A new facility by Inspire Services, LLC has opened locally and is ready to help people seeking mental health care, counseling, treatment for substance use, or psychological evaluations.
The facility is located at 32298 State Highway 13 in Montgomery and is referred to as “Lakeside,” a nod to the site’s 25-year occupant.

Area residents looking for ways to celebrate the Fourth of July, there are several options.
New Prague will have fireworks the evening of Sunday, July 3, east of New Prague Middle School. The American Legion Post 45 Park Ballroom and Jeff Belzer’s are sponsoring the fireworks show. Before the fireworks people can get treats from Dawgs on the Run, Kona Ice and Cookie Dough Bliss. Linda Fahrenkamp will sing the National Anthem to begin the show, with fireworks at 10 p.m.

Two upsets by the New Prague Adapted CI Division Softball Team led to a runner-up finish for the Trojans in the MSHSL State Tournament the first weekend in June.
New Prague, the No. 4 South Seed in the 2022 Adapted CI Division State Tournament recorded an upset with a 22-14 victory over No. 1 North seed North Suburban in the quarterfinals Friday, June 3.

Montgomery Mallard Ryan Iverson blasted four home runs and knocked in 10 runs in the Mallard’s 22- 18 DRS Baseball League win over Veseli Sunday, June 26.
The game featured nine total home runs. Matt Friedges had three hits, including two home runs, scored four runs, and knocked in seven for Veseli. Also hitting a home run for the Warriors was Matt Perkinson. Luke Shepard and Riley Schaeffer each added three hits.
Tom Flicek and Tyler Bednar hit long balls for the Mallards. Derek Christenson pitched the final five innings in relief for the win.

Funding for a new $2.5 million facility for the Montgomery Police Department was approved by the City Council on Monday.
The council passed a resolution after bids were opened on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, for the new building that will be constructed on the property north of the existing facility on Lexington Ave. NW. The low bid of the seven submitted was awarded to Ankney Construction with a base bid of $1.92 million that includes soil corrections, building construction, some interior components, and paving of the parking areas.

Hometown Bats will hold its Sixth annual Home Run Derby, beginning at 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 25, at Union Hill Ballpark, west of New Prague on Highway 19. The family-friendly event offers children’s games, food and drinks. It brings batters from DRS (Dakota, Rice, Scott) Baseball together to slam in as many homers and raise funds for an area family. This year’s Home Run Derby benefits Adeline Tiede, daughter of Jeremy Tiede and Jessica Lambrecht OF Le Center. Adeline, age 3, has two older sisters Mayta (12) and Lucy (6).

Sean O’Neill, left, talks with FOX9 Montgomery Messanger News anchors Tim Blotz and Alix Kendall about the history and legacy of baseball at Union Hill the evening of Wednesday, June 22. O’Neill had been a player on the team and is now president of the field’s baseball association. A large crowd came out for the event and to see the Union Hill Bulldogs take on the Mayer Blazers.
The FOX9 Montgomery Messanger News team visited with former players and had a preview of the Home Run Derby fundraiser that will be at Union Hill on Saturday, June 25.

Fourteen players scored, thirteen players had hits, and thirteen players knocked in runs for the Union Hill amateur baseball team Thursday, June 16 in a 33-3, seven inning win over Veseli.
The Bulldogs accumulated 27 hits with Sam Novak and Nathan Osborne each collecting four and Nate Lee and Jacob Becker collecting three each. Lee, Osborne, Becker, and Nathan Berg each hit home runs.
Conrad Masberg picked up the win on the mound, allowing one earned run on three hits in five innings. Novak pitched the final two innings and did not allow an earned run.

Rita Ann (Trnka) Chlan, age 89, of Webster, MN passed away peacefully surrounded by family on June 19, 2022. She was born on April 23, 1933 in Erin Township to Mathias and Helen (Brabec) Trnka of Lonsdale.

TCU senior Jordan Meyer hurdled his way to fourth place at the Class AA State Track and Field meet last weekend at St. Michael Albertville High School.
Meyer and TCU junior Dante Juberian represented the Titans at the tournament.
Meyer posted a personal-best time of 15.37 seconds in the 110 M hurdles during the preliminaries on Friday, which secured him a spot in the finals. His preliminary time was the 5th fastest time posted in the event.

Midway through the DRS Amateur Baseball League season, there is a new leader.
St. Patrick, winner of five straight games, has risen to the top of the standings with a 6-2 record. Webster, 4-1 in their last five games, moves into second place with a 6-4 record. Montgomery, the leader for much of the early season, has dropped to third place with a 7-5 record.

To cap off the school year, my daughter Ellen’s fourth grade class created a living wax museum of great leaders.
Out of the list of dozens of names, my little redhead chose Lucille Ball.
Why did she chose Lucille Ball? Because she was a redhead. (You’ve gotta love 10-year-old logic.)
Things started out great.
Ellen dove into the research work, reading books about Lucille Ball’s life and watching “I Love Lucy” episodes on her tablet.

In-coming fifth-grade students were caught in the middle of a dispute between the school board and the teaching staff at Tri-City United.
In recent months, the school board learned that the yearly field trip to Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center would be canceled if the teachers involved in organizing and attending the three-day educational experience were not compensated for their time and effort.

City officials are hoping the multiple explosions of TNT in one of its wells last week will fix a water flow problem before the rehabilitation begins on the city’s water tower in mid-July.
On Wednesday, June 8, Dave Traut, of Traut Companies which specializes in wells, drilling, and water treatment, was at Well No. 5 near the city’s water treatment facility at 16638 – 340th Street. Traut was hired by the City on the recommendation of the Public Works Advisory Board.

Angela Kadrlik, age 42 of Montgomery passed away unexpectedly at home on Monday, June 13, 2022.