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Suchy concert is Nov. 14 in Oak Center

Nov 12, 2015

Great Plains farmer and folk musician Chuck Suchy (pronounced “soo-key”) will perform at the Oak Center General Store’s Folk Forum Saturday, Nov. 14, at 8 p.m. Suchy has performed on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion radio show and has earned praise from folk music luminaries Rod Kennedy...

Lincoln High School's 'Mary Poppins' is Nov. 13-15

Nov 12, 2015

Rehearsals for this year’s Lincoln High School all-school play, “Mary Poppins,” have taken on a sense of urgency as students and directors try to make the musical as “practically perfect” as its title character ahead of its first public performance Friday night. “Mary Poppins” is the story of a...

Several groups plan events to honor vets as Veterans Day approaches

Nov 5, 2015

Military veterans will be honored in a variety of ways by a variety of organizations around Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11. A Gold Star Family presentation will be made at The Bluffs of Lake City assisted care facility Wednesday to Robert and Lori Hebert. The Heberts’ son, Tony, was killed in...

Coming to Oak Center Nov. 7, The High 48s

Nov 5, 2015

Bluegrass band The High 48s will make their Oak Center General Store Folk Forum debut with an 8 p.m. performance on Saturday, Nov. 7. The band takes their name from railroad slang for the boxcars originally used to transport troops on the front lines in WWI that could carry 40 soldiers or eight...

Several to offer special treats for Halloween

Oct 29, 2015

New residents of the recently opened Bluffs of Lake City assisted care facility are putting out the welcome mat Saturday evening. The facility is inviting young trick-or-treaters to stop by the facility on North Oak Street between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. as they make their Halloween rounds. The facility...

Jazz trio to perform at Railhouse Grill Oct. 31

Oct 29, 2015

Jazz saxophonist John Paulson and his trio return to The Railhouse Grill on Saturday, Oct. 31, for a 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. performance. Paulson was a full-time music professor at St. Mary’s University in Winona for 31 years before retiring in 2012. He’s recorded six commercial albums. His latest is the...

Meyer, Kipper to play in Oak Center on Halloween

Oct 28, 2015

Rockabilly balladeer Barbara Meyer, long-time collaborator Stan Kipper and their band will perform at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31 for what her website promises will be a “spooky, spell-casting Hallowe’en party” at the Oak Center General Store. Meyer and Kipper are former members of the Minneapolis...

Halloween Bash to support Lake Pepin Interpretive Centre

Oct 22, 2015

The proposed new Lake Pepin Interpretive Centre will be the richer for some Halloween fun being planned for Friday, Oct. 30. A Halloween bash will be held from 7 p.m. to midnight that night at the Lake City Sportsman’s Club. Money raised from the event will go to the interpretive center. The event...

Sarah Morris at Folk Forum Oct. 24