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Ter Borch was just 17 when he left for the war
Jul 16, 2015
Editor’s note: A series of articles about Lake City residents’ memories of their lives on the home front during World War II continues below. The articles were created by the Friends of the Lake City Library in conjunction with this year’s Lake City Reads selection, “The All-Girl Filling Station...
Local company, state join forces to cut emissions
Jul 16, 2015
A Lake City company is the largest recipient of the first round of Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) grants for small businesses meant to improve air quality locally and statewide.
Last year Valley Craft Industries applied for and received $100,000 in grants toward a $150,000 project to...
New center in Lake City aims to strengthen Minnesota's mussels
Jul 16, 2015
One of the upper Midwest’s only freshwater mussel propagation facilities operates unassumingly in a building at the end of a dead-end road on Lake City’s north side.
The Center for Aquatic Mollusks Program is home base for malacologist Mike Davis and a handful of other Minnesota Department of...
'Abuse' has Wabasha County board reconsidering recycling program
Jul 16, 2015
It has been said – “A picture is worth a thousand words.” This was the general feeling at the Wabasha County Board meeting on July 7 as the commissioners saw pictures of some county recycling sheds. The board has given themselves until the July 28 meeting to do something about the public’s abuse of...
GOP to talk Trump
Jul 16, 2015
Wabasha County Republicans will meet at Town and Country Café in Kellogg, on Monday, July 26, at 7 p.m..“Please plan to patronize this fine establishment in true Republican fashion,” secretary Roberta Kurth said. “Come and be part of the positive buzz that is exciting Republicans across the nation...
19th 'Sail for Leukemia' July 25-26
Jul 16, 2015
On Saturday, July 25 and Sunday, July 26, the Lake City Yacht Club will be sponsoring the 19th annual “Go Sailing for Leukemia” fund-raiser. The Yacht Club covers all expenses for the charity event so that 100 percent of the money raised goes to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America to...
New center looks for a new logo
Jul 16, 2015
The Lake Pepin Interpretive Centre (LPIC) committee is having a logo idea contest with prizes valued at over $500.The LPIC is being planned for the old Conoco station site, across from Fiesta Foods on Lakeshore Drive. The center will be a visual and interactive destination for people interested in...
RR crossings to be closed temporarily
Jul 16, 2015
Canadian Pacific Rail is planning to perform work in Lake City requiring road closures for the following locations and dates:• 332nd Street rail crossing, near Triple R Sales, beginning the week of July 20.• Grant St. (Goodhue County Rd. 5) rail crossing the week of July 27.• Lakewood Ave. (Wabasha...
High School bands' spring Pops Concert is Thursday
Apr 30, 2015
The Lake City High School concert bands will present their annual Pops Concert on Thursday May 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Lincoln Auditorium.Featured groups will include the Junior, Cadet, and Senior Bands. The music selection will include features from disco dance music, modern pop legends, and movie...
Artist finds ideas, space in the country
Feb 6, 2015
Kjellgren Alkire says his rural Lake City environment and community are two of the main inspirations for his art exhibit, “Long Haul,” on display through Feb. 22 at the Rochester Art Center.
“I am really interested in language and agriculture and its subcultures,” he said.
The exhibit is a mix of...
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