Be sure to check where your polling place is. 

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.

Unfortunately, a COVID situation will require us to cancel our 10/30 varsity game vs Owatonna and our 11/6 varsity game at Mayo.  Our JV and 9th grade teams are not affected and will continue to play during that time.
We thank our community for their continued support, as our players and staff really appreciate it during a difficult time.   We’ll rest up and prepare to complete the season successfully thereafter.

Lauryn Charlotte Freundl, 13, passed away October 18, 2020. A celebration of life will be postponed until Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Lutheran Church of Hope in West Des Moines, IA.
Lauryn was born April 17, 2007 in Des Moines, IA to Kirt and Jescica Freundl.

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New Prague High School junior Matt Friedges, #20, runs in a touchdown against Kasson-Mantorville during the Trojans’ Friday, Oct. 23, Homecoming game. It was fight to the end as New Prague came back to tie it up against the KoMets, but fell in the final minute 23-20. For more on the game see an upcoming print issue of The New Prague Times. (Patrick Fisher Photo)

New Prague High School held its coronation ceremony on Friday, Oct. 23, at Trojan Stadium with Adam Langfield, left, crowned king and Keiran McLoone crowned queen. The ceremony included the introduction of the Homecoming court, a song and the coronation. Tonight’s 7 p.m. football game between the Trojans and the Kasson-Mantorville KoMets at Trojan Stadium closes out Homecoming for New Prague. For more see an upcoming print issue of The New Prague Times. (Patrick Fisher Photo)

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Area residents likely saw work going on at Sue’s Quilt Shop the week of Monday, Oct. 12. Over three days the building was receiving joint work and tuck pointing between brick and terra cotta on the front of the business. Crews from Simon Brick and Stone Co. out of Le Center were doing the work, at one point using a crane to reach the top of the building, which is around a century old.
“For that old of a building I can’t believe how good of shape it’s in,” said Brett Simon, owner and operator of Simon Brick and Stone Co.

The New Prague boys’ cross country team finished in the middle of the pack in the final meet of the season, the Section 2AA Championships, held Tuesday, Oct. 13 at Gale Woods Farm in Minnetrista.
The Trojans scored 228 points, placing 10th in the field of 17 teams.
Buffalo was the runaway winner, scoring 45 points. Following Buffalo were Chanhassen (118), Delano (132), Mankato East (152), and Worthington (158).
The Section Meet was split into five different heats in order to meet public health protocols.

Robert William Rezac, age 84, of rural Elko, MN passed away peacefully on October 22, 2020 at Reflections End of Life Care in Northfield. Son of William and Julia (Skluzacek) Rezac, he was born in Webster township on the farm on April 20th, 1936.