Kids from around the area gathered at Tri-City United PreK-8 Montgomery and Le Center schools last Thursday, July 16, for a quick lesson in science and theories on dinosaurs from Jason Lindsey.
The Lonsdale Ambassadors announced their 2027 candidates for the Miss Lonsdale program. Three candidates registered to be Junior Ambassadors and Little Ambassadors both, with only a single candidate for Miss Lonsdale this year.
Registration happens every spring, typically by the first week of April. Each of the candidates then spends then next months leading up to Lonsdale Community Days attending various events and festivals, alongside the current royalty.
Lonsdale Community Days runs from Friday, Aug. 7 through Saturday, Aug. 8.
Families and growers from across Minnesota will be represented as the University of Minnesota honors them in the 2026 Farm Family of the Year ceremony at 1:15 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, at the annual Minnesota Farmfest near Redwood Falls. The event will be held on the Gilfillan Estate in the Wick Buildings Farmfest Center.
Montgomery City Council approved the purchase and construction of a new playground on Monday to replace the aging one in Memorial Park. The playground is over 20 years old and is rusting with some parts not functional, such as a slide that was boarded up and removed last year because it was not safe.
The budget that was set forth for the new playground was $275,000 from the park improvement fund, and the city had applied for a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Outdoor Recreation Grant, but was unsuccessful in receiving the grant to reduce the city’s burden.
Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF) is currently accepting applications for its Economic Development Grant program. Requests of up to $10,000 will be considered.
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- Virtual Author Dr. Marisa Franco — Adults are invited to register for an online virtual author talk on Tuesday, July 28, 1 p.m. Dr. Marisa Franco will discuss her nonfiction book "Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make & Keep Friends." Register at the library or at wasecalesueurlibraries.com/getregistered. Virtual events are made possible by the Traverse des Sioux Library Cooperative.
We often hear about history of the early settlers of this area, the Big Woods region, referring to our European ancestors that moved into the area in the 1800’s to start farmsteads and businesses in what was thought to be open wilderness.
Those early settlers infiltrated Native American lands though, changing the landscape and dialog about history forever — often omitting or minimizing that we had occupied and taken lands where these natives resided.
Roughly 200 children and some adults climbed inside Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center’s portable, inflatable StarLab planetarium at Tri-City United PreK-6 Lonsdale School Monday morning.
TCU Community Education and Lonsdale Public Library presented four half-hour sessions Monday morning. Each session held about 50 people, with the last session squeezing in about 60 individuals.
Last Thursday’s Montgomery Farmer’s Market in Memorial Park was a special combination of elements.
The market featured four tractors from the Krocak family brought in by four teenagers — Nathan Akerlund, Hunter Tuma, Logan Krocak and Noah Fields. Liz Krocak said, “Some kids have never even seen a tractor or been out to a farm. This is a fun way for them to see a little bit about what it is about.”
Tri-City United High School will be losing a few excellent clay target shooters going into next season after competing at the USA Clay Target League’s 2026 National Championship in Mason, Mich., July 8-12. A total of 1,800 shooters between individual and teams participated at the event.
The TCU squad — consisting of Levi Hohrman, Martin Bongers, Jacob Jones, Dylan Carston, and Branko Schoenbauer — ended up placing 26th out of the 234 teams at nationals.
Summer blood donations far lower than needed as hospitals work to protect patient care, according to the American Red Cross.
The American Red Cross is declaring an emergency blood shortage as the blood supply fell nearly 25% in June. Blood donors are urgently needed to give now to help ensure patients receive lifesaving medical care without delay. The shortage is especially serious for platelets and types O-positive and B-negative blood.
Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MNOSHA) has completed its case in the Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, early morning death of 58-year-old Jose Luis Alvarado at Seneca Foods Corporation in Montgomery.
Only a select individuals can say they competed for their state team representing Minnesota in the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games held in Minneapolis from June 19-26, and Montgomery’s Phillip Weber is one of them.
Weber, 2009 Tri-City United High School graduate, was made aware that he was chosen to be a part of Minnesota’s 16-person swimming team during an announcement on YouTube by Special Olympics Minnesota about a year ago. He is one of 245 athletes chosen across the state to represent Minnesota.
Jean Keogh of Montgomery’s Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Post 5340 was elected the VFW Auxiliary Department of Minnesota president at the department’s 102nd annual convention.
Keogh was installed by her husband and 2025-2026 VFW Department of Minnesota Commander Ed Keogh during the convention in Plymouth, running from June 18-21.
“Anchoring to serve, honor and respect” is newly elected President Jean Keogh’s theme for the 2026-2027 year.