Beginning Saturday, Oct. 24, the drive thru testing site at Mayo Clinic Health System in New Prague will be moved to inside the Mayo Clinic Health System in Belle Plaine clinic, 700 W. Prairie St. This move will provide staff and patients with a more convenient, safer and more comfortable testing location by protecting them from inclement Minnesota weather and improving efficiency.
Call 507-293-9525 if you think you may have COVID-19 and want to be tested.

Due to inclement weather and safety of staff and clients, Scott County Public Health has canceled the COVID19 testing clinic today, Tuesday October 20, 2020, at Elko Speedway. All registered participants have been notified. A date and time will be determined and those registered will be notified shortly about the re-scheduled date. Stay tuned!

Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Time:
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location:
Elko Speedway
Address:
26350 France Ave.
Elko New Market, MN 55054
Link:
See flyer to make an appointment

The New Prague High School senior class celebrates winning the B Powderpuff game 18-0 on Sunday, Oct. 18, at Trojan Stadium. The senior and junior teams showed a lot of energy during the game, held with overcast skies and temperatures around 34 degrees fahrenheit. An A Powderpuff game was held earlier with the seniors winning 12-0. The two games kicked off Homecoming week at New Prague High School. For more on Homecoming check out the next issue of The New Prague Times. (Patrick Fisher Photo)

While the weather forecast on Friday, Oct. 16, calls for scattered rain showers there was a brief snowfall around 10 a.m. in New Prague. The flying flakes likely caused some groans from area residents. The good news is the snow melted as soon as it hit the ground. The forecast calls for a 50 percent chance of rain today with a high in the mid 40s. (Patrick Fisher Photo)

he New Prague Times There was no shortage of entertainment at Barten Pumpkins west of New Prague on Saturday, Oct. 10. While families were mainly taking time to find pumpkins for jack o’lanterns or for other decorative purposes, Jim Bendzick was busy firing off pumpkins from an air cannon at a target and artist Greg Preslicka was engaged in painting a mural on a barn.

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, approximately 70 shoppers and 11 businesses participated in this year’s Ladies Night Out on Thursday, Oct. 8.
Brooke Sticha the Executive Director at the NP Chamber of Commerce, which sponsors the event, said participation was expected to be down. However, she added that the board felt it was important to continue the popular event, which encourages local and non-local people to support New Prague businesses.

Members of the Czech Heritage Club spread the word about its organization and heritage over the weekend.
Three board members, Violet Chromy, George Mikiska, and Jim Simon, attended the festival in Faribault.

New Prague High School introduced their 2020 Homecoming Royalty the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 14, by way of a video. The video can be seen here https://youtu.be/fx9WrRinUqU. The students are candidates for Homecoming King and Queen. Coronation is scheduled to be held in Trojan Stadium on Friday, Oct. 23, between 2:45-3:15 p.m. weather permitting. If there is inclement weather the ceremony will take place in the high school auditorium and will be live-streamed. For more on Homecoming see an upcoming print issue of The New Prague Times.

Members of the Veterans Memorial committee broke ground the morning of Saturday, Oct. 10, during a ceremony at Memorial Park in New Prague. The family of the late Marine Lance Cpl. Dale Means, plus members of the New Prague American Legion have been working on this project since 2012. They have raised funds through donations and many events. Work on the project is scheduled to begin on Monday, Oct. 12. For more see an upcoming print issue of The New Prague Times. (Patrick Fisher Photo0

On Saturday, Oct. 10, at 10 a.m. there will be a ground breaking ceremony for the New Prague Veterans Memorial in Memorial Park. Area residents are welcome to come out and witness the event and show their support. The Veterans Memorial will be built east of the New Prague Library, south of Main Street. For an update on the groundbreaking ceremony check out The New Prague Times’ website and Facebook on Saturday.

In an announcement Tuesday on the Montgomery Torchlight Parade and Firework's social media page, organizers stated the Holidazzle-like event will be canceled in 2020. They said it is due to "the pandemic restrictions by our state government."
"We would like to thank everyone for your support of this event. Unfortunately after careful consideration due to the pandemic restrictions by our state government we have no choice but to cancel the parade and fireworks for 2020" the post stated.

The “Fall Colors Cruise” rolls out of Henderson the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 3. Approximately 200 classic vehicles were participating in the 70 mile cruise that traveled through St. Thomas, Le Center, around Le Sueur County lakes to the Ottawa Road into Le Sueur and back to Henderson. The Henderson Classic Car Roll-In Committee hosted the cruise. Donations were also taken for the local food shelf that collected an estimated couple hundred pounds of food. For more seen upcoming issues of The New Prague Times, the Montgomery Messenger. (Patrick Fisher Photo)

The late Virginia Lucier Hoyt was given a heartfelt and rousing sendoff by 30 women who learned cheers from her, and eventually became friends. The brief ceremony came at the end of the funeral for Hoyt, or Miss Lucier as she was known for many years, on Thursday, Sept. 24, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Cemetery in New Prague.

Lonsdale area residents came out the evening of Friday, Sept. 25, to support its local police department and the Rice County Sheriff’s Office. The Lonsdale Knights of Columbus hosted the event held at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church with the staff of the Lonsdale Police Department honored for their work in the community. The....
To see more on this story pick up the Ocotber 1, 2020 print edition of The New Prague Times.

The Office of the Le Sueur County Election Administrator announced on Friday that absentee ballots are now available to the public for the General Election (November 3, 2020).
Voters are strongly encouraged to apply online for an absentee ballot.
Online absentee ballot applications are currently available on the Minnesota Secretary of State website or Le Sueur County website.