Leonard Joseph Wondra, 95, of Montgomery, died on Monday, Jan. 13, 2020 at Traditions in Montgomery. Visitation will be held on Friday, Jan. 17 from 4 to 8:00 p.m. at the Schoenbauer Funeral Home in Montgomery.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, Jan. 18, at 11 a.m. with visitation one hour prior at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Montgomery with Father Tom Niehaus officiating. Interment will take place at St. John’s Catholic Cemetery in spring. Full obit in next weeks paper.

On Monday, the Montgomery City Council got things in order for the new year approving depositories and appointments to committees, boards and commissions, and the council calendar.
The council unanimously approved the consent agenda, which contained the majority of the housekeeping items, one of which was designating the Montgomery Messenger as the city’s official newspaper. This means the Messenger will again be the publication for the city’s public or legal notices for the year.

World renown photographer Edward S. Curtis, who captured images of Native Americans in the early 20th century, spent a decade growing up in little Cordova in Le Sueur County, Minnesota.
Curtis’ work and his ties to the local area are celebrated in the Arts and Heritage Center of Montgomery’s newest exhibit: Edward S. Curtis Photography Display.
The exhibit, which opened last week and will remain open for public viewing during the center’s regular hours until February 29, features more than 60 of Curtis’ prints of Native American life between 1900 and 1930.

For the second time this season, the 5th ranked New Prague wrestling team has returned from a tournament with hardware.
The Trojans had 17 top six finishers, including three champions, winning the Tri City United Invitational Saturday, Jan. 4 in Montgomery.
Koy Buesgens (106), Colton Bornholdt (113), and Jake Trachte (182) each claimed individual titles.

The Le Sueur County Board of Commissioners held their 2020 Reorganizational Meeting Tuesday, Jan. 7 in Le Center.
Fifth District Commissioner Steve Rohlfing was named the Board Chairman and Second District Commissioner Danny O’Keefe was named the Board Vice Chairman.
The Le Sueur County Montgomery Messanger News was named the 2020 first legal newspaper. The Montgomery Messenger was named the second legal newspaper.
Mileage reimbursement for Le Sueur County employees will be 57.5 cents per mile, in accordance with the federal IRS mileage rate.

Thomas “Tom” Michaels, age 80, of Montgomery, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, at Mayo Clinic Health Systems – New Prague. Arrangements by Boldt Funeral Home will be announced later.

Thomas “Tom” Michaels, age 80, of Montgomery, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, at Mayo Clinic Health Systems – New Prague. Arrangements by Boldt Funeral Home will be announced later.

A Waseca Police Officer was shot in the head and “gravely injured” while responding to a report of a suspicious person with a flashlight in the backyard residence on the 900 block of 4th Avenue SE in Waseca after 8 p.m. on Monday night, Jan. 6. The suspect was shot twice and sustained non-life threatening injuries.

Alvin R. Pany, 90, of New Prague, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019, at Mayo Clinic Health System Hospital New Prague. Visitation will be held on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020, from 9 to 11 a.m. at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Montgomery with Memorial Mass at 11 a.m. with Father George Grafsky officiating. Burial will be in the Bohemian National Cemetery in Montgomery.

Out of 34 teams, the Tri-City United wrestlers, grappled for points and finished in sixth place after the two-day Redwood River Riot on December 20 and 21 in Redwood Falls.
The Titans ended with 114.5 points. Coach Shawn Timmerman noted Riley O’Malley worked for a second place finish in a very tough tournament.
“He was out there wrestling to continuously score points. Winning those matches was the result from that,” he said.
The varsity individual results:
106 - Zach Balma (8th Place)
113 - Chris Johnson (0-2)
120 - Brant Lemieux (0-2)

The TCU girls basketball team earned a big win over Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton and a loss to Waterville-Elysian-Morristown at the TCU Holiday Basketball Tournament on Friday and Saturday.
TCU 64 - JWP 38
The girls participated in two games of the holiday tournament. On Friday, they worked for a resounding win over JWP, ending with 64-38 score.
The Titans took early control of the game, building up a 21-point lead in the first ten minutes of the game. At half-time, they expanded it to 40-9.

Memorial services for Elizabeth “Betty” (Gabriel) Cashin, of Albert Lea will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, January 4, at St. Theodore Catholic Church, Albert Lea.  The Reverend Timothy Reker will officiate. Interment will be in St. Theodore’s Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 4-7 on Friday at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea, and one hour before the service at the church.
Betty died on Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at St. John’s Lutheran Home in Albert Lea. She was born November 10, 1929, in St. Paul, MN, to Edward and Madeline (Gerke) Gabriel.

High winds and icy conditions may continue into the morning
MANKATO, Minn. –  (3:30 p.m.) Motorists in south central Minnesota are advised to expect difficult driving conditions to remain into Tuesday (December 31) with forecasted additional snowfall, dropping temps and even higher wind gusts.

Albert “Jack” Janda, 83, of Montgomery, died on December 27, 2019, at Mayo Clinic Health System Hospital, New Prague.
A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, at 10:30 a.m. at the Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Montgomery. Interment and military rites will be at Calvary Cemetery, Montgomery.
A memorial visitation will be held at the church for two hours prior to the services on Friday.
Arrangements are being completed by the Boldt Funeral Home, Faribault.

Glenn Louis Kerkow, 86, of Montgomery, formerly of Jordan, passed away on Christmas morning 2019 at the age of 86. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, January 4, 2019 at 11 a.m. with visitation beginning at 9:30 a.m. at St John Lutheran Church, 105 Spruce Avenue NW, Montgomery. Pastor Jason Pollington will preside. Glenn’s grandchildren will act as pallbearers, and he will be laid to rest at Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan.

Jane Nash, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, passed away surrounded by family on December 18th at Our Lady of Peace Hospice in St. Paul, at the age of 75.