Hoot Lanes II defeated Xpressions Salon Friday, April 13 for the Waterville Bowling Championship. Hoot Lanes rolled a 3,330 series with handcap while Xpressions rolled a 3,234 series. All 10 bowlers in the championship match averaged higher than their league average. Jacob Hill (667 series), Nick van Houdt (660), Tim Steinhaus (641), Willie Lindquist (629), and Henry van Houdt (553) made up the Hoot Lanes team. Don Simes (702), Jay Schneider (650), Jeff Ready (598), Tauston Taylor (521), and Brian Pittmann (495) made up the Xpressions team.
Ronald William Boyd, age 56 of Waterville, died on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato. Born in Waseca on September 14, 1961, Ronald was the son of Marlin and Sharon (Lau) Boyd. As a young man he attended school in Waterville. Ronald worked in various jobs over the years including manufacturing and property management. He also served in the United States Army Reserves. He enjoyed fishing, working outside, and working with computers.
Cindy Joy Lindahl, age 51, of Janesville, lost her battle with colon cancer on Friday, April 20, 2018 at her parent’s home. Funeral services will be held at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 415 Lake St. W., Waterville on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 10 a.m. with the Reverend David Mumme officiating. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery, Morristown. Visitation will be at the Boldt Funeral Home, Faribault on Monday, April 23, 2018 from 4 to 8 p.m. and also at the church for one hour prior to the services on Tuesday.
Minnesota has new Czech Slovak ambassadors when the royalty was crowned at the annual Miss Czech Slovak MN Pageant at the American Legion Post 79 in Montgomery on Saturday. The new royalty is pictured with the night’s Czech Helpers.
Pictured are: Czech Helpers Melanie Le Brun, Miss Congeniality and Second Princess Michelle Vlasak, Queen Heather Vikla, Czech Helper Hayden Dietz, First Princess Mary Carson and Czech Helper Alenka Jans. The royalty was crowned after interviews, parent introductions, and talent and kroj competition.
Because of the severity of the winter storm, the Miss Czech Slovak MN Pageant has been moved to Saturday, April 21. The location and times will remain the same. It will be held at the Montgomery American Legion Club. A public reception and dinner will be held prior to the 7 p.m. pageant.
Pageant contestants include: Mary Carson, daughter of John and Rosalind Carson, Heather Vikla, daughter of David and Kelly Vikla, and Michelle Vlasak, daughter of Ed and Debbie Vlasak.
Le Sueur County Historical Society (LCHS) is pushing back in the lawsuit brought by members who are asking for access to its documents and a “democratic” board election.
The response from LCHS was filed in Le Sueur County District Court on March 28 in response to a lawsuit from 16 members who allege the existing board of LCHS has mismanaged the society, has murky financial dealings, and has held anti-democratic processes, which, they state are contrary to Minnesota law and LCHS bylaws. In a filing on February 21, the citizens asked for a judge to intervene.
Jon Cramer, husband of 2005 Waterville-Elysian-Morristown High School graduate Elissa (Preuss) Cramer, is recovering from a series of complications stemming from a ruptured appendix and a subsequent, emergency surgery to wash his organs and remove a section of his colon.
After three weeks in the hospital, Jon is now home recovering with the help of his wife, children, Carter, 5, and Maya, 4, and other family members and friends, but will be out of work for months.
A fire Friday, April 6 at approximately 3:30 p.m. damaged a garage at the Randy Coon residence located on North Cottrill St. in Waterville. Waterville fire fighters worked to keep the fire under control and not let it spread to adjacent homes. The garage was a detached, two stall garage. According to Fire Chief Chris Meskan the fire is under investigation. No one was home at the time of the fire.
Virginia Charlotte Hruska, age 93 of Faribault, died on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.
Darlene May Owens age 85, of Audubon, MN went home to be with Jesus on April 2, 2018 under the care of the Red River Valley Hospice at Oak Crossing in Detroit Lakes, MN.
Virginia Charlotte Hruska, age 93 of Faribault, died on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.
Brian Spatenka of Waterville was honored with the 2018 Friend of the Fire Department Award during the Waterville Fire Dept. annual meeting March 19.
According to Waterville Fire Chief Chris Meskan, during the recent flooding events the last few years, Spatenka has voluntarily worked side-by-side with the fire department in sandbagging efforts around town.
He only took breaks to check the flooding around his home and refueling the generator that was running a pump to keep water out of his house.
The WEM baseball team will be looking for a fourth straight Gopher Conference title this spring.
The Bucs are 43-18 in the last three years and are 31-5 in the conference, winning the last three titles.
This season five seniors and six juniors will look to continue the championship run for head coach Sam Stier, who is starting his fifth season with the Bucs.
The seniors returning include Jacob Meskan (Inf),Tyson Miska (OF), Adam Rients (OF, 2nd, C), Michael Ungs (P, OF, 3rd), and Will Storch (C, OF, 3rd).
Contract negotiations are currently underway between Waterville-Elysian-Morristown School principals and the school district.
Two of WEM’s three principals are working without current, signed employment contracts.
High School Principal John Kaplan’s most up-todate employment contract with the school district was signed on July 20, 2012. The term listed on the contract is 2011 to 2013.
Annastasia Braam, principal of WEM’s Morristown building, is also working under an outdated employment contract that covers 2015 to 2016.
Hundreds of kids and their families participated in local egg hunt and Easter events on Saturday morning, March 31. The fun started in Elysian at 9 a.m. with the Lake Area Women's Easter Party, which was co-sponsored by the Willing Workers 4-H Club, and included live bunnies and many games. First Baptist Church of Waterville's giant outdoor egg hunt and Easter event started at 10 a.m., which was followed by a short program and the awarding of prizes. Then, the Easter Bunny hopped over to Morristown Commercial Club's Egg Scramble at 11 a.m.
