Terry J. Stepka, age 62, of Veseli, died unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday, May 19, 2021.  Terry was born on August 20, 1958 in Northfield to Jerry M.

The New Prague girls golf team finished in the middle of the pack in a pair of nine hole matches at Creeks Bend in New Prague Wednesday, May 12.
Orono won both of the matches with low scores of 182 in match one and 163 in match two.
The Trojans scored 200 on the front nine in match 1, placing fifth among the eight Wright County Conference teams.
Hanna DeGross carded a 47 and Brynn Sticha a 48 to lead New Prague. The other varsity players included Raquel Ahrens (52), Avery Gullicksen (53), Macey Hager (56), and Brita Lillquist (61).

The Trojan boys lacrosse team finished up the week with a positive record to date. They are currently 5-4.
New Prague won the second matchup versus Southwest Christian on Saturday, May 15 in Chaska with a score of 14-5. They rolled over Holy Family on May 10th with a 13-1 win at home.

Prior Lake, Faribault, and New Market are each undefeated after the third weekend of the DRS Amateur Baseball Schedule.
Prior Lake picked up a pair of wins, downing Montgomery, 8-3, Friday, May 14 and edging Lonsdale, 3-2, Sunday, May 16.
The Faribault squad is 3-0 after defeating Elko, 13- 2, handing the Express their first loss.
New Prague, Lonsdale, St. Benedict, Union Hill, and Elko each have 2-1 records.
Here is a look at some of the contests from last weekend:

Margaret “Marge” (nee Matyas, Palmstein) Antony, age 95, of Prior Lake, MN, entered eternal peace with her family at her side, on Sunday, May 16, 2021. 

The City of New Prague has determined that the main store front of Downtown Sound, located at 104 E. Main Street is no longer unoccupiable based on a recent structural review relating to the building at 102 E. Main Street. Additionally the sidewalk will be open to Downtown Sound at 104 E. Main Street. The rear portion of Downtown Sound also remains open as it previously has been.

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.

Rocky Stangler, 67, passed away on Saturday, May 15, 2021, at his home surrounded by his family. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, at Schoenbauer Funeral Home in Montgomery from 4:30 to 7 p.m.  Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 19, at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Montgomery with Father Tom Niehaus officiating and visitation one hour prior.

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

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.
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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 New Prague boys tennis team improved to 6-5 overall with four straight wins last week.
The Trojans defeated...
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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 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.