Kilkenny’s Anna Stangler (Fischer), age 39, was involved in a single vehicle utility task vehicle (UTV) accident Thursday, June 12, according to a press release from the Le Sueur County Sheriff’s Office.
The release said that a 911 call was received at approximately 2:35 p.m. on June 12 from a family member in Kilkenny Township and that Stangler had been involved in an UTV accident in the county ditch behind their home.

After an overcast day, the sun broke free from the clouds just as the Tri-City FFA Alumni and Friends Truck and Tractor Pull began Friday evening.
A crowd of several hundred was there for the seventh annual event at the Le Sueur County Fairgrounds. The truck and tractor pull featured 91 participants in 19 different categories, ranging from tractors to street-legal Pickup trucks.
Some participants came from as far away as Wisconsin to take part in the pull.

Three members of the 2025 Tri-City United Schools Volunteer Community Task Force presented to the school board their recommendations for the district at their last meeting on Tuesday, May 27.
The task force met on five occasions in April through May, doing a site visit at each school to see issues first hand. The superintendent, each school’s principal, and other staff lead a tour of the schools, followed by a separation of the staff and task force to come up with their own opinions about each site.

Montgomery’s Ed Keogh was elected the Department of Minnesota Veterans of Foreign Wars State commander at its 126th annual convention held in St. Cloud, Minn., June 5-8. He had the honor of being installed by the VFW National Commander-In-Chief Al Lipphardt.
Keogh is a past District 2 VFW commander and past commander of the Montgomery VFW Post 5340, which he held for 14 years. He is the first member of VFW Post 5340 to hold the position of department commander since the post was started nearly 80 years ago.

Phyllis Vosejpka (nee Kriha), age 95, of St. Paul, MN, died peacefully on June 9, 2025.  Phyllis was born April 19, 1930, in Minneapolis, and grew up in Montgomery, Minnesota.  She married Stanley Vosejpka in 1955, and they settled in St. Paul, where they raised their family and where Phyllis lived for the remainder of her life. 
Phyllis was an accomplished baker and seamstress, an avid card player and fisherwoman, and a devoted sports fan.  She was immensely proud of her Czech heritage and enjoyed both speaking and singing in Czech with the Sokol Minnesota Singers.

Carly Hartwig takes second place with time better than previous AA Class state record
These are the basic results for the Minnesota State High School League AA Girls Track and Field Tournament Championship event results at St. Michael-Albertville High School for Tri-City United High School's competitors from Thursday, June 12.

Steven “Steve” Lee Jakes of Williston, ND, formerly of Faribault, MN, passed away on November 29, 2024, in Minot, ND, at the age of 65. Steve will be deeply missed by those who knew him.
Steve grew up in Montgomery, MN, graduating from MLHS in 1977 and by 2011, after many years in the workforce, he had settled in Williston, ND, where he enjoyed working alongside his brother, Ken.

A total of eight Tri-City United (TCU) girls track and field team have advanced to the Class AA State Meet, which will be held Wednesday, June 11 and Thursday, June 12 at St. Michael Albertville High School.
The Titans placed fifth in the Section 1AA Championship Saturday, May 31 and had many top performances. Northfield placed first with 139 points and they were followed by Byron (125), Winona (121.5), Stewartville (116), and TCU (96).

Members from Bolten & Menk, Inc., and city staff were on hand at city hall the afternoon of Tuesday, May 27, to answers residents’ questions about the 2025 Street and Utilities Improvement Project (SUIP).
The 2025 SUIP, like previous ones, will be a total overhaul of most of the infrastructure between County State Aide Highway (CSAH) 26/Lexington Avenue NW and just beyond Vine Avenue between Highway 13/4th Street NW and City Ditch 22 to the west.

Bonita "Bonnie" Louise David, age 80, of Le Center, passed away at her home on Sunday, June 8, 2025.
Bonnie was born on April 16, 1945, in St. Peter, Minnesota, to Leo and Lorraine (Prochaska) Blaschko. She attended school in Le Center before moving to Sherburn, where she graduated from Sherburn High School. After high school, she attended beauty school and went on to work in various roles throughout her life, most notably spending 23 years with Anchor Glass Container and 15 years at Heat & Glo in Lake City before retiring.

Joan Bernice Picha, age 92, of Montgomery, died on the morning of Friday, June 6, 2025, at Traditions of Montgomery.

Larry Dean Berninghaus, age 87, of Montgomery, passed away peacefully. at his home surrounded by family on Friday, May 30, 2025.
Born on July 23, 1937, in West Bend, Iowa, Larry was the son of Edwin and Eleanor (Zinnel) Berninghaus. He grew up working and playing on the family farm, where he developed a lifelong love of the land. A talented athlete, Larry was active in football, baseball, and basketball during his years at West Bend High School.

The Montgomery Messenger recently carried a headline about the accomplishments of “Lady Titans.” When girls are referred to as “Lady Titans,” it means that Titans, which should be used for all students, instead refers only to boys.
Try to imagine it the other way around. Let's refer to girls' teams as Titans and boys' teams as "Gentleman Titans.” Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? But it's no more ridiculous than the use of the term "Lady Titans.”

The Montgomery American Legion Auxiliary Unit 79 sponsors an Americanism Essay
contest every year for all students in grades 3-12, including home-schooled and special needs students. The contest is divided into six different grade level classes.
Essay lengths correspond to the student’s grade level, ranging from a minimum of 150 words to a maximum of 500 words.
Essays are judged on the local level and then sent on to state for judging, then to division, and finally to national.

One of the best seasons in Tri-City United (TCU) softball history ended Saturday, May 24 in the Section 2AA Tournament at Caswell Park in North Mankato.
The Titans opened the tournament with a 13-0, 5 inning win over Blue Earth Area (BEA) Thursday, May 22.
In the second round, No. 6 seed Le Sueur-Henderson upset the No. 3 seeded Titans, 2-1 Friday, May 23.
In the first round of the consolation bracket Saturday, May 24, No. 2 seed Fairmont defeated TCU, 7-5, ending their season with a 14-6 record.

The Arts and Heritage Center in Montgomery is home to approximately 50 quilts and a handful of barn quilts currently.
Quilter Anne Pexa has brought together a double fistful of quilts she has worked on from start to finish, about 40 quilts on loan that she did the longarm stitching on, and a handful of painted barn quilts from her husband, Scott Pexa.
It certainly is the quilters delight with a series of colors and patterns in wide variety, including a lot of fabrics that were produced in Minnesota and some from Australia, where Anne Pexa was from.