As cannabis availability increases, the Le Sueur-Waseca Community Health Board reminds community members about essential steps to keep families, teenagers, and roadways safe. The focus is on locking up cannabis away from children, engaging teenagers in open conversations about cannabis use, and preventing impaired driving.
The new playground equipment in Memorial Park is going up at a fast pace. Workers from Midwest Wisconsin Playgrounds (MWP) began installing it last week and should be finished with installing the equipment this week.
This doesn’t mean that the equipment will be ready to be played on just yet. The rubberized chip will need to be placed in the play area and the poured-in-place surface for the concrete areas needs to be installed before it can be open to the public.
Monday, Oct. 12
- Traffic stop (TS) for possible cancelled driver, unfounded and all clear.
- TS and issued a warning for speed.
- Assisted (Asst.) with a domestic dispute.
- Arrested an individual on an outstanding warrant.
- Asst. with found property on the roadway.
Tuesday, Oct. 13
Montgomery’s main wastewater lift station pump failed, which carries all the sewage from town and is a critical component. According to Public Utilities Supervisor Adam Jirak, crews installed a backup pump in the meantime.
Jirak said that the failed pump was inspected but could not economically rebuilt. He also stated that the station’s pumps are not a standard size, so most companies do not carry a spare that would fit, which necessitates the city to have its own spare/back-up pump.
Question
I have a slow moving emblem for my vehicle. Can I use that when I am driving at normal speed limits or must I take that off?
Answer
Vehicles designed to operate at 35 miles per hour or less must display a slow-moving vehicle emblem. The use of this emblem is restricted to the slow-moving vehicles specified in state statute and its use on any other type of vehicle or stationary object on the highway is prohibited.
Vehicles That Need the Emblem
This summer a new local food insecurity nonprofit was started by Caitlin Huiras called 507 Food Share. Over the summer months, the entity helped provide nutritious food at no cost to those who needed it weekly at Tri-City United High School through pop-up markets.
Huiras has much further ambitions with the organization though and some of those are playing out in the inaugural Miles for Meals 5k Run/Walk and Kids 1K to be held at Next Chapter Winery, between New Prague and Montgomery in Lanesburg Township, on Sunday, Nov. 1.
Montgomery City Council approved the hiring of Brennen Construction Inc. as the construction manager at risk (CMAR) Monday evening, contingent upon them accepting the contract sent to them without any major changes.
Le Sueur County court filings show that Jeffrey Allen Wolf, 37, of Montgomery, was sentenced on Oct. 13 for the case involving a 14-year-old girl in with whom he had multiple instances of criminal sexual conduct (CSC) and shared a significant relationship with, which allegedly resulted in the victim becoming pregnant.
Rounding up a series of local towns’ Fire Prevention Week, was Lonsdale Fire Department’s Fire Safety Night, which was held in coordination with Tri-City United Early Childhood Education.
This event, which has happened for many years, gave an opportunity for the younger children to explore all of the fire equipment and apparatus the department has, meet real firefighters, get a cool vacuum-formed fire hat, fire safety-related coloring books, have some refreshments, and listen to a presentation by Fire Safety Officer Adam Vycital of the Lonsdale Fire Department.
Tri-City United High School’s band and choir hosted the first concert of the 2026-2027 school year on Monday evening, Oct. 19 in the school’s performing arts center.
It was the first out-of-college concert directing a choir for Lydia Horan, the new high school and grades 5-8 choir director. Horan, as noted in a previous Messenger, graduated this spring from Concordia College in Moorhead.
Both band and choir have a solid showing in numbers of students this year.
The City of Montgomery has chosen Brennen Companies of Mankato, Minn., as their construction manager at risk (CMAR) to help execute the construction process for the building of a new fire hall, although a contract with them has not yet been fully secured.
A total of eight companies responded to the request for proposals for the CMAR, and council selected Brennen Companies at a special city council meeting on Monday, Oct. 5, as was recommended by the selection committee.
Tri-City United PreK-8 School’s playground was packed for the Tri-City United Montgomery Elementary Parent-Teacher Organization’s Ninja Warrior Family Night fundraiser last Friday, Oct. 9.
The active evening featured obstacle courses provided by Ninja Anywhere, as well as games, bounce houses and food by local businesses.
In the end, the event raised $24,208, which was well above the goal of $20,000.
A $1 million Powerball® prize turned into $2 million for one lucky Minnesota Lottery player in Montgomery Wednesday night. Thanks to the Power Play® option, the prize was doubled for matching all five numbers in the Oct. 14 drawing, turning a million-dollar match into a $2 million payday.
Power Play® is an optional feature available to Powerball® players that, for an additional $1 per play, multiplies non-jackpot prizes by a number drawn before each Powerball® drawing.
This is the report for the Montgomery Fire Department (MFD) from the month of Sept. 2026. A total of 11 calls were responded to in the month and a total of 72 calls through the end of September. Training in September was on incident management, tool locations, and small gas engines.
Below are the list of the calls MFD responded to in Sept. 2026.
Montgomery Fire Department and Kilkenny Fire Department both held events this past week to help teach youth and families about fire prevention and about the jobs they do during Fire Prevention Week.