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'Scrooge' to be staged 5 time at Valley View
Nov 23, 2016
Due to popular demand and God’s leading, Valley View Assembly of God Church congregation will present the Christian adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” called “The Gospel According to Scrooge” again this Christmas Season.With a cast of 45 adults and children plus stage crew, the old English story...
Mayo Auxiliary Cookie sale to be Dec. 15
Nov 23, 2016
Mayo Clinic Health System Auxiliary in Lake City will host the 23rd annual holiday cookie walk Thursday, Dec. 15, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. or until the cookies are gone, at Alliance Bank, 105 E. Lyon Ave. in Lake City.The cookies sell for $7 per pound.The cookies and candy are homemade.Proceeds support...
Photographer to speak to Spark
Nov 23, 2016
All women are invited to attend the Monday, Dec. 5 Spark women’s networking meeting at Port 104 in Lake City, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and is free of charge.Presenter Jeff Bartelt will share tips designed to help take photographs with more impact and visual appeal. Jeff has been a photographer for...
Kiwanis Toy Project begins
Nov 23, 2016
The Lake City Kiwanis Christmas Toy/Gift Project is under way.Last year, thanks to the generosity we provided toys, games, books, school supplies and clothing to 46 families with 116 children who live in the Lake City school district (Lake City, Frontenac, Zumbro Falls and Millville).Toys can be...
Holiday home tours, teas, to return
Nov 17, 2016
The popular holiday home tours of years past in Lake City are going to resume this year, on Saturday, Dec. 3. Once hosted by the Lake City Women’s Civic Association the tours are now being organized by the Lake Pepin Interpretive Centre committee (LPIC). The LPIC team hopes that this event can...
Veterans Plaza to be Shared by All
Nov 17, 2016
A couple of years ago Barney Freese stared out the window of his Lake City Care Center room and had an idea.
He could see the adjoining Mayo Clinic Health System Lake City hospital across the way. To his left he could see the construction site that would become The Bluffs of Lake City assisted care...
'New' Legion member is a WWII veteran
Nov 17, 2016
The Millville Valley American Legion Post 579 in Millville boasts a membership of 137 veterans, the highest total ever, Post Commander Gary Balcome said Friday night during the post and auxiliary’s annual Veterans Day dinner.
Balcome, who took over as commander in July, credits immediate Past...
Koskinen and friends return to Folk Forum
Nov 17, 2016
Though perhaps better known for his work behind the scenes as a producer for a Trampled By Turtles record or on the periphery as a backing musician for leading midwestern musicians, Erik Koskinen is a respected songwriter and vocalist in his own right. On Saturday, Nov. 19, he’ll headline an 8 p.m...
Rotary club learns about city planning projects
Nov 17, 2016
Rotary Club President Tom Dwelle presents a pen to Megan Smith. Smith, the interim planning and community development director for the City of Lake City, was the guest speaker at the Lake City Rotary Club’s Nov. 14 meeting. She provided an update on current city planning projects, including a...
Who makes the best vet? All of them.
Nov 17, 2016
Guest speaker Tim Swanson (right) delivers secret orders to three “Private Swansons,” (from left) Brennan Anderson, McKenzie Swanson and Seth Hartenek at the St. John’s Lutheran School Veterans Day Celebration on Nov. 11. Swanson recruited each of four privates (one is not pictured) through...
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