NPHS names Homecoming candidates
New Prague High School named its Homecoming king and queen candidates Friday, Sept. 18.
New Prague Trojans vs Rochester Spartans game moved to TONIGHT, 9/17
Due to weather forcasted for tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 18, the Trojan football game has moved from Friday night to TONIGHT, Thursday, Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Rochester.
Apartment death in Lonsdale suspected suicide
A 911 call on Friday, Sept. 2, at MGM Apartments in Lonsdale, 321 Southeast 1st Avenue, is a suspected suicide.
Ferris wheel part of Yahrzeit celebration in memory of cancer victim
Many around the area noticed the out-of-place Ferris wheel on Wednesday, Sept. 2, at Next Chapter Winery between New Prague and Montgomery, especially after the lights came on at night.
Le Sueur County looks to set low budget increase for 2027
At first, it appeared as if Le Sueur County would need to set a considerable increase in levy rates going into next year.
NP swimmers, divers aiming to be at their best when it matters most
When New Prague’s girls’ swimming and diving team takes to the pool Tuesday, Sept. 8, 6 p.m., at the New Prague Aquatic Center against St.
He left us way too young doing exactly what he loved
His best days were spent on a dirt bike, on some other form of motorized machine or in the garage building or improving anything with a motor he could make run better.
Farmers can learn about strip tillage Sept. 9
Are you or farmers you work with looking for ways to reduce input costs while maintaining yield and improving resilience?
The Elko New Market City Council continued work on Highlands at Eagle View, a proposed neighborhood development covering about 52 acres, at the council’s Thursday, July 24, meeting. The council approved two resolutions, one wetland replacement plan and one preliminary plat, plus an ordinance for a Planned Unit Development (PUD) and a grading authorization agreement.
Leon Luce, age 93, of Marystown, Minnesota, passed away on Tuesday, August 12, 2025.
The family will receive guests from 9:00 – 11:45 a.m. on Friday, August 22, with Mass of Christian Burial beginning at 12 noon, all events will be held at the Parish of Saints Joachim and Anne, in St. Mary of the Purification Catholic Church, 15850 Marystown Rd – Shakopee. Burial at the church cemetery will follow with veteran's honors, and a reception will then be held at the church fellowship hall. Memorials are preferred in lieu of flowers to the Marystown Catholic Cemetery.
Despite their best efforts, area town baseball teams couldn't make it out of the opening round of state tournament play.
Saturday, Aug. 16, Webster fell to Raymond, 3-0, and Cold Spring topped Union Hill, 6-5.
Friday night in Glencoe, Elko went down to Sartell, 3-1.
Sunday, 4 p.m., in Hutchinson, Prior Lake takes on Bird Island.
See details in upcoming print edition of The New Prague Times.
Bruce Clausen, age 61, of Shakopee, MN, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, MN.
Bruce was born in Shakopee on November 26, 1963, to Clifford and Dorothy (Lindfors) Clausen.
While growing up, Bruce enjoyed hanging out with friends, riding bikes, playing various sports and just being outdoors. In 1977, Bruce’s dad won a boat at Juba’s Grocery Store and the two of them enjoyed many years of fishing. In addition, they always enjoyed a fall deer hunting trip.
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.
Tuesday, Aug. 5, was Night to Unite in New Prague with at least five parties held around town. The national event allows neighbors to get out and meet each other, plus representatives from the New Prague police and fire departments. Jess and Lisa Realander’s house at 500 Central Ave. S was the central point for one party.
The New Prague Chamber of Commerce held its ninth annual Czech Out New Prague Thursday evening, Aug. 7, at Memorial Park and while it was a humid night with temperatures in the 80s, people showed up.
“It was a steamy night and amazing turnout,” said Brooke Sticha, executive director of the New Prague Chamber of Commerce.
There were 60 groups, including vendors, churches, businesses, athletic organizations, non-profits and agencies from the New Prague city government that were represented, said Sticha.
Jeffrey Ryan Bissell, age 82, of Belle Plaine, MN, formerly of Jordan and New Prague, MN, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 1, 2025, at Hennepin County Medical Center, in Minneapolis, MN.
Mike Geisen was, and still is, a practical man with more common sense than most. He has lived much of his life in a rural area, a few miles outside Belle Plaine on the edge of Carver and Sibley counties. No doubt he was bewildered back in 2006 when his new neighbor, a transplant from the suburbs, was putting up pasture fence for horses and explained what he was doing as if asking for Mike’s approval.
“What do you care what I think? It’s your land. You can do what you want,” he said.
“Yeah, but I’d rather get along with you more than not,” the transplant said.
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.
Thursday, July 31, not only closed out the month, it was also the last day Darrell Meyer walked his route for the final time and delivered his last letter as a postal carrier in New Prague. Meyer of New Prague closed out a 38-year career as a postal worker in the area.
Meyer started working for the post office shortly after high school.
New Prague girls relive their 2000 state hoops title
It’s been 25 years since New Prague High School’s girls’ basketball team made history with a Class AAA state championship described as a total team effort by a group that bought into playing together for their school and the community.
Sunday, Aug. 3, members of the team reunited for the first time in years to share more than just hoops memories and the experience and lessons they learned along the way.
Georgieann Elizabeth Havlicek (Entinger) passed away on July 23, 2025, at the age of 91, surrounded by her family during her final days. Georgieann was born on 12/27/1933, in Carver County, MN, to Peter and Celia (Huss) Entinger and grew up on their family farm near New Prague, MN.
On October 16, 1954, Georgieann was united in marriage with Frances Havlicek at St. John’s Catholic Church in Union Hill, MN. The couple moved to St. Paul, MN, where they raised their 5 children.
Lauren Kitner, a New Prague native, is interested in one day caring for people as a physician. She’s also a strong advocate of military service. Combining those two interests made sense.
Kitner is a Minnesota National Guard specialist participating in a new, one-of-a-kind program at the University of Minnesota Medical School providing medics like Kitner an opportunity designed to take their military experience and catapult it into a career as a physician. For medics like her, the program is a way to potentially jumpstart a career that may not have been otherwise accessible.
