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The items these three helped create and sell in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary. Pictured from the left are Dave Preuhs, Beth Coyel and Lana Beck in the Feature Building at the Le Sueur County Pioneer Power Show. (Jarrod Schoenecker photo)
What has turned into a large festival of yesteryear, the Le Sueur County Pioneer Power Show (LSCPPS) started out as a simple passion of one man 50 years ago in 1974. It’s still the passion of one man but it is now the passion of many, many people that share it with him. That man is Dave Preuhs....
The Le Sueur County Department of Public Health in Le Center. (Jarrod Schoenecker photo)
The Le Sueur County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously August 15 to discontinue the county’s Home Health Care, citing a number of issues. The program will be phased out and is scheduled to end by November 1.
Home Care Supervisor Laura Guddal said, “Our commissioners decided that it’s time to...
The Rev. Joseph Gifford is the new associate pastor at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church. He’ll also serve at St. John The Evangelist in Union Hill and St. Scholastica in Heidelberg. His interests range from opera and canon law to fantasy football and kick boxing. (John Mueller photo)
There were several potential stops on Joseph Gifford’s career path to his most recent stop at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in New Prague. He pondered several paths along the way – nursing and singing opera are just a few of the options he considered.
As the new associate pastor assigned to St....
Front row L-R: Kent Stuckmeyer, Fritz Smisek, Harold Chromy, Rodney Seurer, Steve Bednar, Tom Rybak, Duane Wermerskirchen, Al Bisek, Gary Lukkes, Mike Solheid, Ron Kadrlik. Second row L-R: John Kratochvil, Marv Deutsch, Paul Jirik, Terry Connolly, Harold Stevens, Scott Proshek, Mark Lukkes, Terry Witt, Wayne Bednar, Tom Chromy. Third row L-R: Gary Kubes, Tom Maras, Kevin Carpentier, Dan Kohoutek, John Slavik, Ron Schoenecker, Tom Kriha, Jeff Jirik, Tom Krava, Brian Wahlberg, Ken Rynda, Glen Steinhoff. Back row L-R: Dave Pumper, Jeff Smith, and Bill Schoenecker.
On Friday, Sept. 1, there will be two events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of New Prague High School’s 1973- ’74 football team and its winning the Minnesota State High School League Class B state championship.
Scott Proshek, who was a junior in high school at the time and one of the 43 members...
After their bus ride to school, students made the stroll up the sidewalk to the high school Tuesday morning, Aug. 29, for the first day of class. By Wednesday, all the expected 4,000-plus students were back in class at New Prague public schools. (John Mueller photo)
After two days of assessment at the New Prague Area School District’s three elementary schools, students returned to school en masse this morning, Wednesday, Aug 30. Yesterday, Tuesday, Aug. 29, students in ninth through 12th grades returned to school for the 2023-24 school year. The district has...
This year is the 31st year of Ahlman's Shooter's Round Up, one of the nation's top events for outdoor and gun enthusiasts.
This year's two-day event is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 26 and Sunday, Aug. 27 on the Ahlman's Gun Shop site north of Morristown.
The Round-Up is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m....
Members of the Stangler family were in Le Center Sunday, August 20 to be recognized for having a Century Farm and a Sesquicentennial Farm during the Le Sueur County Fair. Left to right: Kristin (Stangler) Mertins, Susan Stangler, Jeff Stangler, and Judy (Stangler) Hiller. (Jay Schneider photo)
Jeff and Sue Stangler of rural Waterville have a safe full of interesting paperwork which go back more than 150 years.
The papers include the original deeds of their current farm, which was recently recognized as a Century Farm and a Sesquicentennial Farm by Farm Bureau and the Minnesota State Fair...
A close look at the solar panels and system installed at the Tri-City United High School that will go live next month to help offset electricity costs for the school. (Jarrod Schoenecker photo)
Students at Tri-City United Schools are going to be getting an education hands-on with solar energy due to a new 40kWh solar array installed at both the Le Center K-8 school and high school in Montgomery. The project has been a few years in the making with a long-term vision from Carl Menk, who has...
Crews had removed the two fuel tanks at the former Crawford’s Standard Services in downtown New Prague by Monday afternoon, Aug. 14. One tank was able to hold 10,000 gallons and the second tank could hold 8,000 gallons. (Patrick Fisher photo)
Between Monday, Aug. 14, through Wednesday, Aug. 16, a crew was busy removing two fuel tanks, pipes and other items from the former Crawford’s Standard Service, at the southwest corner of the intersection of New Prague’s E Main Street and SE First Avenue.
“The tanks have to be out of the ground...
Matthew Stensrud, left, and Allie Meyer will be co-directing New Prague High School’s fall musical. The two decided they wanted to co-direct the production when the school was looking for a director. Auditions for students will be in early September. (Patrick Fisher photo)
Allie Meyer and Matthew Stensrud were recently chosen to be co-directors for New Prague High School’s fall musical. The two wanted to co-direct the upcoming production as they both have the experience and can coordinate together.
“I heard there was an opening for director, so I went to Matt and I...
