Community
Another Blandin opportunity for Lake City
May 24, 2018
Lake City is one of 10 communities selected for Blandin Community Leadership Programs (BCLP) for 2019.
Residents of Aitkin, Blackduck-Kelliher-Northome, Fairmont, Faribault, Glencoe, Lake City, Planview and Quad Cities (Eveleth, Gilbert, Mt. Iron, Virginia) will participate in intense eight-day...
Bluegrass band Long Time Gone performs June 9
May 24, 2018
At 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 9, Lake City Area Arts will host their monthly music concert at the Lake City Arts Center. This month’s performer is Long Time Gone Bluegrass Band based in southeast Minnesota.
Long Time Gone brings back to life the classic bluegrass hits of the 1950s, hearkening back...
Goodhue County board meets in Kenyon
May 24, 2018
Kenyon hosted a mobile Goodhue County Board meeting on May 15 in the city council chambers as it does each spring.
Kenyon-Wanamingo social studies teacher Dan Rechtzigel brought a class of students that filled the room to observe county government in action. Rechtzigel is well-known to the board,...
Dairy day camp is June 14
May 24, 2018
The Minnesota Farmers Union and Wabasha County Farmers Union encourage people celebrate “June is Dairy Month” and the end of the school year by sending their kids to Day Camp on a Dairy Farm.
This year a day camp is set to take place on Thursday, June 14 from 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at FjelMar Dairy...
Hall of Fame class of 2018 announced
May 24, 2018
The Lake City High School Hall of Fame selection committee has announced the 2018 inductees to the hall of fame.
This year’s honorees are Brian Sprout in the category of Athletics, Robert Ruberto in Fine Arts, Jim Klennert and Lorne McDonald for Outstanding Contribution, Ronald Schrimpf in the...
Lake City WWII vet turned 19 in a foxhole
May 24, 2018
Editor’s note: Memorial Day is Monday, May 28, this year, and at a time when there are so few surviving members of the “Greatest Generation,” we gladly accepted the offer of Lake City author B. Wayne Quist to interview and write about Gale R. Hill, who fought in the Battle of the Bulge as a...
Memorial Day observances planned throughout the area
May 24, 2018
Schedules are set for Memorial Day observances in Lake City, Zumbro Falls, Millville and the surrounding communities on Monday, May 28.
The annual Lake City Memorial Day program will be at the Lincoln High School auditorium this year. After scrambling to move the program from Patton Park to the...
North Atlantic traditions kept alive on Lake Pepin
May 24, 2018
Once a year, they come to Hok-Si-La Park in Lake City, to build kayaks, to paddle kayaks, to roll kayaks, to harpoon from kayaks, to burn kayaks, but most of all to celebrate a culture and its way of life.
Qajaq Camp (pronounced “kayak camp”) is put on by Qajaq USA, the American Chapter of the...
Oak savanna restoration announced at state park
May 24, 2018
The volunteer-led Frontenac State Park Association will implement an oak savanna restoration project in Frontenac State Park with support from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and funds issued by Parks and Trails Council of Minnesota.
The project will include volunteer opportunities...
SWCD offers free tests for nitrates in water
May 24, 2018
The Wabasha Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is offering free testing for nitrates in water.
People who would like their water tested can bring eight ounces of water to the SWCD office at 611 Broadway Ave., Ste. 10, Wabasha.
Samples can be in glass or plastic containers including...
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