Scenes from Corn Shredding Autumn Harvest Days, held Sept. 23-24 in rural Lake City.
The City of Lake City has removed The Wave statue from its base in Ohuta Park and placed it in storage at the City Public Works facility on Highway 61 South.
The condition of the sculpture, which dates to the 1970s and commemorates the invention of water skiing on Lake Pepin, has deteriorated over...
Lake City Public Schools notified staff, students, and parents Sept. 26 that Carey Kopp, who for over two decades was the vocal music teacher at Lincoln High School, had died earlier that morning “with her family and close friends by her side,” according to Lincoln High School Principal Greg Berge.
Johnny Appleseed Days, Lake City’s autumn event celebrating the apple harvest and the region’s creative community will take place Sept. 30 through Oct. 1.
This year’s event features two days of live music, beverages, dozens of art, craft, and up-cycle vendors, food trucks, a petting zoo, a pie...
People who worked together at the Lake City Care Center over the years met Friday, Sept. 22, at Roschen Park for a reunion that has become an annual event. Front row, from left: Brenda Yennie, Marlene Nibbe, Mary Kujawa, Carol Dollar, Rosemary Franke, Kathy Gates, Barb Schmidt, Jewel Holmstadt,...
Lake City native Gracie Pierson is a member of the Central College volleyball team.
Pierson is junior outside hitter with two varsity letters. Last season she had 24 matches played; 153 kills (1.99/set); .116 attack percentage; 100 digs; 5 assists; 32 service aces; and 23 blocks.
For her eighth...
The Woman’s Club of Lake City met on Sept. 20 for their annual Scholarship Luncheon to introduce Sara Rohr, recipient of the WCLC Adult Scholarship award and showcase Mercy & Grace Boutique owner Donna Brockman.
Donna spoke to the group about the role of her strong faith and determination in...
Commander Joe Kehren of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) of the U.S. Post Bemard Flesche 8729, Lake City, announced the kick-off of the VFW’s annual Patriot’s Pen youth essay competition.
Middle school students in grades six through eight in this area have the opportunity to compete and win...
The team shirts that the captains designed say, “Run now, Pie later”. What does it mean? Your work will be rewarded, or if you win the Lake City Invite at a varsity level as a team, you are rewarded with a local apple pie. The shirts were prophetic in this case because both Lake City varsities...
There are special moments in everyone’s life. Moments you will remember forever. The night I got the call offering me a position as Superintendent of Lake City Public Schools will certainly be a moment I will never forget. To have the opportunity to lead a school with a rich tradition and bright...
This year’s Lake City boys varsity soccer team has a unique story to tell. On the team there are three sets of brothers playing.
Senior Thomas Brand and his brother Simon, a freshman, senior Alex Oliver and his brother Cade, a sophomore, and finally Benny Lopez, a sophomore, and his brother...
On Tuesday, Sept. 19, we rematched against Stewartville at home and faced a difficult loss of 1-6.
Rylee Theiren played number one singles and lost 0-6, 0-6. Thérèse Bauer lost 6-7, 4-7 at number two singles. Mary Kate Bauer lost at number three singles, 1-6, 1-6. Emily Mehrkens won her match at...
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church will be holding their “Blessing of the Animals” on Sunday, Oct. 1, at 10 a.m.
Pat VanHouten will be the officiant and Dianne Coombs will play the Electric Piano.
This year it will be at the property of Darwin and Nancy Meyers in Handshaw Coulee located south of Lake...
On Saturday, Sept 23, 14 members of the Lake City Aktion Club were able to travel to Rochester to donate approximately 120 pounds of pop tabs to the Ronald McDonald House (RMH).
The Lake City Public Library invites the public to two book talks led by local author and resident Andru Peters.
On Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 2 p.m., Peters will discuss his book “History of Camp Lakeview National Guard Training Camp 1881-1931,” specifically the role of steamers and their impact on...
He was obviously not much of an outdoorsman because I overheard him tell the sporting goods salesman, “Give me everything I need to go bow hunting.”
Minnesotans, what are we thinking? We’re in an age that seems to put the importance of an animal’s life before the life of a human child. Maybe we should be filming abortions from earliest in pregnancy to full term and show it on TV and social media like what is shown about mistreated animals with...
The Lake City Kiwanis Club learned about the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources mussel research facility here in our town.
Kate Holcomb, with this program, explained how mussels are great environmental indicators since they filter the water, provide habitat for other aquatic creatures and...
Because of the continuing shortfall of qualified nursing assistants statewide, Minnesota is once again providing tuition-free Nursing Assistant training and testing through the Next Generation Nursing Assistant – Train. Test. Work. initiative, according to a news release.
Minnesota State College...
Keegan Ryan scored two rushing touchdowns in the fourth quarter as Lake City rallied past Pine Island for a 21-10 road victory Friday night to even its record at 2-2.
Weather impacted the game for the first time this season as a light steady drizzle fell from the sky for much of the night. A...
A local condominium complex caught fire after being struck by lightning on Sept. 23, according to a Facebook post from the Lake City Fire Department:
Wabasha County Commissioners on Sept. 19 approved a preliminary 2024 property tax levy of 5.5 percent, or about $17.1 million, an increase of $895,206 (5.5 percent) over the 2023 adopted levy.
A Truth in Taxation meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12 in the County Board room in the Old...
Save the Wave advocacy, class reunions, plumbing supplies and happy memories all played a role in this week’s Open Hours event at the Lake City Historical Society (LCHS).
This week’s topic was Save the Wave and was appropriately launched with LCHS member Billie Hunt’s generous donation of a...
The Lake City High School Tiger bowlers were in front of the hometown crowd on Saturday, Sept. 23 when the took on Preston and Rushford at Port 104.
The Tigers started the day strong winning all five games against Preston. They had a high game of 199 and averaged 169.4 for the match. Isaac...
Chief Wabasha I was born in 1718 in what is present day Minnesota. He befriended King Louis XV and encouraged trade between the French and Dakota Nations.
There are many generations of decendents of Chief Wabasha 1. One of the numerous decendents, Georgia Walters of Duluth, Minn., visited the...
The Lake City Boys Soccer program is setting their sights on some victories in the second half of their regular season.
The varsity team had a rough start losing their matches against challenging opponents like St. Charles, Lourdes, Cotter, and Pine Island-Zumbrota-Mazeppa.
They managed to tie...
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