After missing out on last year, buyers and sellers were ready to wheel and deal at what has become the seasonal kick-off location to the swap meet season in the Midwest.
From Friday to Sunday, approximately 700 vendors gathered to sell their wares at the 44th Annual Le Sueur Pioneer Power Swap Meet.
“Everybody was happy to be out and among...
To see more on this article, pick up the April 29, 2021 print edition of the Montgomery Messenger, The New Prague Times or the LifeEnterprise papers.
Motorists on Highway 21 in Rice County at Shieldsville are encountering lane closures that began April 19 as crews start resurfacing, making intersection improvements and repairing culverts, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
Work includes resurfacing approximately eight miles of Hwy. 21 from about one mile west of Interstate 35 to Highway 99. New turn lanes/bypass lanes will be installed at Shields Court, Mazaska Lake Trail, Lake Mazaska Boat Launch and French Lake Trail.
The Le Sueur County Board announced the finalists selected for the position of County Administrator.
On April 6, 2021, the Board selected four individuals to participate in an interview process that will take place on May 3, 2021. Liza Donabauer of DDA Human Resources, Inc., is the consultant hired to assist the County in the selection process.
Joseph Hatch
Joseph Hatch is currently serving as the Director of Human Resource Business Operations for the City of Minneapolis where he has served for approximately 13 months.
From left, Eagle View Elementary School staff Lisa Rezac and Mary Ingebretson receive grab-n-go breakfasts from Tony Buthe, Director of Educational Services for New Prague Area Schools, the morning of Wednesday, April 28, as part of the school district’s Support Staff Appreciation Week.
Between Monday, April 26, to Thursday, April 29, 300 grab-n-go breakfasts are being presented to the assorted support staff at each of the school buildings to acknowledge the work of bus drivers to custodians to health services and others have done over the last year.
Coborn’s Marketplace director Matt Mies, center, accepts the 2020 Business of the Year award at the New Prague Chamber of Commerce’s annual Meeting and Dinner the evening of Monday, April 26, held at Next Chapter Winery. Coborn’s was among six groups that were nominated for the honor this year. Coborn’s was nominated for the award as the grocery store provided service to its customers and an assortment of activities to help people throughout the last year. For more see an upcoming print issue of The New Prague Times. (Patrick Fisher Photo)
New Prague High School students prepare for the Grand March at Trojan Stadium on Saturday, April 24. The Grand March was broken into two groups this year with the first group held between 3-4 p.m. with about 50 couples signed up for it. The second group was held between 4:30-5:30 p.m. with 80 couples signed up. Families, in limited numbers, watched from the bleachers as each couple walked along the football field and paused at the 50-yard line for photos. Prom continues with a formal dinner at the Park Ballroom with prizes and entertainment to top off the evening.
The New Prague High School softball team signs posters for young fans on Friday, April 23, after the Trojans home game against Delano. The posters featured the Trojans on this year’s team. It was a close game in the early innings with the lead changing hands, but Delano came out ahead 14-9. For more on the game see an upcoming print issue of The New Prague Times. (Patrick Fisher Photo)
Trojan Avery Gullickson, center, takes her turn during New Prague High School’s invitational at Creeks Bend during a rainy Friday, April 23. The weather started misty with temperatures at 46 degrees Fahrenheit and then the clouds opened with a light downpour that tapered off. For results of the game see an upcoming print issue of The New Prague Times. (Patrick Fisher Photo)
Jerry Hackett has been an avid gardener all his life, famous for growing tomatoes taller than he. But when he and his wife, Pat, moved from their retirement home in Bemidji in 2016 to a one level townhome in Shakopee to be nearer their children, there was simply no space for Jerry to ply his green thumb. Keenly active, Jerry needed something to do. Then he remembered the toothpick projects one of their...
To see more on this story, pick up the April 22, 2021 print edition of The New Prague Times.
As part of the reconstruction of Main Street, crews are dealing with the removal of asbestos. City Public Works Director Matt Rynda said the asbestos is wrapped around old steam pipes that the City and contractor...
To read more about this article, pick up the April 22, 2021 print edition of The New Prague Times.
Mayo Clinic Health System in New Prague has more than 200 available COVID-19 vaccine appointment slots available Thursday and Friday, April 22 and 23.
The vaccination site is located at the Mayo Clinic Health System clinic, 212 10th Ave. NE, New Prague.
A group of roughly 20 students from New Prague High School gather around the flagpole around 1 p.m. on Monday, April 19. The group joined other students across Minnesota who walked out in solidarity against racial injustice. The students at New Prague and other schools talked about the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center and discrimination in their own schools. The walkouts ended with a moment of silence at 1:47 p.m., the time that Wright was shot. For more see an upcoming print issue of The New Prague Times. (Patrick Fisher Photo)
The Rice County Master Gardener volunteers are hosting their annual Arbor Day tree and shrub giveaway on Friday, April 30, at the Rice County Fairgrounds in Faribault. The giveaway will take place from 3:30-5:30 p.m., while supplies last.
The giveaway will take place as a drive-through, minimal contact event. Everyone is welcome to drive through the fairgrounds and select a free tree or shrub seedling. Participants should enter the fairgrounds from Second Avenue NW and there will be signs indicating the flow of traffic.
(This is the first in a series about changes that New Prague’s Main Street businesses are dealing with due to the reconstruction of Main Street.)
Businesses on New Prague’s Main Street will be dealing with changes due to the reconstruction of the street and the placing of new infrastructure underneath the street.
New Prague Postmaster Pauline Lambrecht said the post office’s hours are still the same. The mail box in front of the building was moved on Friday, April 8, onto...
To read more on this article, pick up the April 15, 2021 print edition of The New Prague Times.
As of Thursday, April 15, the City of New Prague announced it is allowing the one story “rear” portion of Downtown Sound at 104 Main St. E to reopen. This is the portion that is marked internally in the building – essentially all the rear portion except the north 12-feet closest to the two story portion of the building. This will allow Downtown Sound to continue to hold music lessons in that portion of the building. This determination was made in consultation with the building owner’s structural engineer and the City’s structural engineer and Building Official.
