Richard Hugh Lewis, 80, passed away Saturday, March 13, 2021 at Spanish Meadows Assisted Living, Brownsville, TX. Dick was born on January 16, 1941 in Lakota, Iowa, son of the late Hugh and Carmen Lewis.

The Hwy 19/Main Street construction crew will be adding two temporary bridges for pedestrian traffic to cross Main Street over the weekend! You can find the crossings at Central Ave (by the Chamber office) and near City Club Bar

After two weekends of action, the DRS Amateur Baseball League standings have three teams sitting on top with perfect 2-0 records.
To read more on this article, pick up the May 13, 2021 print edition of The New Prague Times.

When I said it was going to be a noisy construction season I didn’t realize how right I was going to be. Nearly every day has had the sound of construction vehicles beeping as they back up, the loud crunch as concrete or asphalt breaks apart, the metallic boom and the slight echo as dump trucks drop their cargo or are loaded with concrete and the rocky clatter as gravel is deposited for the street. Of course since the streets are not finished there is dust.

The 2021 edition of The Guillotine Academic All-State honorees features 30 first-team members, 30 second-team members, 30 third-team members, and 44 honorable mention wrestlers.
One hundred thirty-eight... 
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The New Prague boys tennis team improved to 6-5 overall with four straight wins last week.
The Trojans defeated...
To read more on this article, pick up the May 13, 2021 print edition of The New Prague Times.

NAMI Minnesota (National Alliance on Mental Illness) has set up a wide variety of free online mental health classes for May and June. They include such classes as Hope for Recovery, Transitions, Ending the Silence, Understanding Early Episode Psychosis for Families, In Our Own Voice, Family to Family, Positive Psychology, Creating Caring Communities, a suicide prevention class called QPR – Question, Persuade and Refer, a special QPR class for Agricultural Communities and many more.

The Lonsdale Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a Street Fair and Business Expo on Thursday evening, May 20 from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m.
The family friendly event will be located on Ash Street NE near Mackenthun’s Fine Foods.
Lonsdale area businesses will be showcased. There will also be food vendors, a beer garden, inflatables, music, and more.

A free food distribution for those in need of food or newly struggling to make ends meet due to the COVID-19 crisis is being held Tuesday, May 18 from 2 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. at the Le Sueur County Fairgrounds, 320 South Plut Ave, Le Center. The event is being hosted by Le Sueur County and Second Harvest Heartland with food provided from the COVID Food Assistance Program (CFAP).

The Czech Heritage Club announced Friday that it was recently awarded a monetary gift (grant) from the Government of the Czech Republic for 2021.
The grant was 25,000 Czech koruna or Czech crown (Kč/CZK), which converts to $1,114.67 US dollars.  According to Czech Heritage member, Jean Keogh, the funds will be used for the Club’s monthly cultural and historic programming, and printing updated cemetery books listing Czech immigrants and their decedents in the two New Prague cemeteries.

Columbus Avenue NE/SE at the intersection with Main Street in New Prague is scheduled to close before 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 12, due to the reconstruction of Main Street. Crews will reconstruct the street and replacing the infrastructure as the street work continues east. First Avenue NE/SE will reopen with a temporary gravel surface as an alternative north to south crossing of Main Street. (Patrick Fisher Photo)

Janice Caroline (Huss) Neisen, age 93 of Shakopee, MN, passed away at home on Sunday, May 9, 2021, with family at her side.
You are welcome to join us for Visitation from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 13, or Friday, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., at McNearney-Schmidt Funeral Home, 1220 3rd Ave E. Shakopee, MN, 952-445-2755. Private family and relatives services will be held at Church of St. Mark, Friday at 11 a.m. Livestreaming will be provided by the Parish of Saints Joachim and Anne.

Leonard A. Meger, 89 passed away May 8, 2021 at his home in Faribault.
Leonard Anthony Meger was born October 2, 1931 the son of John D. and Veronica (Schippret) Meger. Leonard attended country school in Derrynane Township, rural Le Sueur County and attended New Prague High School. On August 26, 1953 he was united in marriage to Theresa Wagner at Saint Nicholas Catholic Church in New Market.
Leonard was a member of the Knights of Columbus and Elks Lodge.

George L. Novak, age 94, of Veseli, died on Saturday, May 8, 2021 at Mayo Clinic Health System Hospital, Mankato.  George was born in Wheatland Township, Rice County, Minnesota on March 1, 1927 to Ladislav J. "Laddy" and Anna A. (Pavek) Novak.  He grew up on the family farm in Veseli and attended Most Holy Trinity Catholic School.
He served in the US Army during WWII.

New Prague Police Chief Jim Gareis laid out a strategic transition plan for the city’s Police Department, which includes his eventual retirement in 2022, during the New Prague City Council’s electronically held meeting on Monday, May 3.

Thirteen teams will be vying for the top spot in the DRS Amateur Baseball league this spring and summer.
Last year the league was as good as ever, with St. Patrick’s advancing all the way to the Class C State Championship.
Coaches/team managers were asked to fill out a short questionnaire about their teams and what they are looking forward to this season. Here are their responses: