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Vintage snowmobile show gets old sleds, young riders
Mar 2, 2016
Brandon Herzig’s 1971 Polaris TX won the Lisa Heitman Memorial Award Saturday, Feb. 27, at the 6th annual vintage snowmobile show and ride at Mt. Frontenac Golf Club.
The show was conducted by Mt. Frontenac and the Wells Creek Riders Snowmobile Club.
Jason Johnson won the President’s Choice trophy...
Goodhue County History Center to hold suffrage program March 5
Mar 2, 2016
The Goodhue County History Center will commemorate Women’s History Month with Free Family Fun Day, “Mama Went to Jail for the Vote.”
The special day will be held at the history center on Saturday, March 5.
People can visit the center to learn about the suffragists who fought to have women’s right...
Fiddlers perform at Lake City Public Library
Mar 2, 2016
A trio of Scandinavian fiddlers called The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc performed at the Lake City Public Library Feb. 29. The group is in southeastern Minnesota as part of the Riverside Concert Series’ Artists in Residence Program. They’ll perform Saturday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m. at the Mayo Civic Center...
Folk duo Curtis and Loretta to bring songs of resiliency to Folk Forum March 5
Mar 2, 2016
Curtis and Loretta’s Saturday, March 5, performance at the Oak Center General Store’s Folk Forum will feature many songs from the duo’s new album “When there’s Good to be done.” “All 12 songs are ones I wrote about real-life people who have overcome great challenges in their lives,” Loretta Simonet...
Harriet Beecher Stowe biographer to speak at Lake City Public Library March 5
Mar 2, 2016
A speaker series to commemorate the re-opening of the Lake City Public Library in its newly renovated home continues Saturday, March 5 at 10:30 a.m. with an appearance by author and speaker Nancy Koester, Ph.D. As an author and professor, Koester specializes in the history of religion in America....
Kiwanis club hosts February students of the month
Mar 2, 2016
Emily Albright (left) and Ben Gardner are the Lake City Kiwanis Club Students of the Month for February. Their nominations came from the Lincoln High School social studies department.
Legion members celebrate 50, 70 years
Mar 2, 2016
Lake City American Legion Commander Emery Fick (left) recently presented members Merlyn Kohrs (center) and Don Ludwig (right) with certificates honoring their long-time membership in the Legion. Ludwig, a World War II veteran, has been a member for 70 years and is a past commander of the Lake City...
Ed foundation received People's Energy Co-Op grant
Mar 2, 2016
The Lake City Education Foundation (LCEF) received a $1,161 grant from the People’s Energy Co-Op Operation Round-Up (ORU) Trust Board. LCEF Board Member Chris Matzke accepted the grant at a reception for all recipients held Thursday, Feb. 4 at the People’s Energy Cooperative office in Oronoco. From...
Girl scouts tour nuclear power plant training center
Mar 2, 2016
Three members of the Lake City Junior Girl Scout Troop spent an afternoon at the Xcel Energy Prairie Island Power Plant. At the Xcel Energy’s nuclear power plant training center they got to meet women with careers in math and science and learn about nuclear science and technology through fun, hands...
Insurance agent Karen Collins attends farm academy
Mar 2, 2016
Karen Collins of Lakeshore Agency in Lake City participated in Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company’s annual Farm Academy on Feb. 16–19 to learn more about farm insurance coverages, services, and Grinnell Mutual’s operations in Grinnell, Iowa.
Academy participants also toured a local farm...
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