A baker from Liberec, Czech Republic, about an hour north of Prague, Petra Kupská, and her son, Honza Kupský, visited Kolacky Days on Saturday, July 26.

Alice M. Jahnke, age 96, of Glencoe, Minnesota, passed away Saturday, July 12, 2025, at Samaritan Bethany Inc. in Rochester, Minnesota.

Larry Michael Theis, age 71, passed away July 27, 2025.

Fraud in state programs isn’t a victimless crime. It affects every Minnesotan who pays taxes and everyone who depends on these programs.

On Monday, July 28, at approximately 9:54 p.m., Scott County Sheriff’s Office 911 dispatch received a report of an injury crash on County Road 46 (Pillsbury Avenue) near E 275th Street in New Market ...

Benya Kraus, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation’s (SMIF) new president and CEO, made a stop with what will be the former president and CEO, Tim Penny, in Montgomery as a part of a regional ‘hand ...

Severe storms with straight-line winds two nights in a row found most of the compromised or weakened trees and branches in the area. The first round of storms hit around midnight from Sunday into ...

Garry Pribyl of Montgomery, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, July 7, 2025, at his home at the age of 65.

It’s a changing of the dressmakers this year for Kolacky Days. Garie Teig has spent the last 40 years making most of the traditional Czechoslovakian dresses for the Kolacky Days royalty, over 150 in ...

Kilkenny's Olivia Westerman, 17, is crowned the 2025 Kolacky Queen. Westerman was crowned in the Friday, July 25, pageant at Tri-City United High School in the performing arts center.

It certainly was an evil act when Minnesotans Mark and Melissa Hortman were shot and killed in their own homes recently, and that John and Yvette Hoffman were also shot and somehow managed to survive.