Tri-City United High School’s blood drive brought in 36 units of blood during what is seasonally a lull for the American Red Cross. As a push for people to donate, the Red Cross was giving donors a $10 e-gift card to a movie merchant of their choice during the month of August.
This blood drive was put on with Tri-City United student coordinators Xiani Medina and Savannah Chapel. For Chapel, this was her second time helping coordinate a drive. This was Medina’s fifth blood drive she has helped coordinate.
The Montgomery Police Department put up a sign designating a “Safe Exchange Zone” area in the front of their new building entrance at 300 Lexington Avenue NW.
The department says the area is intended for people that need a place to exchange items purchased on social media market places or child custody exchanges. The area can be used for a number of reasons though that are specifically intended for what could be risky interactions where you are meeting someone you don’t know.
The Montgomery Historical Society held a Show and Tell last Wednesday, August 30 at the American Legion Post 79.
Anyone, member or not, was welcome to come and share items and their historical value.
One item in particular was of interest to most, an 1898 plat book of Le Sueur County that Jim Mladek brought. Mladek said, “I don’t know where it came from. It just showed up.” Someone had dropped off and given him the plat book without a note as of who gave it to him.
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 close. There are six counties offering home care practitioners in the state now and there were nine at the beginning of the year.”
As Labor Day will arrive this weekend, so does the expected “phase one” part of the Highway 13 project by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT). This means the contractor should have the bulk of the work done from Lexington Avenue north and at the roundabout being constructed at County 28 and Highway 13 between New Prague and Montgomery.
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.
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 off-and-on served as the districts facilities director in addition to being the districts regular full-time technology director.
A gas leak was underway from late Monday morning at Highway 13 and Lexington Avenue in Montgomery. Firefighters and CenterPoint Energy said they should have it sealed up by early afternoon. Residents nearby the location are asked to keep their windows closed and away from the intersection until it has been fixed. Firefighters were monitoring gas levels regularly around the area for potential evacuations. See more in the August 31 edition of the Messenger.
New Prague, Montgomery, Waterville, Scott and Le Sueur counties and the area are under an excessive heat warning during the coming week.
The National Weather Service says the area will be subject to "dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 110 (degrees) possible."
Lonsdale Community Day, Saturday, Aug. 12, was packed with activities for people to enjoy from the morning too the night.
“It was amazing,” said Shanna GutzkeKupp, executive director of the Lonsdale Chamber of Commerce, which organizes the celebration to bring the community together. “We had wonderful weather.”
Weather for the day had temperatures in the low 80s at the most and sun through the day.
There are three tractors in the shed at the Borgmeyer farm just east of the Le Sueur-Rice County line. Each one has a specific job, though the 1968 John Deere 4020’s role is only partially linked directly to farm work.
“It still runs the auger every fall, still pulls things every spring,” said Willie Borgmeyer. He farms 120 acres of corn and beans in Shieldsville Township in western Rice County.
A Kilkenny woman’s house was damaged but nobody injured when fire broke out inside the front porch Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 9.
Just after 3:30 p.m., Constance Weber noted the air-conditioner window unit inside her front porch at her house on Laurel Avenue in Kilkenny had overheated and was ablaze. Weber discovered the fire after she heard crackling coming from the air-conditioning unit. The fire had spread from the front porch and was spreading other rooms inside of the house, according to the Le Sueur County Sheriff’s Office.
The Kolacky Days Grand Day Parade entertained thousands with more than 110 units in the parade.
The St. Paul Winter Carnival and many local royalty members from neighboring communities represented themselves through out the parade, including Miss Czech Slovak Minnesota, Belle Plain B-B-Q Days, Miss Waterville, Lonsdale Ambassadors, and more. A little more than a handful of bands made for great musical fun, spread throughout the route.
Many 1,000's of visitors packed First Street in Montgomery during the 24th Annual Classic Car Show and the Vintage Snowmobile Show during the 89th Annual Kolacky Days Festival on Saturday.
Whether you are a rat-rod person, an untouched original appreciator, or you liked a good ol' fashioned full restoration, there was something for everyone. Cars lined the street and some side streets from Oak Avenue to Vine Avenue. Vintage snowmobiles lined the rest of the next block north on First Street to Spruce Avenue.
Alice Schroeder is named the 89th Annual Kolacky Days Queen. Xiani Medina is named 1st Princess and Miss Congeniality, and Anastasia Stasney, the 89th Annual Kolacky Days button designer, is named 2nd Princess.
Schroeder is the daughter of Eric and Lisa Schroeder, and she sang “For the First Time in Forever” for her talent. Medina is the daughter of Josie Medina, and she did a speech presentation titled “A Journey Home” for her talent. Stasney is the daughter of Dean and Cathy Stasney, and she did a presentation of “The Principles of Taekwondo” for her presentation.
Montgomery resident Laura Hennen found the 89th Annual Kolacky Days medallion on the second day of the hunt. Hennen said, “It took 20,000 steps over the last two days to find it!” The medallion was found in North Ridge Recreation area under...Congratulations on your second day Kolacky Days medallion find! To see the full information about where the medallion was found, pick up a copy of the Montgomery Messenger on news stands Wednesday or in mailboxes Thursday, July 27. Subscribe online.