May 28, 2020
Lake City High School boys varsity basketball coach Greg Berge was featured on episode 17 of “Minnesota Basketball Coaching Podcast.”
During the interview they talked about “how Greg manages being a head coach and an administrator, his offseason basketball program known as the ‘300 Hour Club,’...
May 27, 2020
“Walking Lake Pepin” (WLP) the Lake City community summer walking/fitness challenge begins May 31 and runs for 10 weeks to Aug. 8. This year’s theme is “Walk Local, Shop Local”.This year’s theme was chosen to encourage walking to destinations in Lake City but also to support Lake City businesses...
May 27, 2020
This young fellow is named Widget. He was born in late 2019 and eventually wandered on to a local farm several months ago. Once he found plentiful food and a nice safe and warm place to sleep, he decided to stay on. Unfortunately, the “old man” cat that belongs to the farm owners is not happy to...
May 21, 2020
Members of the Lake City VFW Auxiliary replaced over 400 flags provided by VFW Post 8729 at the graves of veterans buried at St. John’s Cemetery, St. Mary’s Cemetery, and Lakewood Cemetery in Lake City. Placing flags on behalf of the auxiliary were (from left) Nancy Banks, Donna Lichtblau, Tammy...
May 21, 2020
Sometimes things don’t go according to plan so you have to create a back-up plan. And sometimes the back-up plan doesn’t work and you have to wing it.
Lake City High School’s 2020 awards night ceremony was one of those times.
State restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic took the annual event in...
May 21, 2020
The Lincoln High School Hall of Fame has announced the 2020 Hall of Fame inductees.
The inductees are John “Patrick” Kennedy in the category of Athletics, John Blondell and Paul Holland in the Fine Arts category, Shawn Sweeney for Outstanding Contribution, Jack Powers in the category of...
May 21, 2020
The Lake City Public Library is reopening Thursday, May 21, (today) after an extended closure due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Hours will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday.
Several patron policies have...
May 21, 2020
Lake City Thursday Market by the Lake will open for the season Thursday, June 11.
“Farmers Markets have been declared part of the food distribution system in Minnesota by Gov. Walz. Thus it is legal for us to operate during the COVID-19 shutdown,” the market said in a news release. “Taking...
May 21, 2020
Memorial Day is Monday, May 25, and even during a pandemic there many local opportunities to mark to occasion.
Traditional Memorial Day observances in Lake City, Red Wing, Wabasha and Kellogg have been cancelled due to the Covid-19 stay at home orders.
Q-Media, owners of radio stations in Red...
May 21, 2020
After COVID-19 put a stop to the first two commencement plans for the Lincoln High School Class of 2020, the school has announced a three-phase event on Sunday, May 31 to celebrate seniors while adhering to social distancing requirements.
Part one is a video presentation featuring the band playing...