SAIL Fitness Class
    Catholic Charities for Southern Minnesota’s Stay Active for Independent Living (SAIL) fitness class for ages 55+. M&Th, 9-10 a.m., except holidays, at Center Stage Dance in Montgomery. No registration, just show up. Free.

Through Sept. 19 — Genealogy & Research Center
    The Le Sueur County Historical Society Genealogy and Research Center, 301 NE 2nd St, Elysian, is open F/SA, 1-4 p.m., through Sept. 19.

    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.

Monday, July 13

    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.

Kevin Joseph Doherty, age 73, of Montgomery, passed away on Friday, July 17, 2026, at his home in Montgomery.

Dianne Vlasak Cochrane, age 65, daughter of Don “Froggy” and Donna Vlasak, passed
away on June 21 at her home in Wheatridge, Colorado, of a massive heart attack. Private
funeral was held on July 17 at Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Montgomery.

            Julia “Julie” Mary Washa died peacefully under the care of the staff at the Mankato Mayo Hospital on July 16, 2026.

Jeremiah "Jerry" Francis Keohen IV, age 64 of Montgomery, died at his home on July 12, 2026.

    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.”

Gerald "Jerry" A. Ademmer, age 90, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 14, 2026.

Jerry was born on June 16, 1936, in Heidelberg, Minnesota, to Frank and Ella (Prochaska) Ademmer. He grew up on the family farm in Heidelberg, where he learned the values of hard work, dedication, and the importance of family. He attended school in Montgomery, Minnesota.

    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.

    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.