As reported last week, the Texas Department of Transportation plans to close portions of SH 159 north of La Grange for roadwork beginning on June 3. The closures will take place intermittently in order to replace several drainage structures.

The 2024 Camp Shakespeare season is coming up and will include two La Grange students. Holden Mikulin, who just finished 5th grade at La Grange elementary, and Maddox Wick, who just finished sixth grade there, have both been accepted into the program.

Dive into the enchanting world of “Tid and Tad: A Tale of True Friendship”, a delightful children’s book by written by local author Sally Reynolds and illustrated with the vibrant watercolors of Mary Quiros. Join the duo for an exclusive book signing, where they will share the inspiration behind the story and the creative process of bringing the story to life.

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Major Travis Seale, Assistant Operations Officer, 36th Infantry Division of the United States Army was the guest speaker for The Flatonia American Legion Memorial Day service held on Sunday. Major Seale encouraged the crowd to remember that Memorial Day is a time of both remembrance and celebration. Major Seale stated in his speech that for him personally, Memorial Day it is a time in which he honors those that came before him and to honor those that will protect him and his family in the future. Major Seale was recently elected as Flatonia’s new mayor. Photo by Stephanie Steinhauser

A Schulenburg Police Officer crashed his patrol vehicle while chasing a stolen pickup into Lavaca County early Thursday morning, May 23. The pursuit began in Schulenburg around 12:50 a.m.

Flatonia held its graduation ceremony Thursday. Addison Wagner, left, was the valedictorian and Aaliyah Mendez, right, was the salutatorian.

After four decades of dedicated service, Gary Don Nietsche, esteemed general manager of Fayette Electric Cooperative, prepares to embark on his well-deserved retirement on July 1. His journey with Fayette EC began on February 1, 1981, when he joined the cooperative as an assistant to General Manager J.C. Warhol. He decided to take the job because it combined his love of engineering with an opportunity to move back to his hometown of La Grange after a career as a manufacturing engineer with Texas Instruments.

If Schulenburg doesn’t want the film studio project that hopes to build in this area, Weimar Mayor Milton Koller said his town is interested. Koller told the Record last Friday that he has arranged a meeting with Robert Norris of Creative Innovation Development, the group that wants to buy property in this area for filming Western movies.

They started their high school careers in masks but ended it in caps and gowns. Nothing came easy, or predictable, for the La Grange High School Class of 2024.