The front of Tri-City United Le Center PreK-8 School has some new Titan Pride to show off thanks to the TCU Le Center Parent-Teacher Organization.

The PTO group donated funds to purchase the graphics, which includes the words “TCU TITANS” along with the lightning bolt fist in the middle of them.

TCU Marketing and Communications Director Anna Hoy said that there is still one piece coming but that they are waiting for a window to be fixed.

Pomala "Pam" Farrell Mariska, age 87, of Montgomery, died on the morning of Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at Traditions of Montgomery.

Maintenance agreement with county

Montgomery City Council approved its annual municipal maintenance agreement with Le Sueur County for the 3.36 miles of county roads that go through the city.

Le Sueur County is paying the city $8,536.52 per mile or $28,682.71 total annually for the City of Montgomery to do snow removal and general maintenance on the routes.

CenterPoint Energy franchise

The Czech Heritage Club and Montgomery Historical Society are hosting a joint event at 10 a.m. where Dale Ruhland, local historian, will present about the history and give tours of Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Montgomery on Saturday, Aug. 30, at 10 a.m. Free will offering for the church. All are welcome.

Correction: The Aug. 21 Montgomery Messenger stated that there would be a Montgomery Historical Society Show and Tell on Wednesday, Aug. 27, but there will not be. The above noted event replaced that show and tell event. 

Daniel Joseph Scheffert, age 59, of Faribault, passed away on Friday, August 22, 2025, at M Health Fairview Medical Center in Minneapolis.

Dan was born on November 1, 1965, in New Prague, the son of Kenneth and LaVaughn (Janaszak) Scheffert. He received his education through eighth grade at Most Holy Redeemer Catholic School in Montgomery and graduated from Montgomery High School with the Class of 1984. On November 16, 1991, Dan was united in marriage to Becky Krueger, and together they had one daughter.

Joseph "Joe" Michael Gores, age 75, of Montgomery passed away at his home on Thursday, August 21, 2025.

Joe was born on February 19, 1950, in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, to Hubert and Lillian (Hauptli) Gores. He grew up in Wabasso and graduated from Wabasso High School. On October 26, 1968, he married the love of his life, Suzanne Burns. Together, they moved to Montgomery in 1973, and built a life centered around family, hard work, and community.

Gordy the mailman, the dad, granddad, great-granddad, master of common sense, friend & lover of food passed away in his sleep on August 13, 2025.He was active & living alone up to the end.  He had driven the night before to the Dairy Queen to get himself a chocolate shake & left this world much like he ended phone calls, abruptly.

Born April 11, 1931, in Kilkenny, MN, to Hattie (Born) & Michael Balfe. His strong values, of family, helping others, & appreciating what you have, all began there & continued on during his entire well spent life.

The City of Lonsdale spent many years with their city hall housed in a building not meant for its purpose near the fire hall at 415 Central Street NW, not to mention it was grossly undersized.

When Northfield Hospital and Clinic’s Lonsdale location, 103 15th Ave SE, on the east side of town decided to cease operations in November of 2023, city leaders saw an opportunity. They purchased the site and building in early 2024 and went to work at renovating it for the city hall location.

Kilkenny’s annual Fireman’s Relief Association ATV Ride and Raffle on Saturday, Aug. 9, brought in a total of 200 riders on 94 allterrain and utility vehicles.

This year’s route took them from Lakefront Bar & Grill in Lexington on Clear Lake, The Bait Bucket in Cleveland, the city of Elysian, and ended at the Toy Box Saloon in Kilkenny, where the raffle drawing was conducted at 6 p.m.

Despite the threat of storms over the weekend, the rain mostly held back until after-hours of the Le Sueur County Free Fair.

The 168th annual event took place Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 14-17.

The forecast called for storms each day, but the worst of the rain came in the early hours of Saturday and well after the fair closed Sunday night. Both times, Le Center saw up to an inch of rainfall.

A half-inch of rain fell in the afternoon Friday, but had cleared as the events for the day moved into gear.

Montgomery Chamber of Commerce’s third annual Meet in Montgomery event on Thursday, Aug. 14, was bigger than the previous two years. It certainly helps coupling it with the Montgomery Farmer’s Market and the city’s Music in the Parks series. Together, they make for a compelling event for families.

Moving up with additional food options was a bonus, with The Rolling Cones, El Mexicano, and Pizzeria 201 serving out food and beverage. Probably the most popular beverage though was the free 1919 Root Beer being served by Frandsen Bank & Trust.

The 2025 Le Sueur County Fair begins Thursday, August 14 at the fairgrounds in Le Center and runs through Sunday, August 18.

Events are scheduled through the weekend at one of the state’s oldest county fairs.

The Le Sueur County Board of Commissioners approved renewing telecommuting and remote agreements with county employees at the board’s Aug. 5 meeting.

However, the agreements were only renewed through the end of the year.

“Unlike previous annual approvals, I’m requesting approval through the end of 2025,” Human Resource Director Theresa Kubes told the commissioners. “We’re working to make updates to our policy with a January 2026 effective date.”

Members of four area amateur baseball teams won’t be putting the spikes, bats and gloves away just yet now that their respective teams have won their way into the Minnesota Baseball Association’s State Tournament beginning this weekend.

Webster is going to state as District 5B’s No. 2 seed behind Jordan. The Brewers topped the Sox Saturday, Aug. 9, at the Mini Met.

Prior Lake’s Mudcats will take the district’s No. 3 seed to state thanks to a win over Union Hill Saturday.

Jordan topped Webster Saturday evening, 6-2, to earn District 3B's top seed to the Minnesota Baseball Association's upcoming state tournament.

Webster will take the district's No. 2 seed to state. Prior Lake topped Union Hill, 4-3, Saturday, Aug. 9, for 3B's No. 3 seed. The Bulldogs are the No. 4 seed.

After the Jordan-Webster game, the teams drafted players from other district teams for the state tournament.

Leonard M. “Walleye Lenny” Adamek, age 75, of Lonsdale, peacefully passed away at St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Shakopee on Friday, August 1, 2025. Lenny was born on July 30, 1950, in New Prague, to Myles L. and Lorraine (Flicek) Adamek. He grew up on his family’s farm in Webster and lived in Webster and Lonsdale his entire life.