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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...

Painted turtles on a log

Apr 30, 2020

Seven painted turtles sun themselves on a log south of the Lake City Sportsman’s Club. -Photo by Ben Threinen

Pelicans visit area in droves on their spring migration

Apr 23, 2020

Just a few of the hundreds of pelicans on Frontenac Pond Sunday, according to Ben Threinen, who took this photo. He went back Monday and found only six were left. 

Eagle spreads its wings

Mar 19, 2020

Photographer Ben Threinen submitted this photo of a bald eagle in mid-flight. The bird appears to be looking back in the direction from which the photo was taken.

Watching a royal procession on Lake Pepin

Aug 14, 2019

Lake City photographer Ben Threinen captured this image of people gathering on Marina Point to watch the American Queen and American Duchess riverboats pass by on their journey south on Monday, Aug. 12, at about 7:30 p.m.

Sales bring family and friends together

May 8, 2019

Another 100-mile Garage Sale weekend has come and gone, and maybe, just maybe, what you bought and sold didn’t mean as much as who you bought and sold with. At right, Georgia Donohue gets an assist from her grandmother, Lola Threinen, in order to examine a pair of Raggedy Anne and Andy dolls. Below...

Skeeters in wintertime

Jan 17, 2019

Scenes from ice boat races held over the weekend on Lake Pepin. Ice boats will return to the lake on Friday for the Northwest Regatta. It will be the third consecutive weekend.

Labor Day royalty

Sep 5, 2018

A monarch perches on a flower on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 3. Photographer Ben Threinen said he couldn’t remember seeing so many on a single day.

Recent history comes alive at Bluff View

May 31, 2018

The Republican and Democratic nominees for president in 2016 were among the historical figures displayed and portrayed at the Bluff View Elementary School living history museum. Ada Alkire played the role of former first lady, senator, and secretary of state Hillary Clinton. Fifth grader Cameron...

Powerful natural forces put on a show

Jan 10, 2018

Lake City photographer Ben Threinen captured this image of an ice break stretching off into the distance over Lake Pepin. He said it’s been years since he’s seen this phonomenon on Lake Pepin.