Lois O. Meschke, age 90, of Rapidan, died on Friday, June 11, 2021 at the Northfield Retirement Community.
Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, June 18, 2021 at the Northview – North Mankato Mortuary, 2060 Commerce Drive, North Mankato. Visitation will be 9 to 10:30 a.m. prior to the service. Interment will be at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. The service will be livestreamed on Lois’ obituary page at www.mankatomortuary.com

Retired family physician Dr. Marilyn Waldschmidt, who tended to the medical needs of local residents for 22 years, and local healthcare workers have been named the grand marshals of Waterville’s 2021 Bullhead Days celebration.
Waldschmidt retired from medical practice in April 2020 and was slated to be the grand marshal for the town’s 2020 celebration, but COVID cancelled the event.
This year, the Waterville Area Chamber of Commerce decided to honor Waldschmidt and all area healthcare workers who helped fight the COVID pandemic.

When Shelley Strano moved to Waterville three years ago, she asked what she thought was a simple question: Where’s the coffee shop?
To her surprise, the town didn’t have one.
So, the coffee fanatic and mother of six, decided to open her own little shop—a welcoming place community members and friends could gather and enjoy delicious coffees and treats.

The WEM girls track and field team put together a very solid performance in the Sub-Section 6 Meet held Thursday, June 3 at Janesville.
The host school won the seven team event with 133 points. There was a log jam between the next four teams. River Valley placed second (123), Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial/Nicollet placed third (120), WEM fourth (116), and St. Clair/Immanuel Lutheran fifth (111). Rounding out the teams were St. James Area in sixth (44), and Mankato Loyola/Cleveland in seventh (37).

AUSTIN - It took nine innings, but the WEM softball team was able to earn a pair of championships in a 1-0, nine inning win over Hayfield Saturday, June 5 in Austin in the Section 1A Tournament.
The first title was the Gopher Conference out-right championship. The West Sub-Section Championship game also doubled as the final conference game of the season.
The Sub-Section Championship was the third straight for the Lady Bucs, going way back to 2018 when WEM played in Class AA.

Montgomery Music in the Park tonight has been MOVED to the Montgomery American Legion Post at 7 p.m. due to the heat advisory!
Tonight's music will be by the Mary Guentzel Quintet. This group performs the great standards from the 30s and 40s, along with select favorites from more recent decades.
Organizers hope everyone can join them inside for some great music!

Charli Kossow, age 9, of Waterville won the Le Sueur County Sheriff’s 2021 Distracted Driving Poster Contest. She is the daughter of Amber Atherton and Richard Kossow. Her winning poster reads “Don’t drive distracted. Save lives!” and features a person focusing on their cellphone while driving and an innocent little animal dangerously close to the front of the vehicle. The Faribault Lutheran School third grader received a pizza party for her family, including pizza, cheesy breadsticks, and orange pop, and a $75 Visa gift card for her work—all delivered by Sheriff Brett Mason.

the WEM girls track and field team scored points in helping the Lady Bucs win the 2021 Gopher Conference Championship.
WEM had scoring performances by more than two dozen individuals in scoring 164 points to win the title Tuesday, May 25 at Hayfield.
Medford placed second with 108 points. Third through eighth went as follows: United South Central/Alden-Conger (93.5), NRHEG (82), Hayfield (81), Blooming Prairie (81), Maple River (50.5), and Faribault BA (30).

Kelsey Kuball, 19, of Waterville is one of 10 young ladies from across the state to be named a finalist in the 68th Princess Kay of the Milky Way contest.
Each contestant submitted an application, participated in a personal interview, prepared and delivered a speech, and participated in a mock media interview. The top 10 contestants were named finalists and will go on to compete for the title of Minnesota’s 68th Princess Kay of the Milky Way, who will be crowned in August.
Each finalist will have their likeness carved in butter at the State Fair.

The 36th Annual Morristown Dam Days started Wednesday, June 2 with the crowning of Miss Morristown.
Grand Marshals of this year’s Dam Days Parade are Morristown Morries baseball teams.
Friday, June 4 The rest of the festivities begin on Friday with Family Fun Shows of Mankato at 5 p.m. and the numerous food stands and beer garden also at 5 p.m.
There will be a Euchre Tournament at 1:30 p.m. in the Morristown Community Center. Don’t forget the Twilight Parade at 7 p.m.
At 8:30 p.m. music by Old Country Boys will be under the Big Top Tent.

This issue of The New Prague Times is the last one Dennis Lambrecht will have a hand in producing.
After more than half a century in the newspaper and printing business, Lambrecht, of Montgomery, is retiring. His last day with Suel Printing Co. is June 4.

Father George Grafsky will celebrate his golden jubilee, marking 50 years in the priesthood, this weekend at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Montgomery.
Grafsky retired from active ministry in 2015, but continues to help with Masses at area churches when needed. He also serves as chaplain for many of the fire departments and emergency medical services in the area.
Grafsky will celebrate Most Holy Redeemer’s 5 p.m. Mass on Saturday evening, May 29 and the 8:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday morning, May 30.

Jasper Morris and Evan Lange-Wenker each won an individual title at the NRHEG Invitational Thursday, May 20 in New Richland.
Morris was the top 1,600-meter runner, finishing in 5:04.88, two seconds in front of Cohen Stursa of Medford.
Lange-Wenker won the 300-meter hurdles by almost three seconds over Stursa in a time of 46.84.
The Buccaneers placed third in the four-team Gopher Conference Meet. Medford was the team champion with 88 points. NRHEG placed second (70), WEM third (60), and Blooming Prairie (57).

The Le Sueur County Board held a very short meeting Tuesday, May 25.
Among the items on the agenda was the recognition of three long-time employees, who are retiring at the end of the month.
Public Health Director Cindy Shaughnessy (40 + years), Chief Deputy Auditor-Treasurer Connie Kopet (39 years), and County Auditor-Treasurer Pam Simonette (36 years) received retirement plaques.
In other business:

A bases loaded walk in the sixth inning plated the winning run in a 5-4 victory for United South Central over WEM Monday, May 24 in Gopher Conference baseball.
The Bucs held a 4-2 lead when the Rebels scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to pull out the win.
Senior Kurtis Crosby picked up a pair of hits including a double, scored twice, knocked in a run, and walked once to lead the Bucs.
Tanner Hines, Aiden Snesrud, and Dylan Ahlman also knocked in runs.
The WEM baseball team was limited to three hits in a pair of losses last week.

Elysian
Elysian American Legion Post 311, Auxiliary, and SAL Squadron will be performing Memorial Day services with military honors on Monday, May 31, at the following times and locations: 7 a.m. Greenland Cemetery, 7:20 a.m. German Lake Cemetery, 7:55 a.m. St. Peter (Bell) Cemetery, 8:10 a.m. Cannonville Cemetery, 9 a.m. Waterville Memorial, and 10:15 a.m. Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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