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Local Lore: Lake City State Bank
Jul 29, 2026
While Lake City has had several claims to fame over the years, including being the home of the country’s largest nursery, the country’s most successful fox farm, and, of course, the birthplace of water skiing, there’s yet another rare distinction we can call ours; Lake City’s Alliance Bank, which...
Chamber Connections: Triathlon, golf tournament, Johnny Appleseed Day on tap
Jul 29, 2026
By the time you read this, Water Ski Days will already be a memory. The stages will be down, the tents packed away, and our community will have taken a collective breath after another incredible event season milestone. If you’re anything like me, you’re probably wondering where summer went.
One...
Rotary Club presents Circle of Life proceeds to Recovery is Happening and Habitat for Humanity
Jul 29, 2026
Lake City Rotary Club presented portions of the proceeds from its Circle of Life Run/Walk to two of the three chosen recipients at Monday’s meeting.
Accepting on behalf of Goodhue County Habitat for Humanity was Angie Foss, who is the organization’s homeowner services manager. Check out their...
Wrestlers launch sweet corn fundraiser
Jul 29, 2026
The Lake City Tiger wrestling program, through its Impact Wrestling Club, kicked off a new fundraiser this week, with athletes and families selling fresh sweet corn to help support and strengthen the future of Tiger wrestling.
Sweet corn will be available Saturday and Sunday at locations in Oak...
Skoug speaks to Rotary Club
Jul 29, 2026
Former Rotarian Jessin Skoug, owner of Eagle Valley Chiropractic, was Ben Threinen’s guest speaker at Lake city Rotary.
Jessin explained the benefits of staying in motion through exercise and chiropractic manipulation. Jessin has an office in Lake City and one in Wabasha. Her clinics offer not...
Bluff View teacher recognized among nation’s best ag teachers
Jul 29, 2026
Bluff View Elementary kindergarten teacher Marie Kruse has been recognized as one of just six educators in the United States to receive the 2026 National Excellence in Teaching About Agriculture Award.
The award, presented by the National Agriculture in the Classroom Organization (NAITCO) in...
Dairy Princesses will host library storytime
Jul 29, 2026
The Wabasha County Dairy Princesses will be hosting a special storytime at the Lake City Public Library on Tuesday, Aug. 4, at 10:30 a.m.
“Come meet the princesses, listen to a story, and have an opportunity to take photos, do coloring pages, and more,” the library said in a news release.
FFA Alumni plan summer picnic
Jul 29, 2026
Lake City FFA Alumni will host a summer picnic on Monday, Aug. 3, starting at 6:30 p.m. at Lincoln High School.
Hamburgers, hotdogs, and all the fixings will be served, and all family members are invited. The meal and meeting will take place at the front of the high school grounds on the Tiger...
Friends and Neighbors: Village shopkeepers
Jul 29, 2026
My favorite reading material is novels set in English villages where the characters walk or pedal to the High Street to do their weekly marketing. They might stop at the fishmongers or the chemist or perhaps the tobacconist to get the daily paper. The interactions are always ordinary, familiar and...
Gull feeding frenzy at Ohuta Park
Jul 22, 2026
Photographer Ben Threinen submitted this dramatic photo of an airborne fish desperate to elude gulls fishing in the high winds near Ohuta Park. The fish escaped, according to Threinen.
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