Election judge, Jean Jindra, helps a Montgomery resident sign in to vote on Tuesday morning. According to Shirley Pumper, who was assisting at City Hall, lines started forming at the door before the polls opened at 7 a.m. Within an hour, more than 200 city residents and 60 Montgomery Township residents had already cast their ballots. Polls are open until 8 p.m. (Wade Young Photo)

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Rose Mary Zoubek, 80, of Montgomery, passed away on Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, at Traditions in Montgomery. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church on Saturday, Nov. 10 at 11 a.m. with visitation from 10 to 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Visitation will be on Friday, Nov. 9 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Schoenbauer Funeral Home in Montgomery. Interment will be held in Calvary Cemetery in Montgomery.
 
Rose was born on February 8, 1938, in Kilkenny to George and Rose (Frechette) Mader. She attended Holy Redeemer Catholic School and Montgomery High School. 

Voters in the Montgomery area, along with the rest of Minnesota and the United States, will head to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 6 for the mid-term election. Voters will decide who will repent them at various levels of government ranging from local to national offices.
 
At stake is control of the US Senate and Congress, Minnesota Constitutional offices, including Governor and control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, along with many county, city, school district and township offices. 
 

The Montgomery American Legion Auxiliary Unit 79 is sponsoring a lunch for all area veterans on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018, at the American Legion Clubrooms. Lunch will be served at noon.
 
All area Veterans are asked to please sign up at the Legion Club or call 507-364-7779 to sign up no later than November 4. 
 
They will deliver meals to homebound Veterans. Those veterans who need lunch delivered, should also please call the Legion.  The meal is free for all veterans. 

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In a special meeting on November 1, the Tri-City United School Board hired a new Community Education Director. 
 
Layne Wilbright will begin his position with TCU on Monday, Nov. 19. He comes from Le Sueur where he holds dual roles as the city’s Parks and Recreation Director, and the Community Education Director for Le Sueur-Henderson Schools. He has worked for the city overseeing the operations of the Le Sueur Community Center since 2006 and as the community education director, a joint powers agreement between the school and the city, since 2013. 
 

Shirley Ann Sautter, 77, passed away on November 1, 2018, at Traditions in Montgomery.
 
Visitation will be on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Le Center Funeral Home in Le Center. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, Nov. 8 at 10 a.m. with visitation one hour prior at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Le Center. Interment will be held in Greenwood Union Cemetery. Memorial contributions to Alzheimer’s and the American Cancer Society.
 

From a broken sanitary sewer service line to brand new sidewalks that are cracked, the city councilors of Lonsdale are not pleased with work completed by contractors this year.
“It’s not acceptable,” Lonsdale Mayor Tim Rud said of the emergency repair work needed on the sewer line. “We should not let this slide.”
Rud is referencing the work completed by Quam Construction in July on a section of sewer line on Fourth Avenue Northeast that caused a home to be uninhabitable and required emergency repairs.

It's Halloween in Montgomery! Before the kids began trick-or-treating from house to house, they collected their candy loot on First Street and Most Holy Redeemer School. Everyone and everything was out! Pictured is the Gerres family outside of Franke's Bakery. From left are Dad, Jeremy on his unicorn; Elsa as Dracula, Wade as Batman, Freya as Cinderella, and mom, Kim, as a witch. For more photos, pick up the print edition.

Delphine Marie Odette, age 87, of Farmington Minnesota, passed away Sunday October 28, 2018.

Bishop Peter Esterka, seated, met with many people after the Sunday, Oct. 28, Czech Mass at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in New Prague. The 1 p.m. service was part of the 100th celebration of the creation of Czechoslovakia. Bishop Esterka was born in Czechoslovakia and escaped from the country when it was under communist rule. For more on the century celebration see an upcoming print issue of The New Prague Times and Montgomery Messenger. (Patrick Fisher Photo)

Tri-City United junior Hugo Ruiz earned a return trip to the state cross country meet by finishing 10th in the Section 2A meet that was held on Thursday, Oct. 25 at Montgomery National Golf Course.
 
Ruiz, normally one of the front runners who has finished in first place in several races this season (USC, Waseca and New Prague), finished with one of his slowest times of the season, 16:46.2. Last week, Ruiz broke his own school record this year, 16:28.16 in the Minnesota River Conference championships.
 

Amara Prochaska of New Prague (left), and Adina Vrzal of Montgomery, decorate their perniky (gingerbread cookies) at the Children’s Culture Camp. The special event is part of the Czech 100 Celebration in Montgomery, New Prague, Veseli and Lonsdale Saturday and Sunday. The all-day camp featured Czech language, singing, culture and baking classes. To see the complete coverage of the Czech 100 Celebration, pick up the November 1 printed edition. (Wade Young Photo)

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The Jackson County Central (JCC) Huskies put an end to the Tri-City United Football Team playoff run, beating the Titans 30-9 on Saturday in the Section 3AAA tournament. 
 
The Huskies commanded a lead on their second possession of the game when their quarterback, junior, Rudy Voss connected with tight end, Keaton Storm for a 24-yard touchdown pass. 
 

To honor the creation of Czechoslovakia 100 years ago, the “Bohemian Triangle” of New Prague, Montgomery, Lonsdale and Veseli are putting together a celebration on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 27 and 28.
Starting Saturday morning, Oct. 27, 12 area cemeteries will have Czech immigrant graves marked with Czech flags to honor Czech ancestors. Assistance will be available at the cemeteries in locating specific grave sites from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. In addition, general information on cemetery locations will be available at the Arts & Heritage Center (206 First Street N.) in Montgomery.

Le Sueur County and the State of Minnesota have entered into a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) pertaining to Sanborn Lake.
This JPA was approved during the Tuesday. Oct. 23 Le Sueur County Board of Commissioners meeting in Le Center. Tim Koppelman, an assistant manager with the Minnesota DNR in Nicollet County, presented the agreement which makes the county the drainage authority for County Ditch 54 which is located near this lake which is 1.5 miles northeast of Montgomery.

Some people in Montgomery want the city to change its residency rule for people serving on city boards and commissions.
City Administrator Brian Heck reminded the council on Monday, Oct. 15 that it unanimously approved the requirement on February 20, 2018, that stipulates residents who serve on city boards and commissions have to live within the corporate limits of the city or a two-mile radius of city limits. The exception is the Economic Development Authority that requires two non-resident members to be business owners.