autumn
Key Club offers leaf-raking assistance
Oct 30, 2024
On Nov. 4, the Key Club chapter at Lincoln High School will be offering assistance raking leaves around town. “If you are physically unable to handle your yard or need help gathering leaves, please contact us. We’re here to help!” the group said on a flier promoting the event. To sign up, people...
Summer’s last splash?
Aug 28, 2024
A heatwave and a gathering of jet-ski aficionados at Hok-Si-La Park over the weekend were giving summer vibes, but signs of summer giving way to autumn have already begun to appear.
TC Jet Pilots is a group of personal watercraft riders from Minnesota and surrounding states.
For several years the...
Fall color here, not yet at peak
Oct 12, 2022
The City of Lake City’s vacuum truck made the rounds for the first time this season Monday, picking up fallen leaves that had been placed in the gutter. Local photographer Ben Threinen submitted this aerial photo showing how autumn colors are developing around the area. According to the Minnesota...
Fall colors nearing peak
Oct 27, 2021
Steve Brown submitted this aerial view showing fall colors in the area. According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, fall color along the Mississippi River in Goodhue and Wabasha counties was between 75 and 100 percent of peak on Oct. 26. Most of the state is past peak. The...
Marina’s winter storage process underway
Sep 22, 2021
A Lake City Marina truck pushes the sailboat “Persephone” toward Marina Point on Tuesday, Sept. 21. Hundreds of boats that populate the marina docks will come out of the water in the coming weeks. Many will be stored on-site. Persephone is a fitting name for a vessel that spends a season in disuse...
Snow? On a pumpkin? That’s Minnesota for ya!
Oct 21, 2020
Only in Minnesota. An October snowfall dropped inches of snow on fall and Halloween decor around the area Tuesday. For some it called to mind the Halloween blizzard of 1991. For others it was just too early for this kind of thing.
-Photo by Jim Schuchard
Fall clean-ups that keep rivers cleans as well
Oct 21, 2020
Fall is a time when we spend a lot of time cleaning up our yards, raking up leaves, washing the car, and getting ready for winter. As you do these things, there are lots of ways you can help keep rivers cleaner as well.
When I think of fall, one of the first things I think about are leaves. The...
Marina removing hundreds of boats from Lake Pepin as season closes
Oct 21, 2020
The Lake City Marina parking lots are filling up with boats pulled from the water and put there for storage over the winter months.
As of Oct. 16, Marina Administrator Jeff Brand said his crew was a little over half way through the task of pulling around 280 boats, of which the marina will store...
Clear skies, fall colors, cam views
Oct 14, 2020
Local photographers took advantage of the great fall weather on Saturday to capture the fall foliage at or near its peak.
Ben Threinen and Steve Brown both submitted photos they took that day.
Traffic through the area was heavy that day as people flocked to the river valley to take in the colorful...
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