A lifetime of music, singing
My family history holds a lot of music history within it at St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church at Union Hill, Minn.
A lifetime of music, singing
My family history holds a lot of music history within it at St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church at Union Hill, Minn.
NP Schools top state averages on 2026 MCAs
New Prague students out-performed their counterparts from across the state in the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments given to students last spring, according to results released this past week by the Minnesota Depart
State house and senate reps address value questions
Minnesota House District 22B and Senate District 22 candidates answered a couple values-orientated questions at the Sept. 22 Meet Your Candidates event held at the Revival on Main in Montgomery.
Le Sueur County officials have tour of new NP police station
The Le Sueur County Officials Association held its monthly meeting Wednesday evening, Sept. 30, at New Prague’s combined emergency response building.
Girls’ tennis goes 3-1
New Prague High School’s girls’ tennis team has won three matches in the last few weeks.
“The Trojan tennis team has had a good couple of weeks on the courts,” said head coach Jamie Schoenbauer.
Roundabout develops mysterious dip in Lonsdale
Social media posting on Facebook has been all abuzz the last couple weeks about the roundabout in Lonsdale at Highway 19 and Rice County 2, which was completed less than two months ago.
Vehicle crashes into Lonsdale store
Last Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 22, a regular customer of Lonsdale’s Dollar General store crashed into the entryway of the building.
NPHS Homecoming royalty crowned
New Prague High School crowned its Homecoming king and queen at its Friday, Sept. 25, Pep Fest.
Daniel "Dan" Young LaBelle of New Prague, MN, passed away unexpectedly on August 9, 2026. Dan was one of five children born to Joseph and Ann (Kelly) LaBelle. He was a graduate of Mounds View High School and Winona State University. After college, he began his career with ADC Telecommunications, where he met the love of his life and future wife, Stephanie (Sinclair). Together they built a life filled with adventure, love, laughter, and family.
Julia M. Busch, age 93, of Jordan, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on August 16, 2026.
Michael “Mick” Patrick McGuire, age 73, of Montgomery, passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2026, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.
Jane Mary (Malecha) Pesta/Shriver, age 83, of Montgomery, MN, passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by the love of her family.
A rural New Prague woman is facing multiple charges stemming from a domestic dispute at the home of her former boyfriend in Derrynane Township.
Area residents took full advantage of the event-filled day on Saturday at Lonsdale Community Days.
Thousands took to the streets and businesses in downtown Lonsdale, starting with the annual Lonsdale Skywarn Breakfast. There were nearly 50 vendors along Main Street, where patrons could eat, drink, buy goods, ask questions, inquire about services, or learn some history.
One of the longest running Minnesota County Fairs is celebrating its 169th year next week.
The Le Sueur County Fair begins Thursday, August 20 at the fairgrounds in Le Center, and runs through Sunday, August 23. It is the last county fair before the Minnesota State Fair.
Every year the fair board approves improvements to the grounds and this year will be no different, with many new spruced up areas.
The Elko New Market City Council at its Thursday, July 23, meeting was asked for feedback on a proposed option for the city’s old police department building at 26518 France Ave.
Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Veseli is finishing up work on the its building just in time for the Veseli Ho-Down on the church grounds Sunday, Aug. 16.
Thomas M. Loch, age 86, of New Prague, passed away peacefully and went to meet his Lord on Thursday, August 13, 2026, at Sunshine Village at Praha Village.
Perhaps you haven’t heard your community will welcome 10,000 guests – hopefully more – when New Prague hosts the 103rd edition of the Minnesota Baseball Association’s state tournament.
Audre Mae Johnson, age 82, of Lonsdale, died unexpectedly at her home on Monday, August 10, 2026. Audre was born on November 19, 1943, in Dassel, MN, to Warren and Mae (Ostlund) Nelson. She was a proud graduate of Dassel High School and went on to earn her Registered Nursing degree from Northwestern Hospital Nursing Program. Audre married her high school sweetheart, Robert Johnson, on September 26, 1964, at First Lutheran Church in Dassel. The young couple started out in Burnsville, where they had their three children.
UPDATE: In District 3B, Saturday, Aug. 15, noon, at Webster Community Park, Union Hill and Le Sueur will play for the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds to state.
Le Sueur won a state berth with a 12-4 win over Lonsdale Thursday evening, Aug. 13. Union Hill defeated Eagle Lake, 15-5, Thursday.
Webster and Jordan will play for District 3B's No. 1 and No. 2 seeds Saturday, Aug. 15, 3 p.m., at Webster Community Park.
Jordan won a state berth with a win over and Webster beat Union Hill to make the state field.
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Area baseball teams in the Dakota-Rice-Scott League are off to solid starts in bids for the Minnesota Baseball Association’s state tournament beginning Aug. 21 in New Prague, Chaska, Jordan and Shakopee.
In Class A, Section 1 Sunday, Aug. 2, Elko defeated Hastings. New Market outslugged Dundas and Faribault topped Rochester.
It’s probably no surprise somebody removed a Flock surveillance camera from their community.
That isn’t the way to address the issue of removing the cameras from the community. It could cost a Faribault man a hefty fine and possibly jail time.
