100 Mile Garage Sale

Come sale away

May 11, 2022

Local photographer Ben Thrienen provided views from way up high and down low of the 100 Mile Garage sale that included Lake City last weekend. Above is an aerial photo of the large sale at Smitty’s Campground on the north end of town. Below, a man in a cowbow hat walks up to a driveway sale...

It’s here again: 100 Mile Garage Sale weekend

May 4, 2022

Bargain hunters descend on the area as local sales abound to cater to them today (Thursday) through Sunday for the 100 Mile Garage Sale. Mississippi Valley Partners sponsors the annual event featuring garage sales from Hastings to Winona along both sides of the Mississippi River. This week’s Lake...

Playground project moving along thanks to community

Sep 30, 2020

St John’s Lutheran School garage sale committee held their annual sale on September 10-12 despite the “100 Mile Garage Sale” being cancelled. We want to thank everyone who volunteered their time and talents to make this event successful. We would like to thank everyone who donated items to our...

Warm, sunny weather greet garage salers

May 9, 2018

Garage sale shoppers browse the many tables of merchandise at a garage sale on the corner of Monroe Street and High Street Friday, May 4. Dozens of garage sales around Lake City joined scores more participating in the 100 Mile Garage Sale.-Photo by Ben Threinen

A few items left over after garage sale

May 11, 2016

Turns out you can sell just about anything, or try, in a yard sale. Andy Christian had a 27-foot sale boat for $1,500 and a smaller motorboat for $600 in front of the house next to the Sunset Motel, which he operates with his wife. Jean Furchner of Lake City sold her handmade pottery and other...

FFA plants are hot items

May 11, 2016

Pickings were getting a little thin as two customers looked over starter plants at the Lake City FFA plant sale in the greenhouse behind the tennis courts at Lincoln High School Saturday morning. The FFA chapter had a busy first two days of the sale, advisor Nicole Beucler said, thinning the...

Garage sale week(end) is here

May 4, 2016

The annual 100-mile Garage Sale begins today (Thursday) and runs through Sunday. There are 65 private garage sales advertised in this week’s Lake City Shopper and online at http://www.lakecitygraphic.com/shopper-5-3-16. Garage sales are held in communities on both sides of Lake Pepin from Red Wing...