisor Edward Nytes was reelected with 752 votes and Supervisor John Wermerskirchen was reelected with 732 votes. Nathan Hutton was elected Town Treasurer with 710 votes.
Le Sueur County voters chose to keep incumbent Sheriff Brett Mason and incumbent Auditor/Treasurer Pam Simonette in office, along with three other county officials who were unopposed for re-election in county-wide races.
They also returned two incumbents to the Board of Commissioners and chose Danny O’Keefe to represent District 2 on the County Board.
Elko New Market City Council Member Joe Julius defeated incumbent Bob Crawford and will become the new mayor of Elko New Market in January.
Julius received 1,062 votes, while Crawford had 798.
Incumbent city council members Josh Berg and Katie Timmerman were unopposed and reelected. Timmerman received 1,185 votes and Berg 1,148. Their next terms will begin in January and run through 2022.
There was little intrigue in the New Prague City elections Tuesday, Nov. 6, with four candidates running for four positions.
Incumbent Mayor Chuck Nickolay was unopposed and received 2,851 votes. He will begin another two-year term in January.
Maggie Bass and Rik Seiler were the only two candidates running for four-year terms on the council. Bass, who was appointed to the council last year, received 2,400 votes. Seiler received 1,869.
Bruce Wolf won a special election to complete the final two years of a term. He received 2,687 votes.
Guests tour the Cardio room at the new Fitness and Aquatic Center, located at the New Prague Area Schools’ Central Education Campus. Exercise equipment from the former Fitness Center operated by Mayo Clinic Health System, along with some new equipment, was moved into the CEC building this week and an open house was held Saturday, Nov. 3, from 9 a.m. to noon. A second open house is scheduled Saturday from 3-6 p.m. for people to tour the new facilities and learn about memberhip rates.
Voters in the New Prague area, along with the rest of Minnesota and the United States, head to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 6. They will decide who will represent them at various levels of government ranging from local to national offices.
At stake is control of the US Senate and Congress, Minnesota Constitutional offices, including Governor and control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, along with many county, city, school district and township offices.
“The turnout has just been overwhelming, it’s amazing,” said JeNean Erickson about Hops for Hope, a benefit for the Minnesota/North Dakota/South Dakota Chapter of the ALS Association. Held on Saturday, Oct. 27, at Giesenbrau Bier Co. in New Prague, the benefit had more than 500 people attend and more than $20,000 was raised.
From a broken sanitary sewer service line to brand new sidewalks that are cracked, the city councilors of Lonsdale are not pleased with work completed by contractors this year.
“It’s not acceptable,” Lonsdale Mayor Tim Rud said of the emergency repair work needed on the sewer line. “We should not let this slide.”
Rud is referencing the work completed by Quam Construction in July on a section of sewer line on Fourth Avenue Northeast that caused a home to be uninhabitable and required emergency repairs.
The Pink Ladies and the T-Birds were well represented during the Harvest Parade at Raven Stream Elementary School in New Prague on Wednesday, Oct. 31. Most of the school’s 692 students participated in the annual event where students can show off their costumes to visiting family and friends. There were also dinosaurs, fairies, police officers, football and hockey players, monsters, superheroes and villains, pirates, Hogwarts students and Disney characters. (Patrick Fisher Photo)
Bishop Peter Esterka, seated, met with many people after the Sunday, Oct. 28, Czech Mass at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in New Prague. The 1 p.m. service was part of the 100th celebration of the creation of Czechoslovakia. Bishop Esterka was born in Czechoslovakia and escaped from the country when it was under communist rule. For more on the century celebration see an upcoming print issue of The New Prague Times and Montgomery Messenger. (Patrick Fisher Photo)
Amara Prochaska of New Prague (left), and Adina Vrzal of Montgomery, decorate their perniky (gingerbread cookies) at the Children’s Culture Camp. The special event is part of the Czech 100 Celebration in Montgomery, New Prague, Veseli and Lonsdale Saturday and Sunday. The all-day camp featured Czech language, singing, culture and baking classes. To see the complete coverage of the Czech 100 Celebration, pick up the November 1 printed edition. (Wade Young Photo)
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Elvis, also known as Jackson Theilmann, center, son of Mike Theilmann of New Prague, tries his hand at the fishing game during the annual Halloween Party on Saturday, Oct. 27, at Eagle View Elementary School in Elko New Market. More than 200 children attended the party that provided games and treats. For more see an upcoming print issue of The New Prague Times. (Patrick Fisher Photo)