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Tuesday, Sept. 29
Most Holy Redeemer Catholic School celebrated its fundraising goal’s exceedance in ways that would make a pig fly or maybe at least snort a little while being pet.
Fr. Timothy Sandquist said, “This year, our students, with the generous support of alumni and local businesses, raised $43,763. Of that amount, $25,000 will be matched by MHR alumnus Bob Washa.”
Residents of the Montgomery area gathered at the Revival on Main in Montgomery on Tuesday, Sept. 22 to hear from their local representatives at a Meet Your Candidates event put together by community member Jean Keogh.
The community is invited to watch an early-access viewing of “The Chosen” season six on Wednesday, Oct. 7 from 10-11:30 a.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Montgomery. Only churches and parishes are eligible to participate in this early viewing.
Streaming of this first episode of season six begins Nov. 15 on Prime Video, but St. John Lutheran Church is inviting the community to watch this early viewing at the church.
Before he could even remember and being only about nine months old, Silas Vlasak of Le Center started having drop seizures. Drop seizures, unlike atonic seizures, are when a person looses muscle tone and becomes limp, causing them to fall in place.
The seizures Vlasak was having were a result of having epilepsy.
Montgomery City Council approved its preliminary levy for 2027 at Monday’s regular meeting, with the absence of council member Daniel Siebsen and the late Mick McGuire’s open seat. The proposed levy, which had to be presented by Sept. 30 by state law, amounts to $3,710,409, which is a 5.22% increase over the adopted 2026 levy of $3,526,356. These preliminary numbers are set as in they cannot increase but could decrease before a final levy is adopted in December.
Montgomery Chamber of Commerce hosted a free event for local small businesses at Inspire Services on Wednesday, Sept. 16 to help them better understand how artificial intelligence (AI) has changed the ways in which their business is being discovered or not discovered in the online world by customers.
Hannah Bretz, acting director at the South Central Minnesota Small Business Development Center (MSBC), led the session. Previously to being the director, Bretz was a consultant at the center for 11 years.
With two more wins, the Tri-City United (TCU) boys soccer team finishes the first half of their 2026 season with seven wins, no losses, and one tie.
The Titans moved up to 8th in the Class A State Soccer Poll after wins against Waseca, 4-1, on Tuesday, Sept. 15 and Fairmont, 4-0, Thursday, Sept. 17.
The Tri-City United (TCU) girls swimming and diving team nearly upset Mankato West in a dual meet Tuesday, Sep. 15 at West.
The Titans won five events (three individual and two relays) against the Scarlets in an 86-83 win by West.
“TCU’s relays and backstroke showed strong team chemistry heading into the rest of the season,” head coach Cassie Fisher said.
Winning individual events were Madelyn Ryan in the 500-yard freestyle (7:31), Isla Stock in the 100-yard backstroke (1:16.31), and Grace Harmeyer in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:35.24).
Nineteen of the 60 graduates of the Montgomery High School Class of 1961 gathered at the American Bar & Grill in Montgomery for a 65th reunion luncheon. Class member Evelyn (Prchal) Duban says it’s something they do every year.
The 1961 class was the 58th annual commencement for the school, which was held in what is now the elementary and middle school auditorium on Friday, May 26 at 8 p.m.
The Titans will “(Re)Discover” the ’90s for homecoming next week. Rebecca Wiseman, homecoming advisor and high school teacher, put together a fun set of days for students to celebrate, which were announced Monday, Sept. 21 to students during the unveiling in the high school performing arts center during advisory time.
The results from the new Ulm girls tennis invitational Saturday, Sept. 12 probably couldn’t have gone any better for the Tri-City United (TCU) squad.
Of the 24 matches played against New Ulm, Redwood Valley, and River Valley, The Titans won 21 of them.
Montgomery National Golf Club was extremely busy Thursday, Sept. 10. Not with golfers, but with high school cross country runners.
Close to 350 varsity runners from more than 25 boys and girls teams ran the 5,000-meter course looking to claim the titles at the Gerry Smith Tri-City United (TCU) Invitational.
The local school had their share of runners compete. The boys team placed 18th among the 27 total teams with 499 points. Three TCU girls ran in the women’s race which had 21 complete teams compete.
