The New Prague Trojan boys basketball team closed out its regular season with a pair of wins last week, over Orono and Hutchinson. That gave the team a perfect 10-0 record in the Wright County Conference East division. That gives the Trojans the conference championship for the fourth time in the five years they have been in the conference.

Arlene R. Pexa, age 78, of Chaska, formerly of New Prague, died suddenly on Saturday, March  2, 2019 at her home in Chaska.  Arlene was born on February 18, 1941 to Sylvester and Celestine “Sally” (Barten) Deutsch in New Prague.  She graduated from New Prague High School and attended Minneapolis Cosmetology School.  Arlene married Norman F. Pexa on May 2, 1964 at St.

Two people from Le Sueur were killed when their snowmobile hit a power pole in Blakeley Township in rural Scott County Sunday, March 3.
According to the Scott County Sheriff’s Office, dispatchers received a call at approximately 4:27 p.m. Sunday about a snowmobile crash with injuries at the intersection of 280th Street W (State Highway 19) and Lehnert Lane, which is just west of the interchange with Highway 169.

Myron J. Eischens of New Prague, died peacefully at the Lutheran Home in Belle Plaine on Saturday, March 2, 2019.  He was born March 11, 1928 at the original New Prague Hospital.  He attended the elementary schools in St. Benedict and St. Wenceslaus and graduated from New Prague High School in 1946.  Myron worked for Continental Machine Inc. as a pattern maker for about 25 years prior to farming. Myron waited many years before he met the love of his life and  married Anna Albina Svoboda on May 29, 1974 at St.

Pediatric Physical Therapist Stacey Siats entertains baby Sophia for a moment during her presentation on optimizing infant development during New Prague Area Community Education’s baby event the morning of Saturday, March 2, at the Central Education Campus. Siats also offered tips and tricks to engage babies in daily activities to the more than 40 parents that attended. There were also vendors and information on an array of baby needs. For more see an upcoming print issue of The New Prague Times. (Patrick Fisher Photo)

The New Prague Trojan boys basketball team, which finished the regular season 16-10 and 10-0 in the Wright County Conference East Division, received the No. 3 seed in the Section 1AAAA tournament.
The tournament begins Wednesday, March 6, with the top four seeds hosting games. New Prague will face Rochester Mayo, the No. 6 seed. The Spartans are 15-11 and placed fourth in the Big 9 Conference with a 14-8 record.
Complete First Round Schedule:
Wednesday, March 6, all games 7 p.m.
Upper bracket
No. 8 Owatonna (7-19) at No. 1 Lakeville North (22-4)

The retired judge overseeing the Le Sueur County Historical Society (LCHS) lawsuit assigned tasks and specific timelines to move the case along.

New Prague's Nick Novak won his first round match at the state Class AAA wrestling tournament Friday, march 1, but lost his second round match.
In the morning session, Novak, the No. 5 seed at 120 pounds, defeated Ben Stites of Minneapolis Southwest by fall in 3:28. In the afternoon session he lost to Nic Cantu of Albert Lea, the No. 4 seed, by a 3-0 score.
Novak will compete in the wrestlebacks later Friday evening. If he wins, he advances to the consolation round on Saturday.

Bonita Marie Tupy, age 54, of New Prague, died peacefully, surrounded by her family on Friday, March 1, 2019 at St. Gertrude’s Health and Rehabilitation Center in Shakopee.  Bonnie was born on September 30, 1964 in Shakopee to Lloyd A. and Carol L. (Pawelk) White.  Her parents were killed in a car accident when Bonnie was almost 4 and she was raised by her grandparents, Ed & Lillian White.   She graduated from New Prague High School in1983 and married Arnie Dale Tupy on August 11, 1984 at St.

The New Prague Trojan boys hockey team knew going in that it would be a tall task in their Section 2AA quarterfinal game.
The opponent was Minnetonka, a team that spent much of the season ranked No. 1 in the state, and was still ranked No. 2 going into the post season. The Skippers were the No. 1 seed in the section and the Trojans No. 8.

New Prague Area Schools Superintendent Tim Dittberner updated members of the school board on the use of "flexible learning days" the district has taken due to weather. The update came during the board’s regular meeting Monday, Feb. 25.
"It’s nice to have these available to us," he said. "We’ve had them for four years and until this year we hadn’t had to use one. This year, we’ve used seven."

The New Prague Trojan girls basketball team closed out the regular season with a win over Delano Friday, Feb. 22. The win, and a Waconia win over Holy Family the previous evening, gave the Trojans a share of the Wright County Conference East title with those two teams, as all three had 7-3 conference records.

Snow and wind didn’t deter about 150 youngsters from showing up Sunday, Feb. 24, to the 20th Annual Wood Duck House building event at the Knights of Columbus Hall in New Prague.
Sponsored by the Scott-Le Sueur chapter of the Minnesota Waterfowl Association, youngsters were given the opportunity to build wood duck houses to take home and put out in wildlife areas to attract wood ducks for nesting.

The New Prague adapted floor hockey team won two games last week, defeating Winona and St. Paul Humboldt.
The team was scheduled to host Stillwater Tuesday, Feb. 26, and Burnsville/Farmington/ Lakeville Wednesday, Feb. 27. New Prague plays at Minneapolis Edison Thursday, Feb. 28, and will play their regular season finale on Tuesday, March 5, at home against South Washington County.
New Prague, which has athletes from Tri-City United, Le Sueur-Henderson, Jordan and Belle Plaine, has a 4- 1 record going into this week’s games, with one week left in the regular season.

Last weekend’s blizzard endangered some, inconvenienced many and proved once again that Mother Nature is not to be fooled with.
We had plenty of warning that bad weather conditions were on the way. Events were being cancelled already on Friday and many people altered their weekend plans to avoid having to drive.

Violet Anne Bachman, age 92, of New Prague, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on February 27, 2019 at Mayo Clinic Health System Hospital New Prague.  Vi was born January 21, 1927 near Princeton, Minnesota to Frank & Agnes (Fradette) Betzler.  She attended grade school at Swatara and high school in Hill City and Aitkin.  She met her future husband, Herschel F. Bachman on her 19th birthday at a dance in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.  They married on August 15, 1946 in Estherville, Iowa and began their life together in Minneapolis.