Students in the Tri-City United School District will make up one of their snow days by attending an extra day of school on Friday, June 1.
The decision came at Monday’s Tri-City United School Board meeting.
Superintendent Teri Preisler told the board there were four school...
A group of young girls and their dads danced to the "Hokey Pokey" during the "I Loved Her First Daddy Daughter Dance" sponsored by New Prague Community Education Friday, Aprli 6, at the New Prague Central Education Campus Gym. More than 100 young ladies and their fathers, grandfathers or others...

A fire Friday, Aprill 6 damaged a garage in Waterville.
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...
New Prague High School has announced the 2018 inductees into the school’s Hall of Fame. They will be nducted during the school’s Honors Night Celebration on Wednesday, May. Inductees are in two categories - Distinguished Alumni and Distinguished Service. Nominees in a third category - Athletics...
Czech was Don Rynda’s first language.
His grandparents made sure of it.
“When I was little and my parents would be out working on the farm, my grandparents would care for me. They spoke Czech to me. It was important to them that the language was not forgotten… It wasn’t until I started country...

The cast of the TCU Spring Play, the comedy “Haphazardly Ever After” is (front, from left) Abigail Flynn, Alex Bass, Marissa Gare, Katelyn Brown, Allyson Hennen, Sofia Kaunonen, Carolyn Mikel, Lizzie Trnka, Caitlyn Gare, (middle, right side) Josephine Hatlevig, Aven Prigge, Janick Wagner, Isabelle Schmidmaier, Heather Johnson, Megan Bass (back) Lucas Velarde, Shane Schreiber, Josh Holicky, Becca Simon, Nick Deutsch, Grace Grant, Elizabeth Christian, Jose Reyes, Andrick Wagner, Logan Blaschko, Andrew Trnka, Natalee Korbitz, Isabella Truman, and Kaylee Kirchmann. Missing from the photo is Rianna Doyle. (Wade Young Photo
Imagine browsing through the Enchanted Depot to find customized magical solutions to all problems. Such is the world of TCU’s “Haphazardly Ever After,” that runs Friday and Saturday, April 6 and 7 at the Montgomery Middle School Auditorium. Performances are at 7 p.m. each night.
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Children have fun with a wind tunnel at the New Prague Library on Thursday, April 5, as part of First Step STEM. The event for pre-schoolers allowed children to learn about science, technology, engineering and math through activities such as looking at insects through magnifying glasses, making a...

Brian Spatenka of Waterville, left, received the 2018 Friend of the Fire Department Award from Waterville Fire Chief Chris Meskan.
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...
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...

Katie Kasendorf and Cole Erickson rehearse a scene from “Almost, Maine.” (Patrick Fisher Photo)
Area residents can travl to "Almost, Maine,” although it won’t require booking a flight or a long car drive as it is New Prague High School’s spring play. In nine brief vignettes audiences can explore friendship, love and loss at the high school auditorium, 221 12th St. NE, at 7:30 p.m. Friday,...