Pounding out 15 hits, Union Hill thumped Shakopee, 12-1, Sunday, June 18, at Joe Schleper Stadium.
The Bulldogs blew the game open in the third inning after Nate Lee and Adam Giesen scored in the second inning and Eric Berg crossed the plate, upping the lead to 3-0 in the fourth. Union Hill added two more runs when Adam Giesen and Jack Giesen both scored to give the Bulldogs a 5-0 lead after five innings.

Air quality alert issued due to ozone for Tuesday, June 20, through Thursday, June 22, for central and southern Minn.
Air quality is expected to reach the orange AQI category in central and southern Minn., which is unhealthy for sensitive groups.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued an air quality alert for central and southern Minn., effective from noon on Tuesday, June 20, through 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 22. The affected area includes central and southern Minn., and the tribal nations of Leech Lake, Mille Lacs, Upper Sioux, and Prairie Island.

Marvin Lawrence Edel, age 87, of Kilkenny, passed away on Sunday, June 18, 2023 at Central Health Care in Le Center. Visitation will be held on Thursday, June 22 from 4 p.m.- 8 p.m. at Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church with rosary at 3:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, June 23 at 11 a.m. with visitation one hour prior also at Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church with Father Tom Niehaus officiating. Interment will be held in the Trebon Cemetery.

New Prague High School Principal Nicole Adams submitted her resignation to the school district June 7, board chairman Matt Goldade confirmed today, Sunday, June 18.
The school board has been informed of Adams' resignation, but has yet to formally announce or accept it. The New Prague Times has reached out to Adams for comment.
The first round of interviews for the new high school principal will begin this week, Goldade said.

507s 6, Orioles 1 The New Prague Orioles hosted the 34th New Prague Oriole Invitational this past weekend, June 10-11. The Lyon's Pub Warriors out of Minneapolis were the eventual champions. New Prague went 1-2 against a few tough Class B teams. In round one they lost to the 507 club out of Mahtomedi. Matt Zweber, Jake Deutsch and Gavin Bergman all pitched well, but some good timely hitting by the 507s led to a 6-1 victory for the visitors. Ben Schmitz, Eric Wagner and James Fuerniss all had good days at the plate with hits and reaching base multiple times.

Among their many successes, or failures depending on your point of view, state lawmakers in Minnesota passed legislation during the recently-completed session on using recreational cannabis. The new law has left cities and counties looking for how to deal with the the idea some may have long considered unthinkable – the recreational use of marijuana is now legal in Minnesota.

Elko New Market’s Fire Rescue Days will be held Thursday, June 22, through Sunday, June 25. During the annual festival people in the Scott County community show support for their local fire department.
Earlier this year, two of the department’s firefighters retired from active duty. The two are Rob Kaufenberg and Chris Flegel.

She knows all about courtrooms and criminal trials. For Brooke Holmes, writing a fictional murdermystery is something new.
Holmes authored the book, “Unjust,” due out later this fall featuring a wronglyconvicted man represented by a Minneapolis attorney performing pro-bono work. The attorney, Jason Mickelson, is working with an attorney from the Exoneration Project, Rachel Nix, and together they try to prove a man is innocent. Naturally, there’s a romantic twist involving the two barristers.

The New Prague High School baseball team capped off a great season Friday, June 16, with a 5-3 win over Mahtomedi in the Class AAA state championship game at CHS Field in St. Paul.

New Prague High School will face Mahtomedi in the Class AAA baseball state championship Friday, June 16, 4:30 p.m., at CHS Field in St. Paul.
The Trojans reached the championship game with a dramatic, come-from-behind 6-5 win over Monticello Wednesday, June 14, at the Mini Met in Jordan. The Zephyrs arrive at the title tilt off a 3-1 win over Grand Rapids Wednesday in Jordan.

New Prague High School’s Henry Novak, 5, left, records an out at first base after catching a throw from teammate Eric Berg, 7, during the Trojans first game in the Class AAA state baseball tournament Tuesday, June 13, at the Mini Met in Jordan.
New Prague defeated Little Falls, 10-5, to advance to the semifinal game against Monticello Wednesday, June 14, 2:30 p.m., at the Mini Met. The Magic made Benilde-St. Margaret’s disappear via a 3-1 win in their round game Tuesday.

MISSING PERSON ALERT: The Prior Lake Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing teen. Keira Dupey, age 13, is 5 feet, 4 inches tall, weighs 100 pounds and has black/brown hair and brown eyes. Dupey was last seen on May 25 leaving a facility in Prior Lake with Kari Steele, who is also a missing person. Dupey may have traveled to St. Paul or the surrounding suburbs.

Caryl “Kay” Vogel, age 92, of New Market, MN, entered eternal life on Saturday, June 10, 2023, while being surrounded by her beloved family. 
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, June 15, 2023, at 11 a.m., with a time of gathering starting at 10 a.m., at St. Nicholas Catholic Church, 51 Church Street, New Market, MN. Father Nicholas VanDenBroeke will preside. Kay will be laid to rest at St. Nicholas Catholic Cemetery.  
Memorials preferred to Hope for the Community food shelf.

Friday, June 9, there will be a grand opening celebration for Central Plaza at the northwest corner of the intersection of N Central Avenue and Main Street. The program begins at 1 p.m. and will include a ribbon cuttingceremony and remarks about creating Central Plaza.

Despite a hard-luck loss against the tournament’s top-seeded team, New Prague’s indoor softball team rebounded with a big win and captured third-place honors at the state tournament last weekend at Chanhassen High School.
The Trojans opened the tournament with a win over Osseo. They dropped an extra-inning clash against Dakota United before winning the third-place game over St. Cloud. New Prague finished the season at 8-3.

New Prague Area Schools held its end-of-the school year celebration Friday, May 26, where it recognized its staff who were retiring.
Among the retirees were Kathy Sticha for eight years, Sheila Heinen for 14 years, Jane Dittberner for 15 years, Sharon Drazenovich and Tim Dittberner for 20 years each, Linda Sirek for 21 years, Dana Smith for 26 years and Lori Bisek for 40 years.
Lori Bisek All of Bisek’s 40 yers has been at Falcon Ridge Elementary School where she was a paraprofessional for 22 years and as a secretary for 18 years.