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Kiwanis Club donates 12 ukuleles to fine arts program

Aug 29, 2018
Instructor Mike Arturi (right) and four of his students from the Lake City Area Arts center summer fine arts program, attended the Lake City Kiwanis meeting in August to thank them for their donation to the group.  Lake City Kiwanis purchased 12 ukuleles for the program to use for the class.  At...

Sights and sounds of art center’s open house

Aug 29, 2018
An open house was held Aug. 22 at Lake City Area Arts to showcase the summer children’s program.  Along with the artwork, the center’s ukulele students came to perform.  Some of the girls even wrote their own songs.  The girls are pictured with their instructor Mike Arturi (right) from the...

Trucking firm is safety grand champ

Aug 29, 2018
California Overland, Ltd. is the 2018 Minnesota Trucking Association (MTA) Fleet Safety Grand Champion. The award was presented at the Minnesota Trucking Association Annual Conference on Wednesday, Aug. 8. Safety Director Gregg Moyer accepted the award on behalf of his company and drivers. “We are...
Photo by Ben Threinen

Float-a-palooza

Aug 22, 2018
The Lake City Marina beach was crowded Saturday during the Float-a-palooza event. Generations of families took to the water to play on floating pads and inflatables. A flotilla of boats gathered just outside the buoyed off beach area. The Lake City Chamber of Commerce sponsored the event, along...

Locals win brisket title at Smokefest

Aug 22, 2018
Rebel Fire Que’ N Company, a professional BBQ competition team from Lake City, led by Pitmaster Todd Severson and his wife, Marie, captured the brisket title Saturday, Aug. 18 at the 11th annual Smokefest in Marshall, Minn.  Forty professional barbeque teams from over ten states converged on the...

Lake City becomes a ‘Purple Heart Community’

Aug 22, 2018
Representatives from local, regional, and state veterans groups were on hand Aug. 16 to watch the Lake City City Council unanimously approve a motion to make the city a “Purple Heart Community.” The designation honors members of the U.S. armed forces who received the Purple Heart for being wounded...

Hwy. 61 revisited: Council spars over three-lane

Aug 22, 2018
All the ingredients necessary to re-ignite the debate over the fate of a stretch of Highway 61 in Lake City were present at the Aug. 16 city council meeting. Opponents of the project were emboldened by primary election results on Tuesday, Aug. 14, where two of the top three vote-getters are...

Gastner leads Experience Rochester into transition

Aug 22, 2018
Lake City resident Mary Gastner, a longtime director of Experience Rochester MN (formerly the Rochester MN Convention and Visitors Bureau), has been selected as interim executive director of the organization, effective Aug. 16. Gastner, who has worked at Experience Rochester MN for 15 years and...

History roundtable kicks off Sept. 12

Aug 22, 2018
The Lake City Public Library and the Lake City Historical Society are sponsoring a new history roundtable, beginning Sept. 12 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and continuing on the second Wednesday of each month at the Lake City Public Library. Moderator Wayne Quist will lead the group in examining...

Memories still fresh as clubhouse, contest turn 50

Aug 22, 2018
The Lake City Sportsman’s Club threw a party at its clubhouse Sunday celebrating 50 years since club volunteers built it and 50 years since the club held its first annual ice fishing contest on Lake Pepin. Hamburger baskets were selling for $2 apiece, hot dog baskets for $1. Club members were...

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