New Prague High School held its Honors Night, Wednesday, May 7, with students being recognized for the arts, sports and academics. There were also several thousands of dollars awarded through scholarships.
With victories over teams the New Prague-TCU-Belle Plaine-Le Sueur Henderson-Jordan co-op floor hockey team faced during the regular season, the Trojans' returned from Coon Rapids High School Saturday evening as
New Prague senior Toby Bleess, 11, works to get around two Rochester John Marshall defenders during the first game of the Class AAAA, Section 1 quarterfinals. The Trojans, No.
After four meetings, members of the New Prague School District’s long-range facilities task force are expected to lay out their preferences for a recommendation to the school board when they gather for the final of th
The New Prague City Council received an update on the growth of the city at its Monday, Feb. 3, meeting.
A pair of wins during the past week has lifted the New Prague Orioles above the .500 mark and into seventh place in the Dakota-Rice-Scott League.
Sunday, June 8, with the wind blowing out at Shakopee’s Joe Schleper Stadium, the Orioles and Coyotes scored a plethora of runs. The Orioles scored two runs in the first with four hits from Eric Wagner, Tom McBroom, James Fuerniss and Beau Plaisance.
The Coyotes answered in the third inning with a two-run homer by Aidan Rau.
St. Patrick kicked off the 2025 season Sunday, May 18, with a 14-3 win in seven innings over Union Hill.
With the wind blowing out to left at Bonin Field, the Irish offense took advantage in the bottom of the first inning with four home runs from sluggers Jack Friedges, Ryan Friedges, Robbie Meidl and starting pitcher Ian Segna.
In the third inning, the Irish tacked on four more runs, highlighted by a Tate Marland three-run HR. The Irish tacked on three more runs in the fifth frame and two more in the sixth.
A New Prague man, Jeffrey William Boysen, was sentenced to 72 years in prison after being found guilty of 15 counts of criminal sexual assault of a girl and boy Wednesday, June 4, in Scott County District Court.
Despite their best efforts on a course most of them have played before, the NP girls’ and boys’ golf teams saw their season conclude last week at Ridges of Sand Creek outside Jordan in the section tournament Tuesday and Wednesday, May 27-28.
NP girls The Trojans made the second day of competition, finishing third overall behind section champion Minnetonka (591) and Orono (653).
New Prague High School is sending five members of its track team to the state meet this coming week at St. Michael-Albertville High School.
Advancing from the section meet last weekend at Lakeville South High School, New Prague’s Bjorn Olson earned a state berth in the 300-meter hurdles and Adam Proshek made the state field in the high jump, both with personal record performances.
The state meet is slated for June 10-12 at St. Michael-Albertville High School.
Meleah Joy Christenson, age 43, of Montgomery, passed away May 19, 2025. Funeral services were held on Thursday, May 29, 2025, at Community Baptist Church, New Prague, MN. Arrangements by www.whitefuneralhomes.com.
Tim Simon of Elko New Market has hunted bear, but he was surprised to see one wander onto his property at 320 Williams St., three blocks south of the city’s downtown, Saturday evening, May 31.
“My daughter said, ‘Dad, you’re not going to believe this, but there’s a bear in the backyard,’” said Simon.
Simon was skeptical at first then he saw the bear. He said he was like, “Wow!”
His daughter, Rachel Keppers, took some photos. Simon said Rachel had been at a wedding and then came home to check on her child, which Simon and his wife were babysitting.
After nearly 36 years Doug and Patty Lau are retiring
Saturday, May 31, was closed out with the announcement Doug and Patty Lau of Lau’s Bakery on New Prague’s Main Street, had sold their business and were retiring.
The couple, who have owned the business for nearly 36 years have sold the business to Alfredo Armenta Cruz, left, and his wife, Marialid.
“We’ve given him the recipes and he’s doing the job. He’s been doing the baking for the last three weeks,” said Doug about Alfredo. Doug added Alfredo will be keeping the recipes the same.
Nearly 30 people attended the New Prague City Council’s Monday, June 2, meeting, the majority there for the public hearing on the general obligation bonds to pay for the construction of the city’s new police station. Of the nine people who spoke during the public hearing, the majority voiced opposition to the proposed $10,415,000 general obligation Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) bonds.
Over its last two meetings, the Elko New Market City Council discussed food truck sales on public property.
By all accounts, Sgt. Maj. Rich Wilson was the kind of teacher most students enjoyed learning from and classroom instructors and staff enjoyed working with.
Next week, he’ll set out with a new set of orders as he enters retirement.
This week, Wilson will retire as a fifth-grade teacher at Falcon Ridge Elementary School. He was hired by the school district as a fourthgrade teacher in 1989. With the exception of his military responsibilities, he has been a constant figure at New Prague’s Elementary school, later renamed Falcon Ridge for about three-dozen years.
On an evening blessed with almost perfect weather, New Prague High School and the community celebrated the graduation of 310 seniors Friday evening at Trojan Stadium.
The commencement ceremony featured a recognition and remembrance of the Class of 2025’s years in school, the challenges they faced and their successes.
Heading into the Section 1A boys’ lacrosse playoffs, New Prague needed a win in a big way after a tough loss the previous evening. The Trojans earned exactly what they needed with a playoff game a few days away, ending a three-game skid.
No. 3-seeded New Prague (8-5 overall) opened the section playoffs last night against No. 6-seeded Northfield. Both teams brought an 8-5 record into the game. The winner will play Saturday, May 31, against the winner of No. 2-seeded Lakeville North vs. No. 7-seeded Southwest Christian at a time to be determined at the higher-seeded team.
With plenty of offense and solid pitching, the New Prague Orioles evened their DakotaRice-Scott League record at 2-2 with a decisive win Thursday, May 22.
The Orioles will face St. Patrick tomorrow evening, Friday, May 30, 7:30 p.m., at Memorial Park. Sunday, June 1, 2 p.m., New Prague will go duck hunting when Montgomery comes to town. The Mallards ended NP’s season last fall in New Prague.
The Orioles will welcome Faribault to the friendly confines of Memorial Park Wednesday, June 4, 7:30 p.m.
Matt Mies, left, manager of Coborn’s Marketplace in New Prague, talks with U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Wednesday, May 28, about services offered by the local business. Sen. Klobuchar stopped for a brief visit to discuss how independent grocery stores are important to communities. For more see an upcoming print edition of The New Prague Times. (Patrick Fisher photo)
New Prague’s softball team saw its dream of a return trip to the state tournament come to a tough end Saturday in Owatonna.
The Trojans fell to the host Huskies, 3-2, in the consolation bracket of the Section 1AAA playoffs.
After splitting its first two section games with Lakeville South and Lakeville North, the Trojans fell to Owatonna, 3-2. Details of all three games were not available when The New Prague Times went to press.
New Prague led the contest against Owatonna 1-0 and 2-1 before the host Huskies rallied later in the contest.
