Mayo Clinic Health System in New Prague officially unveiled a $1.2 million renovation to its Women and Children’s clinic Tuesday, Oct. 30.
The renovation covered 9,000 square feet in the southeast corner of the building. The addition was nearly three years in the making, including planning and design. Construction began in late 2017.

Due to a decrease in funding from the state, Le Sueur County veterans will see a change in their transportation provided by the county.
Veterans utilizing the Le Sueur County Veterans Van will now be charged $10 per trip to the Minneapolis VA Hospital.
This change was approved during the Tuesday, Nov. 6 Le Sueur County Board of Commissioners meeting in Le Center.
According to Veteran's Service Officer Jim Golgart, the funding his department receives from the state has dwindled to between $1,500 and $2,000.

Voters in Montgomery re-elected its incumbents in the race for two city council seats. Brad “Butch” Kubes was re-elected with 720 votes. Also re-elected was incumbent Mick McGuire with 594 votes. The race also had two other candidates, Jason Kabes, who received 484 votes, and Bob Taraba, who received 203 votes.
 
Tom Eisert was elected to the mayor’s seat with 1,033 votes. He ran unopposed.
 

Le Sueur County voters chose to keep incumbent Sheriff Brett Mason and incumbent Auditor/Treasurer Pam Simonette in office, along with three other county officials who were unopposed for re-election in county-wide races. 
 
They also returned two incumbents to the Board of Commissioners and chose Danny O’Keefe to represent District 2 on the County Board. 
 

Todd Lippert (DFL-Northfield) had a strong showing in his hometown as he won election to the Minnesota House of Representatives in District 20B Tuesday, Nov. 6. 
Lippert received 10,932 votes, or 55.3 percent, to defeat Josh Gare (R-Montgomery). Gare had 8,832 votes, or 44.68 percent. 

Incumbents Rachel M. Meger and Arthur Kasendorf were reelected to the Heidelberg City Council on Tuesday. Meger received 53 votes and Kasendorf 49. There were 10 write-in votes.

Elmer William Sticha, 88, of Montgomery, passed away at Pleasant Manor in Faribault on Monday, Nov. 5, 2018. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Nov. 9, at Schoenbauer Funeral Home in Montgomery, with visitation two hours prior also at the funeral home. Interment will be held in Calvary Cemetery in Montgomery. Father George Grafsky will be officiating.
 

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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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. 
 

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. 

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.

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

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.