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Lake House is chef's dream home
May 18, 2017
After years of rumors and speculation, it’s really happening.
A restuarant is opening in the lakeshore building on Central Point Road that last housed the Skyline.
The Lake House on Pepin plans to begin serving the public at 11 a.m. Monday, May 22.
“I’ve been trying almost from the day it closed...
Blandin Leadership Program seeks second Lake City cohort
May 18, 2017
The Blandin Foundation is making its Blandin Community Leadership Program (BCLP) available to residents engaged in the Lake City area.
This is the second time BCLP training has been available for the Lake City area.
Examples of how BCLP alumni have used the strategies and skills learned in this...
Make it OK plans free dinner, movie
May 18, 2017
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and the Goodhue County Make It OK campaign is celebrating with a free dinner and showing of the movie “Inside Out.”
The family friendly event will be May 23 at the Sheldon Theater in Red Wing. Doors open and dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. A brief introduction to...
Mayo, YMCA: 'Get Ready to Ramble'
May 18, 2017
Mayo Clinic Health System and the Red Wing Family YMCA are encouraging families to get active together by participating in Get Ready to Ramble.
This free 9-week program prepares participants of all ages for the River City Ramble, a 5K walk/run, 2-mile walk and a kids’ fun run on Saturday, Aug. 5...
Now debt-free, Valley View Assembly of God looks to the future
May 18, 2017
The children came in the sanctuary carrying logs, a fire extinguisher and a water tank.
“Pastor, we are ready for the mortgage burning,” they yelled.
On Sunday, May 7, Valley View Assembly of God church held a mortgage burning ceremony to celebrate the final payment of their church mortgage and...
Beloved band director gets a musical send-off
May 18, 2017
Music, teaching, golf and his love for his wife Mary Ellen - themes reprised again and again during Saturday afternoon’s celebration of the life of former Lake City High School Band Director Steve Ritzenthaler at Lincoln High School.
Among the seven eulogists were two of his former band colleagues...
Three Korean War vets experience their memorial first-hand
May 18, 2017
On Saturday, May 6, three Lake City residents, all Korean War veterans, traveled on a Freedom Honor Flight from La Crosse, Wis., to Washington D.C. to be honored for their military service and especially to see the Korean War Memorial.
LaVern Witt was accompanied by his daughter, Lisa Rowenhorst,...
Open house offers chance to see and discuss waterfront and downtown ideas
May 18, 2017
People with an interest in the future of Lake City’s waterfront and downtown can see some of the ideas the city’s consulting firm has been coming up with at an open house tonight (Thursday) at City Hall.
The city hired Stantec last November to help create a master plan for the downtown and...
Update: Police memorial moved to First Lutheran
May 18, 2017
The Southeastern Minnesota National Police Week Memorial Service will be held at First Lutheran Church in Lake City at 5:30 p.m.
The memorial service honoring law enforcement personnel who had given their lives in the line of duty was moved to Lake City this year with the intention of...
Lake City’s Aktion Club to hold bowl-a-thon fund-raiser
May 18, 2017
Aktion Club’s annual Bowl-A-Thon fundraiser for Project Eliminate will take place on Sunday May 21, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Port 104 in Lake City. Aktion Club members are collecting pledges for their participation in this bowl-a-thon. Funds raised will go to support Project Eliminate, a project co...
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