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Branko Schoenbauer will compete for an individual state trapshooting title Friday after receiving the honors of being high gun overall and in varsity males division for 5A.
Titans Branko Schoenbauer, Addison Mann, and Jacob Cihak, qualified individually, and the TCU trapshooting team have qualified for the Minnesota State High School League’s (MSHSL) State Clay Target Tournament on Friday, June 20, at the Minneapolis Gun Club in Credit River Township.
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The Elko New Market City Council discussed updates to the city’s social media policy. The council also provided direction on those updates at its Thursday, June 12, meeting.
City Planner Brandon Malecha presented the information, noting city staff has been discussing a need to update the policy as...
Ten area town baseball sluggers will try to bash as many home runs as possible at the annual fundraiser to help an area child and family dealing with a medical challenge slated for Saturday, June 28, 6 p.m., at Don Giesen Field in Union Hill.
Twelve-year-old Jacob Bongers of Lonsdale is suffering...
Elijah Thietje, 10, enjoyed delicious ribs prepared in the kitchen at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Friday afternoon. The church’s annual ribfest fundraiser drew hundreds of people to it. The threat of rain forced planners to move the event indoors. (John Mueller photo)
Last week, as the staff and leaders at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church were putting the finishing touches on plans to host the annual RibFest, the prediction of more rain for New Prague and the area gave them reason for concern.
More rain is the last thing the church needed as plans for the church’s...
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Crews work to clear the area along NW Fifth Avenue for the New Prague Police Department’s new building. At the New Prague City Council’s Monday, June 16, meeting. Councilor Shawn Ryan made a motion the work be put on hold, the motion died for a lack of a second.
The New Prague City Council discussed stopping work on the new police station during its Monday, June 16, meeting.
Councilor Shawn Ryan asked the council to stop work that is happening at 505 Fifth Ave. NW, where the new facility for the police department will be added onto the New Prague Fire...
Le Sueur County Sheriff Brett Mason reports that on Sunday, June 8, 2025, the Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center was contacted by the owners of Neisen’s Sports Bar, located on State Highway 99, in Kasota Township, of a break-in to the bar.
Deputies responded to the location and spoke with the owners...
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Kilkenny’s Anna Stangler (Fischer), age 39, was involved in a single vehicle utility task vehicle (UTV) accident Thursday, June 12, according to a press release from the Le Sueur County Sheriff’s Office.
The release said that a 911 call was received at approximately 2:35 p.m. on June 12 from a...
New fishing piers at Leech Lake in the city of Walker, and Lake Francis in the city of Elysian, are the newest of many fishing infrastructure improvements made possible by the Get Out MORE (Modernize Outdoor Recreation Experiences) one-time funding approved by the Minnesota Legislature in 2023.
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Kids attending the FFA truck and tractor pull see if they can outrun the “High Plains Gasser” (above), as the tractor pulls in the 6000 Improved Stock class on Friday.
After an overcast day, the sun broke free from the clouds just as the Tri-City FFA Alumni and Friends Truck and Tractor Pull began Friday evening.
A crowd of several hundred was there for the seventh annual event at the Le Sueur County Fairgrounds. The truck and tractor pull featured 91...
Three members of the 2025 Tri-City United Schools Volunteer Community Task Force presented to the school board their recommendations for the district at their last meeting on Tuesday, May 27.
The task force met on five occasions in April through May, doing a site visit at each school to see issues...
