Community

Torch: Local Restaurants

Dec 15, 2016
The Railhouse Grill and Port 104 are two well-known bar and grill restaurants among Lake City residents and many people in the surrounding areas. Both places are perfect spots to eat a delicious meal and enjoy the company of others. “Both restaurants have many options for fun, the Railhouse Grill...

Torch: Secondary and post-secondary

Dec 15, 2016
If you got to chose to stay in high school or go to post-secondary, which would you chose? Anna Burdis and Grant Gilman, both seniors at Lincoln High School, would answer this question very differently. The difference between post-secondary and secondary is that with post, the student would go to...

Bluff View teachers honor long-time volunteers

Dec 15, 2016
Dick McGee made a difficult decision this year to retire from volunteering at Bluff View Elementary School. McGee, 77, started volunteering at the school in 2002 as a way to stay involved after volunteering as a tennis coach became too much physically. What started as an hour every Friday morning...

Longtime diner memorializes Frontenac Cafe in children's book

Dec 15, 2016
A hungry and lazy barred owl named Howie flies through the forest at dawn looking for someone to fix him breakfast. “Who Cooks for You?,” he asks deer, turkeys and everyone else he meets in his failed search. That is, until he meets a little girl who tells him that the Whistle Stop Cafe cooks for...

Chamber week 1 winner

Dec 14, 2016
Kim Wood of Lake City was the week one Holiday Coupon Book drawing winner for $25 in Chamber Bucks in the Chamber of Commerce annual Christmas shopping promotion.  The final drawing takes place Monday, Dec. 19.

Painters show off their skills

Dec 14, 2016
A painting class offered through the Community Education office in Lake City was held Dec. 5 at Bluff View.  The kids put their skills to the test as they created four mini canvas Christmas themed paintings, including reindeer, Santa, snowman and an ornament.  Pictured above, lying in front, Evelyn...

Over 50 Lincoln choir students participate in “Clouds” event at MOA

Dec 14, 2016
Last Friday, 54 concert choir students participated in the fourth annual “Clouds Choir for a Cause” at the Mall of America (MOA).  Over 5,000 people from around the state registered for the event benefitting Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare and the Children’s Cancer Research Fund.  The...

St. John’s school students place in VFW Auxiliary contests

Dec 14, 2016
Students of St. John’s Lutheran School recently participated in four patriotic contests sponsored by the Lake City VFW Auxiliary 8729.  The kindergarten class colored a patriotic picture.  First place, Claire Gnotke, $5; second place, Ainsley Hadler, $3.  Students in first and second grade painted...

St. Mary's Christmas cantata is Dec. 22

Dec 14, 2016
The St Mary’s choir invites the public to their Christmas cantata “And This Shall Be a Sign” - A Christmas celebration of the Messiah as seen through the signs and promises of the Old Testament, plus “A Christmas in Heaven” remembrance, Thursday, Dec. 22 at 7 p.m. at St Mary’s Catholic Church in...

Quilters at St. Mary's make over 100 quilts for others in need

Dec 14, 2016
Members of the Mission Sewing Group at St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church are donating quilts to the Kiwanis Club Christmas Toy Project.  Quilts have also been given to Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office, Wabasha County Women in Need, Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office, The Children’s Crisis Center in...

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