Miss Czech-Slovak Minnesota 2025-2026 Gianna Olsen from Stillwater attended the Miss Czech-Slovak US Pageant in Wilber, Neb., competing against 10 other candidates from around the country. She was given the Cultural Preservation Award by the judges.
Olsen did a vocal solo for her talent at the event, which ran from Friday, July 31-Sunday, Aug. 2, and coincides with Wilber’s Czech Festival.
A fire on a local farm, totally destroyed a barn used for storage and its contents Wednesday evening, Aug. 5.
New Prague Fire Chief Steve Rynda said firefighters received a fire call at 7:40 p.m. of a barn fire on the 200 block of E 253rd St., just east of Cedar Lake and southwest of St. Patrick. Firefighters found the shed totally engulfed by flames when the first firefighters arrived within 10 minutes of receiving the fire call.
There were no injuries in the fire and the barn, about 40 feet by 60 feet and used for equipment storage, is a total loss, Rynda said.
Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 1, Mayo Clinic Health System patients in New Prague who have urgent health concerns that are not life-threatening will continue to have access to care through Primary Care On Demand 24/7 virtual visits as well as in-person primary care appointments.
Crews will close northbound Highway 169 to traffic between County Road 59/Delaware Avenue in St. Lawrence Township and Creek Lane in Jordan from 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7, to 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 10. The closure is necessary to complete storm sewer work, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT).
The posted detour will be County Road 59 (Delaware Avenue) to County Road 66 (Old Highway 169 Boulevard) to Highway 21 (Broadway Street). All construction activities and traffic impacts are weather dependent and subject to change.
On Tuesday, July 28, 2026, at approximately 2:23 p.m., Scott County Sheriff’s Office 911 Dispatch received a report of a motorcycle crash near Drexel Avenue (County Road 15) and 235th Street in Helena Township.
Deputies responded to the scene and found that a 1998 Harley-Davidson motorcycle had been traveling northbound on Drexel Avenue and was entering a curve when it left the roadway and struck an embankment and driveway approach.
The Miss Czech Slovak Minnesota Pageant is looking for queen and junior ambassador candidates for its 37th annual event.
If you are of Czech or Slovak decent and live within Minnesota, and are between the ages of 12-15 for junior ambassadors or between ages 16-23 for queen by Aug.1, you can apply through their website at missczechslovakminnesotapageant.com.
The applications are due by Aug. 1 and a contestant meeting will be held on Aug. 9. The pageant will be held at the Park Ballroom in New Prague after the Dožínky Days on Sept. 19.
Baker Hughes Company (NASDAQ: BKR) recently announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Chart Industries, Inc. (NYSE: GTLS) (“Chart”) in New Prague.
Crews working on the new POPS (Praha Outdoor Performance Stage) facility north of West Main Street were busy Wednesday, July 1, installing a nearly two-ton glulam (glued laminated) timber beam in the front of the facility.
“Progress has been good,” said Den Gardner chairperson of the non-profit, Forward New Prague Foundation, which is overseeing the building of the POPS facility. “We had minimal activity for a couple of weeks as we worked out a few structural engineering issues.”
Gardner said it is expected there will be almost daily work in the ensuing weeks.
To celebrate the Fourth of July, Gopher State Railway Museum (GSRM), north of New Prague, held train rides on its historic train engine or cars.
Held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 76 adults and 44 children had bought tickets by early afternoon.
Families could ride the diesel electric locomotive or one of two cabooses, which included a Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range C-25 built in 1900 or a Milwaukee Road 992147 built in 1956.
“This is our first time,” said Chris Reyes of Jordan. “I think it’s great. Our girls loved it.”
Mike Meyer is honorary survivor at annual ACS Relay for Life
Mike Meyer knows all about luck – bad luck, good luck.
He’s seen his share of both.
New Prague and area communities will be offering fireworks and other festivities to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday.
By all accounts, the 10th annual Home Run Derby to benefit Jacob Kirchner and his family was, well, a grand slam as generous donors overwhelmed the Belle Plaine family with financial support, a wheelchair-accessible minivan, financial support and a sense that people they don’t even know genuinely care when a child and his family are in need.
Elko New Market celebrated Fire Rescue Days Thursday, June 25, through Sunday, June 28, plus its annual Saturday, June 27, parade marked its 25th anniversary.
Hours before the first shell wwill be fired into a dark sky over New Prague, a crew will started working on the launch site. But the actual work of presenting a fireworks show tomorrow evening began weeks ago.