Aug 27, 2015
The parking lot at Bethany Lutheran Church was packed with picnickers Saturday evening during the church’s annual community hog roast on Saturday, Aug. 22 (Photo 1). Community members were served a full dinner of roast pork sandwiches, corn on the cob, cole slaw, ice cream and all the fixings. In...
Aug 27, 2015
Larry Nielsen, captain of the Pearl of the Lake excursion boat, shows a Kate Halverson painting entitled Pepie’s Playground, recently completed and installed in The Willows entrance. “I remember when we first moved to Lake City, someone told me all the reasons people flock to Lake Pepin. The South...
Aug 27, 2015
Max Hatton, a physician from Brisbane, Australia, is spending his month of holiday this summer riding a bicycle across the U.S., from Oregon to possibly Washington, D.C. His final plans are still open. Hatton completed day 19 of his 32 day ride at Hok-Si-La Park where he and his one-person support...
Aug 27, 2015
The Lake City Girl Scouts have been busy this summer. The fourth and fifth grade troop went to Valleyfair as a celebration for reaching their cookie selling goal. One night they had an softball event and had fun playing each other and getting their troop leader out. Anyone interested in being a...
Aug 26, 2015
The Friends of the Lake City Public Library will be hosting their annual fall used book sale during the Junk Crush Sept. 11-13. The location of the book sale will be at the American Legion on Washington Street.Sale hours Friday, Sept. 11 will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 12, from 9 a....
Aug 26, 2015
A group of local Lions Club members attended the Puppy Days program at the Fort Dodge, Iowa Correctional Facility on Sunday Aug. 23. The puppy training program at the facility trains puppies for the Leader Dog For the Blind Program in Rochester Hills, Mich. The puppies enter the program at about...
Aug 26, 2015
A group of Local Lake City Lions served a dinner at the Ronald McDonald House in Rochester on Wednesday, Aug. 12. The house is a home away from home for families who have a child or children having medical treatments at the Mayo Clinic. The housing is provided at low or no cost to the families. The...
Aug 26, 2015
Tricia Berg of Lake City has become the ninth recipient of the Woman’s Club of Lake City continuing education scholarship. The $1,000 award is given each year to a deserving woman from Lake City who is pursuing post-secondary studies. Berg is attending Minnesota State College - Southeast...
Aug 26, 2015
The Lincoln High School class of 1955 celebrated their 60th class reunion Saturday, Aug. 22 at the Lake City Golf Club. Front row, from left (seated): Harold Yotter, Marvin Blattner, Nancy (Hunecke) Freeman, Gene Schumann, Philip Schasker, Nancy (Meincke) Powers, Audrey (Wise) Sass, Barbara (...
Aug 21, 2015
Lee Schultz captured this image of a double rainbow over Lake Pepin on Wednesday, Aug. 20, from the Villas on Pepin. In the background are the bluffs south of Stockholm, Wis. To submit an interesting photo taken in or around Lake City, Frontenac or Zumbro Falls, email graphic@rconnect.com.