The Elko New Market Cub Scouts and Boy Scout Troop 325 Fall Activity Event on Tuesday, Oct. 27, provided several things to keep children and their parents occupied on a chilly evening at Wagner Park.
To see more on this story, pick up the November 5, 2020 print edition of The New Prague Times.

I moved to New Prague in 1999, right before school started that year. There were many things I learned in that year and still continue to participate in. Among them are the Fall Section, the Fall New Prague Times Sports Section and the Dozinky Harvest Festival preview.

The west end of New Prague’s Main Street was reopened the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 4, as the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), in consultation with City Engineer Chris Cavett of the firm Short Elliott Hendrickson (SEH) Inc., decided the street could have traffic on it. The reopening of Main Street, which is also a state highway, is after reconstruction work was done this summer. It is also about a full day ahead of the estimated reopening of Main Street, which placed it at Thursday, Nov. 5, at the earliest. For more see a print issue of The New Prague Times.

Update
According to the Minnesota Secretary of State the City of New Prague early returns in the race for mayor and city council are as follows. For mayor, Duane J. “Dewey” Jirik had 2,425 votes, Maggie Bass had 1,436 votes and Rik Seiler had 307 votes.
For the city council's two seats incumbents Bruce Wolf had 2,466 votes and Shawn Ryan had 2,308 votes while challenger Brian Molitor had 1,609 votes.

Lowell John Lamping, age 84, of Webster, MN passed away in his home on October 28, 2020.
A drive-through visitation will be held on Thursday, November 5, 2020 from 4:00 – 6:00 PM and again on Friday, November 6, 2020 from 10:00 - 11:00 AM at Ballard-Sunder Funeral & Cremation (4565 Pleasant St. SE) in Prior Lake. Please wear a face mask and remain in your vehicle to greet Lowell's family.  (Drive-Through Visitation Map)

It was already a busy morning at the polls in New Prague around 8 a.m. as a steady stream of voters were filing through the New Prague Fitness & Aquatic Center, 410 Central Ave. N, the location for this year’s general election. Besides voting for the country’s president, voters were also casting ballots for the US Senate, House, state legislators, plus New Prague’s mayor, city council and the school board. Polls will be open until 8 p.m. While final results of the election will not be available as of press time, people can check The New Prague Times’ website and its November 12 issue.

Beatrice M. Hogan, age 98, of New Prague, formerly of St. Paul, died peacefully with her nephew present on Monday, November 2, 2020 at Mala Strana Rehabilitation Center and Assisted Living.  Bea was born on June 21, 1922 in Duluth, MN to John Thomas and Beulah (Burnett) Hogan.  The family moved to New Rockford, ND in 1922, where Bea graduated from New Rockford High School.  She moved to St.

Emily Christine Burton
Emily passed away on October 27, 2020 at the age of 26.
She leaves behind her parents Curtis and Yvette, her sisters Jessica Peck (Ty), Sarah, and Allison, her grandparents, her nieces and nephew, many aunts and uncles, cousins, and friends.

Be sure to check where your polling place is. 

Leonard E. Beatty, Jr passed away at his home in Montgomery, MN on October 26, 2020, at the age of 82. He was born in St. Paul, MN on December 1, 1937, to Leonard Sr. & Bessie (Fitch) Beatty. 
Leonard was a graduate of St. Rose of Lima Catholic School in Roseville, MN and of Cretin Derham Hall High School in St. Paul, MN
In February 1957, he married Kathryn Schwarzbauer at Sacred Heart Church in Wahkon, MN, and together they had six children. 

Crews were breaking ground on the north and south side of the former Shopko Hometown Store along 10th Avenue SE in New Prague on Thursday, Oct. 29, where a new full service Hy-Vee grocery store will be built. Hy-Vee Construction was issued a building permit recently for the site. There will be additions to the current building, which will increase its size to about 43,570 square feet. For more see an upcoming print edition of The New Prague Times. (Patrick Fisher Photo)

New Prague High School will have a fall production, although it won’t be a musical, and it will fit the time period that people are living in now. The show is “10 Ways to Survive Life in a Quarantine” written by Don Zolidis in March of this year and is a mixture of short comedic plays.

It’s been a busy four months in the building of FaithPoint Lutheran Church’s new church at the southwest corner of Redwing Avenue and 270th Street, in rural New Prague. Ground was broken on the structure on July 12 with the walls now up and roof work ongoing as of Wednesday, Oct. 28. For more see an upcoming print issue of The New Prague Times. (Mark Slavik Photo)

There will be no school for all K-12 students on Monday, November 2 due to an instructional planning day for staff.

Deborah Ann Abrams (Moravec), age 55, of Lonsdale, MN passed away peacefully on October 22, 2020.
She was a loving wife, daughter, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. Her smile brought light and joy to a room. Daughter of Roman and Donna Moravec (Pexa).
She was born in New Prague on May 1, 1965. On May 24, 1986, she married Michael Abrams in Lonsdale, MN. During her life, she enjoyed spending time with family, painting, cooking, dancing, and listening to country music.

Mayme Lucille (Dejcmar) Jindra, 105 years 10 months and 6 days, passed away peacefully at her home in Montgomery on Monday, October 19, 2020.
Mayme was born on December 13, 1914, in Montgomery to Edward and Mary (Uhlir) Dejcmar. She graduated from Sherman High School in Montgomery in 1932.
Mayme was united in marriage to the love of her life, John James Jindra, on October 12, 1940, at St. John Lutheran Church in Montgomery. They lived on a farm off Highway 21 in Le Sueur County.