You’ve probably heard similar phrases to the following, “Pictures don’t do it justice. You have to see it in person.” People who say these things have likely been to a one of the many spectacular things nature has to offer that people before my time were smart enough to protect at some point or that earlier generations built on massive scale. There is the option that they also could just take really poor photos too.

Olga Elaine Heffern, age 90, of Heidelberg, passed away on Thursday, October 5, 2023, at Ridgeview Hospital in Le Sueur. Visitation will be held on Thursday, October 12, 2023 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., service at 10:30 a.m. with Pastor Jason Pollington officiating, all at Schoenbauer Funeral Home in Montgomery.
Olga was born on March 4, 1933 to Ole and Helen (Rassmusen) Skogstad. She was baptized and confirmed at Bear Creek Lutheran Church in Grand Meadow, MN. She was united in marriage to John Robert Heffern on July 3, 1953 in Osage, IA.

According to a press release from the Montgomery Police Department, a worker at Seneca Foods plant in Montgomery died early Thursday morning.
The release said that a call came in at approximately 3:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 5 for “a report of an employee that had been trapped by falling items located in a warehouse.” The release said the employee died from the injuries sustained in the incident.
Montgomery Police, Le Sueur County Sheriff, Montgomery Area EMS, and Montgomery Fire Department were all dispatched to the scene.

Tri-City United scheduled homecoming parades today in Lonsdale, Montgomery and Le Center to celebrate the high school’s homecoming week. Homecoming queen Alice Schroeder and king Luke Skluzacek were headliners of the parade in Montgomery Friday morning.
The day’s festivities included a marching band at the morning parade, an afternoon pep fest where the juniors won the four-way tug-of-war competition and fun events.

Three teams from the Tri-City United youth football got a special invitation from the coaches in Byron, Minnesota, just west of Rochester — an invitation to play at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Byron teams were participating in an experience from Pride Montgomery Messanger Sports Leagues (PSL). PSL is a Minnesota-based company that offers youth experiences they typically may not get. It was started by J.D. Pride, a former University of Minnesota football player from the 1970’s who was drafted for a short career by the Miami Dolphins in 1976.

Mary Ann and Roger Heyda couldn’t imagine anyplace else they might have been Sunday besides at Moly Holy Redeemers’ festival. A warm sunny day and bright sunshine made the festival a delightful option for the day.

Tri-City United held its homecoming coronation ceremony Monday, Sept. 25, at TCU High School in Montgomery.

A number of Tri-City United swimmers and divers had top finishes during a pair of events held last week.
The Titans competed in a dual meet with New Prague Tuesday, Sept. 19 and the Trojans defeated TCU, 99-69.
TCU won six events against New Prague, four individual titles and two relays.
The Titans competed Saturday, Sept. 23 at the St. Peter Invitational. They finished fifth overall with 92 team points. Waconia won the event with 556 points, more than twice the amount of runner-up Owatonna with 277 points.

Motorists from New Prague, Montgomery and the area who use use Highway 21 through Jordan, the Minnesota Department of Transportation announced today the Highway 21 and County Road 66/Sawmill Road roundabout in Jordan will fully open at 5 p.m., Friday, Sept. 29.
Crews began building the $3.06 million roundabout project June 12, resulting in a total closure of Highway 21, Sawmill Road and County Road 66 at the intersection. Sawmill Road access reopened Sept. 1.

TCU named the candidates for its homecoming queen and king coronation this afternoon at a pep fest at the school. Voting for the homecoming queen and king honors is slated for Monday, Sept. 25, during the school day. Coronation evening is Monday evening, 7 p.m.
The candidates include (back row, from left) Kaden Malecha, Kellen O'Keefe, Connor Flintrop, Reggie Vosejpka, Luke Holicky, Luke Sklucazek, (front row, from left) Nalia Wagner, Mallorie Plut, Ali Weydert, Lexi Factor, Kalyn Krautkremer and Alice Schroeder.

Public health workers in Scott and Le Sueur counties are encouraging people who haven’t recently been vaccinated to consider receiving the latest vaccines aimed at minimizing the impacts of COVID and fighting its spread.

The Tri-City United swimmers won events for the Titans in a dual swim meet Tuesday, Sept. 2 at Albert Lea.
Senior Mallorie Plut won the 200-yard IM in a time of 2:41.57 and the 100-yard butterfly in 1:12.79.
Sophomore Lily Traxler captured the one-meter diving title with a score of 160.60.
Sophomore Ella Schmiesing won the 100- yard freestyle in 54.97, which was 18 seconds faster than the runner-up. She also won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:10.66, which was 15 seconds in front of the runnerup.
Albert Lea defeated TCU, 104-77 in the varsity meet.

Whether it was the inability to cover the cost or not being able to deal with the matter, there’s something left unattended when Will Urtuzuastegui thinks of his younger sister’s tragic death. Wednesday, he hopes to take steps toward bringing closure to the matter.
Urtuzuastegui’s younger sister, Mary, was killed in a crash a decade ago on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2013. She was one of four who perished in the crash on a curve on County Road 26 (NW Lexington Road) three miles west of Montgomery. Though it is marked, her gravesite has no headstone on it, a void he wants to fill.

Austin Kristiansen, 21, of Le Center, passed away the afternoon of Saturday, September 9 from injuries received while riding his dirt bike at the Meadow Valley Motocross Track in rural Wabasha County in southeastern Minnesota.
At approximately 1:10 p.m., the Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call to an accident at the track. “It’s just a tragic thing. The way it went down. He crashed his bike and he was talking when we arrived and then ambulance took him away,” said Wabasha County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Jim Warren.

Austin S. Kristiansen, 21 years old of Le Center, Minn., passed away suddenly of injuries suffered at Meadow Valley MX Park in Millville, Minn., Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023.

Tri-City United sophomore Grant Fitterer was the leading runner for the Titan boys cross country team during two early season events.
Fitterer placed third last week at the St. Peter Meet, running the 5,000-meter course in 18:50.
He improved on that time during the 26 team Gerry Smith Invitational Thursday, Sept. 7 at the Montgomery National Golf Club. He improved his time to 17:56 in placing 41st among 202 total runners.