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Gardenaires decorate Lake City signs for fall
Sep 14, 2016
The Gardenaire Garden Club recently decorated the Lake City signs for fall. They got their corn stalks from Scott Hawkinson, son of member Barb Hawkinson; the hay bales were provided by John Brinkman; Shar Gnotke provided some pumpkins; Derek Nibbe, son of member Ann Nibbe cut out the Johnny...
EDA conducting commercial property inventory
Sep 14, 2016
The Lake City Economic Development Authority (EDA) is updating its list of available commercial properties for sale or lease in Lake City. The EDA uses a system managed by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development called Location One to make online postings of available...
Seed collection to be Sept. 17 at state park
Sep 14, 2016
Everyone is invited to be part of the Frontenac State Park prairie restoration management plan. On Saturday, Sept. 17, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. people can hike in the park’s prairie and help collect seeds from various native prairie plants. The seeds people collect will be saved to re-plant back in...
Journey to sainthood included three days in Lake City
Sep 8, 2016
One day in October 1937, a young woman from Albania got off the train at the Lake City depot and walked eight blocks up Lyon Avenue to Collins Drug Store at the corner of Lyon and Lakeshore Drive.
There she inquired as to where she might find Eleftera Peters.
“Well,” old Doc Collins told her, “You...
Goede dies at 95
Sep 8, 2016
Pastor Ralph Goede died Friday. He was 95.
Goede was pastor of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church for 35 years until his retirement in 1991.
He also served Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Churches in Wabasha, Thiensville, Wis., and Milwaukee, Wis.
For 12 years in his retirement he wrote a...
Barndoggler to appear at Junk Crush
Sep 8, 2016
Mike Burke has made a career of his belief that young people should have a chance to learn about their parents’ and grandparents’ past.
He will bring his passion to the second annual Junk Crush in downtown Lake City Saturday and Sunday.
Burke and his Barndogglers crew will conduct demonstrations...
Automation Services' 1st dollar good for at least 20 years
Sep 8, 2016
Automated Services’ first dollar of clear profit, presented by the Lake City Chamber of Commerce, is framed on the wall in their lobby. Recently, chamber ambassadors presented Automation Services owners Pat and Steph Murphy with a milestone 20 years in business certificate to hang beside their...
Civil War reenactment planned for Sept. 24-25
Sep 8, 2016
The Wabasha County Civil War Encampment on September 24-25 will bring historic displays and demonstrations to Ed Malone Park in Wabasha from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
Malone Park is just west of the Interstate Bridge, on the south side of Grant Avenue in Wabasha. The Second Minnesota Lt. Artillery...
Tommy saves Duke's seat
Sep 8, 2016
It was January, 2014. Tommy our cat was 10 years old. Beginning as a kitten, his favorite perch was a bar stool snuggled up to the island in our kitchen. I kept an old bathroom towel on the seat so that when we had guests I could remove the towel and offer a seat that wasn’t covered in cat hair...
Facts about the zika virus
Sep 8, 2016
It’s hard to not have heard about the Zika virus, as it frequently dominates news headlines. As a Minnesotan, sometimes it’s harder to see the connections between a hot climate disease and our temperate climate. September is National Preparedness Month, so now is a good a time as any to review...
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