Books

Author Dean Urdahl speaks to Rotary Club

Jun 29, 2022

The guest speaker Monday, June 13, at Lake City Rotary Club meeting was Dean Urdahl. He is a Minnesota State Representative, retired teacher and now writer and soon to be film creator. He came to talk about a Historical Fiction book that he has written, that is soon to become a motion picture. The...

Lake City author publishes new book, ‘Mountain Dreams’

Feb 2, 2022

Lake City author Steve Gardiner has just released his seventh book called “Mountain Dreams: The Drive to Explore, Experience, and Expand.” He will be visiting Fair Trade Books in Red Wing on Saturday, Feb. 5 from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. to sign books and talk with readers. For Gardiner, the years...

Former area pastor publishes book

Jan 26, 2022

A former area pastor has written a book about his great grandmother’s journey from Germany to Minnesota. Rev. Stephen Kurtzahn, who retired from St. John’s Lutheran Church in Frontenac and Immanuel Lutheran Church in West Florence in 2018, recently published his book, “No Enduring City: A Story of...

Great Pandemic Cookbook submission form is now online

Jul 29, 2020

The Lake City Rotary Club is looking for submissions for its “first and only” pandemic-themed humor and cookbook. “The Great Pepin Pandemic Cookbook” is planned for release this fall, and the club is looking for hundreds of local recipes, jokes, quotes, and short stories on how to survive a...

Joy in a challenging journey

Jul 8, 2020

The phone rang late at night. When Dick Eick answered, he heard his daughter Alyson’s voice. She said, “Dad, I have to tell you - I’m a lesbian.” Dick paused, then said, “You are our daughter and always will be our daughter. No matter whether you are gay or straight, we want you to have a loving...

Big friends inspire story for little ones

Nov 21, 2018

Some time ago during a sermon, First Lutheran Church Pastor Tim Ehling shared the story of an elderly man who befriended a child. “The little boy asked the man: ‘Will you be my big friend?’” Laura Fitterer said. The story inspired Fitterer’s five children. “They just ran with it,” she said. “They...

Capacity crowd gathers to hear history author

Apr 26, 2018

About 100 people listen as Lorry Wendland (far right) tells the story behind the stories of the 19th century pioneers in her new books “19th Century Frontenac, Minnesota - The Rest of the Story,” and “Genealogy of a Village - 19th Century Frontenac, Minnesota.” Wendland’s presentation was the...

History teacher: New book offers definitive history of Old Frontenac

Apr 11, 2018

“19th Century Frontenac, Minnesota - the Rest of the Story,” is an epic undertaking by Lorry Wendland that is a minutely detailed history of the quaint river town of Old Frontenac, the small historic village that nestles along the Mississippi River about 70 miles south of St. Paul. This history is...

Library to host author Shawn Otto

Feb 21, 2018

Author Shawn Otto will share his new book “The War on Science” at the Lake City Public Library on Wednesday, March 7, at 6 p.m. Otto is an award-winning science advocate, writer, teacher and speaker. He is the producer of the first U.S. Presidential Science Debates, for which he received the IEEE-...

Local authors to appear at Lake City Area Arts

Nov 22, 2017

Lake City Area Arts is hosting “Author! Author!,” a book signing and sale event on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Authors appearing include: Peter James, author of “The Minister’s Cat”; John Weiss, author of “Back Roads”; Larry Nielson, author of “Pursuing Awe”; Katy Jo Turner, author of...