New Prague and other communities in the area will be celebrating the July 4th holiday with everything from parades to music to boat parades to fireworks.
New Prague The evening of Monday, July 3, will be the New Prague Fireworks Show. Events are east of the New Prague Middle School, beginning at 6 p.m. there will be Kona Ice, Dawgs on the Run, face painting and free massages. The national anthem will be sung by Linda Fahrenkamp with the fireworks at 10:10 p.m.
Elko July 1st at Dusk, Elko Speedway
New Prague High School Assistant Principal Brian Thorstad has been named the high school's new principal.
See details in an upcoming print edition of The New Prague Times.
Air quality is expected to reach the orange AQI category in southern, east central, and northeast Minn., which is unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Air quality alert issued due to ozone for Tuesday, June 20, through Thursday, June 22, for central and southern Minn.
Air quality is expected to reach the orange AQI category in central and southern Minn., which is unhealthy for sensitive groups.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued an air quality alert for central and southern Minn., effective from noon on Tuesday, June 20, through 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 22. The affected area includes central and southern Minn., and the tribal nations of Leech Lake, Mille Lacs, Upper Sioux, and Prairie Island.
New Prague High School Principal Nicole Adams submitted her resignation to the school district June 7, board chairman Matt Goldade confirmed today, Sunday, June 18.
The school board has been informed of Adams' resignation, but has yet to formally announce or accept it. The New Prague Times has reached out to Adams for comment.
The first round of interviews for the new high school principal will begin this week, Goldade said.
Elko New Market’s Fire Rescue Days will be held Thursday, June 22, through Sunday, June 25. During the annual festival people in the Scott County community show support for their local fire department.
Earlier this year, two of the department’s firefighters retired from active duty. The two are Rob Kaufenberg and Chris Flegel.
She knows all about courtrooms and criminal trials. For Brooke Holmes, writing a fictional murdermystery is something new.
Holmes authored the book, “Unjust,” due out later this fall featuring a wronglyconvicted man represented by a Minneapolis attorney performing pro-bono work. The attorney, Jason Mickelson, is working with an attorney from the Exoneration Project, Rachel Nix, and together they try to prove a man is innocent. Naturally, there’s a romantic twist involving the two barristers.
MISSING PERSON ALERT: The Prior Lake Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing teen. Keira Dupey, age 13, is 5 feet, 4 inches tall, weighs 100 pounds and has black/brown hair and brown eyes. Dupey was last seen on May 25 leaving a facility in Prior Lake with Kari Steele, who is also a missing person. Dupey may have traveled to St. Paul or the surrounding suburbs.
New Prague Area Schools held its end-of-the school year celebration Friday, May 26, where it recognized its staff who were retiring.
Among the retirees were Kathy Sticha for eight years, Sheila Heinen for 14 years, Jane Dittberner for 15 years, Sharon Drazenovich and Tim Dittberner for 20 years each, Linda Sirek for 21 years, Dana Smith for 26 years and Lori Bisek for 40 years.
Lori Bisek All of Bisek’s 40 yers has been at Falcon Ridge Elementary School where she was a paraprofessional for 22 years and as a secretary for 18 years.
Mitchell Marlow sits in an empty public library on a Sunday afternoon reading emails and performing research. The building has been closed for a day and won’t open Monday until noon, and yet the staff at the Scott County Library system is delighted he’s in the building using technology.
They’ll play a beloved oldtime song Bill Vogel loved at the cemetery following his funeral Mass Saturday. “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” was one of his favorite tunes.
In his perfect world, Bill Vogel would have been a professional baseball player. He could hit and played good defense at first base. Instead, he and his wife raised a family. He ran a bank, taught his children to work hard, be honest. He served his country and community for several decades. Overall, Vogel’s family agreed, he enjoyed a pretty good life lived the way he wanted to live it.
During the Memorial Day program Monday, May 29, at the New Prague Veterans Memorial, main speaker Col. Joe Sharkey talked about how Minnesotans have volunteered for the armed forces over the decades. At area cemeteries, family members took time to remember and honor those who served.
At Lanesburgh cemetery Monday morning, brothers Roger and Russ Meyer, both of New Prague, remembered their dad, Ivan G. Meyer, who is buried at the cemetery, southwest of New Prague. “My dad was a Korean veteran,” said Roger Meyer.
On a mild, late-spring evening, 300 seniors in New Prague High School's Class of 2023 graduated Friday evening and joined the ranks of the school's alumni.
Rice County officials are continuing to respond to a fire at the county’s landfill solid waste facility at East 145th Street in rural Dundas. The fire began in the landfill portion of the solid waste facility shortly after it closed for the evening on Monday, May 22.
The cause of the fire has yet to be determined, but with assistance from state and local agencies, work is ongoing to mitigate any and all issues within the county’s control.
Members of New Prague High School's Class of 2023 enjoyed the annual senior send-off this afternoon at Next Chapter Winery south of New Prague.
The event included plenty of good food, games and the opportunity for the graduates-to-be to win prizes. It was capped off with a hypnotist show.
The Class of 2023 will graduate Friday, May 26, 7 p.m., from Trojan Stadium.
Details and photos from the ceremony will be in an upcoming print edition of The New Prague Times.
A member of the New Prague Fire Department works to bring a shed fire under control at a residence along Church Avenue, north of Union Hill, around 3:30 p.m. Thursday, May 25.
Belle Plaine Fire Department answered a call for mutual aid to provide manpower and water. Also at the scene were members of the Scott County Sheriff’s Office and North Memorial Ambulance. For more see an upcoming print edition of The New Prague Times. (Patrick Fisher photo)