Le Sueur County Sheriff Brett Mason, along with the Mounted Posse and The Sheriff’s Youth Project, have once again come together to launch the project, “Believe in the Magic of Christmas.”
The project “will provide an opportunity for our community to come together and spread a little Christmas Magic for a very deserving family.”
Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, at approximately 10:21 p.m., the Scott County 911 Dispatch Center received a report of an armed robbery at the Red Fox Tavern, located on the 22815 block of Pillsbury Ave. in New Market Township.
The suspect entered the establishment, demanded cash, and left the scene on foot after obtaining an undisclosed amount of money, according to the Scott County Sheriff's Office. Two employees were present during the incident and no injuries were reported.
New Prague and the area will be represented by a DFLer who successfully navigated her first re-election bid and a police chief making his initial bid for state elected office.
The New Prague Veterans Honor Guard and St. Wenceslaus School students observe Veterans Day Friday morning, Nov. 8, at the New Prague Veterans Memorial. The ceremony honored those who served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Friday was one of two days for Veterans Day observances. The second day will be Tuesday, Nov. 12, with ceremonies at New Prague’s three elementary schools, plus Praha Village senior apartments and Mala Strana Rehabilitation and Care Center. For more on Veterans Day observances see an upcoming print edition of The New Prague Times. (Patrick Fisher photo)
A single-ballot distribution error on Monday, Nov. 4, at the Public Works facility and a subsequent ballot scanning
machine malfunction will have Scott County re-scanning the proper ballots for approximately 13,000 ballots beginning at 4 p.m. today (Friday, Nov. 8).
All potentially affected candidates have been updated on the situation, which may or may not still result in a recount.
In observance of Veterans Day Monday, Nov. 11, New Prague Area School District 721, St. Wenceslaus School, Praha Village, and Mala Strana Rehabilitation and Care Center, have scheduled programs over two days. The events are being held Friday, Nov. 8, and Tuesday, Nov. 12, as schools will be closed Nov. 11.
The New Prague Veterans Honor Guard will participate in, and present our nation’s colors at all scheduled observances listed. All New Prague area veterans are welcome and encouraged to attend any or all of the observances scheduled.
He remembers members of the honor guard at a veterans’ funeral several years ago. Their presence meant a lot to the family of the former soldier. It told the family their loved one’s service was not forgotten. John Giesen took that memory and uses it to fuel an unyielding commitment to remember, to honor, the community’s veterans.
“There was an opening so I did not have to wait,” Giesen said. “The families of the veterans, they all really enjoy it.”
Updated as of Wednesday, November 6 at 9:30 a.m. per the Secretary of States website.
Voters in the New Prague area for the most part returned incumbent candidates to their posts on city councils, the school board and county boards according to unofficial returns posted on the Minnesota Secretary of State’s website Tuesday night, Nov. 5.
As an incentive for students of Most Holy Redeemer School (MHRS) to raise funds, Pastor Timothy Sandquist said he would sleep on the Catholic school’s rooftop if they raised at least $25,000 in funds.
“They did a great job. They really did surprise me,” said Father Sandquist. “Typically, they went to relatives and friends and knocked on their doors to raise the funds.” Total amount of funds raised were $29,642.15 and there is an additional $25,000 for the matching grant from Bob Washa.
Joey Friendshuh and other members of the NPHS football team helped load pumpkins from a field at Barten’s Pumpkins into a larger wooden container to be transported from the pumpkin field to a display area for sale at Barten Pumpkins just west of New Prague along Highway 19. Saturday, Oct. 5, seniors on NPHS’s football team helped Barten Pumpkins with some field work in exchange for a donation to the football program.
Scott County commissioners recently decided the 96-acre industrial park in northeastern New Market Township will not need additional environmental review before it is developed.
New Prague High School held its first Career & Tech Day Friday, Oct. 11, bringing together 35 area businesses and 625 students, 300 eighth-graders and 325 10th-graders, to interact and allow students to find out more about community employers.
“We want to expose the students to as many occupation possibilities at an early age to help them make good decisions when they register for classes,” said director of Educational Services Tony Buthe. When students find out what classes they need for an occupation, they can take as many classes as possible, said...
It took some of the young children a little while to warn up to the notion of boarding a loud train from yesteryear and riding on a set of rails to pick out a pumpkin in time for Halloween.
But shortly after reaching the pumpkin patch at Gopher State Railway Museum Saturday, any apprehension quickly disappeared. Charlotte Theis, age 3, took her time selecting a pumpkin and then couldn’t wait for the train ride back to the museum. She visited the museum with a younger sibling, Grace, and her parents, Jess and Sam of Cologne.
Greg Tikalsky was the moderator for the New Prague Area Historical Society’s Trolley Tours of New Prague Sunday, Sept. 22. Tours that were popular as all three tours sold out and insightful, he said.
“I learned a lot from the passengers who grew up in New Prague,” said Tikalsky. “I’ll be able to add what I learned to the next tours.”