Hok-Si-La Park

Hok-Si-La Forest Bathing session is Oct. 3

Sep 23, 2026

Susan Draves, Certified Forest Therapy Guide, will conduct a Forest and Soul Fall Forest Bathing Session on Saturday, Oct. 3 at 10:30 a.m. at Hok-Si-La Park in Lake City. “Forest Therapy, or Forest Bathing, is a gentle, guided practice of slowing down, awakening the senses, and reconnecting with...

Building and sailing a boat to fend off burnout, develop resilience

Sep 2, 2026

As Richard Stubbs of Medford, Ore., was beginning his career as a child and adolescent trauma therapist, a supervisor warned him that most therapists burn out in the field “because children’s work is so hard.” “I’m 10 years into it, and I can tell she’s right,” Stubbs said. So he decided to build...

Personal watercraft riders flocked to Hok-Si-La for 20th annual Sortie

Sep 2, 2026

The TC Jet Pilots personal watercraft freeriders club marked 20 years of holding its annual Sortie at Lake City’s Hok-Si-La Park last weekend. “It’s honestly hard to put into words what this weekend means to us,” member Blake Rudnik wrote in a Facebook post following the event. “What started 20...

TC Jet Pilots Sortie celebrates 20 years at Hok-Si-La this weekend

Aug 26, 2026

The TC Jet Pilots—a Twin Cities-based group of jet ski enthusiasts—are returning to Lake City for the 20th annual Sortie, running Thursday, Aug. 27 through Sunday, Aug. 30 at Hok-Si-La Park. As Minnesota’s official American Watercraft Association (AWA) chapter, the group expects more than 100...

Trees planted at Hok-Si-La to mark Arbor Day

Jun 3, 2026

The City of Lake City held an Arbor Day Tree Planting Event Saturday, May 30 at Hok-Si-La Park. Those in attendance were able to learn about the city’s tree planting efforts, hear from the city’s tree commission, learn the steps for planting a tree, get hands-on experience planting a few trees at...

Peters Memorial Fund purchases life jackets for beachgoers to borrow

May 27, 2026

Following a successful pilot program providing ice skates and safety equipment for users of the Lake City skating rink to borrow, the Peters Memorial Fund hopes to help people enjoy unfrozen water safely as well. The fund has donated dozens of life jackets—sizes are infant to adult—that will be...

New friends group joins old friends for Hok-Si-La cleanup

Apr 29, 2026

Volunteers from the Lake City Lions Club, Kiwanis, and a new organization in town, Friends of Hok-Si-La (FOH), held a cleanup day at Hok-Si-La City Park this last Thursday, April 23. Many pieces of trash— consisting of cans, bottles, plastic items, paper items, and other miscellaneous junk such...

Banks Heating and Air Conditioning donates furnace, air conditioner for Hok-Si-La Park

Nov 12, 2025

Banks Heating and Air Conditioning in Lake City has donated and installed heating and air conditioning for the park manager residence at Hok-Si-La Park. Banks Heating and Air Conditioning owners Rodney and Heather Banks said their “family has enjoyed Hok-Si-La so much over the years, when it...

TC Jet Pilots show up (and off) at Hok-Si-La Park

Aug 27, 2025

Members of the TC Jet Pilots personal watercraft club came from Minnesota and surrounding states to the club’s annual sortie at Hok-Si-La Park last weekend. The club welcomes members of all experience levels, according to its website. Above, an expert rider executes a flip on a personal watercraft...

Family donates beach toy box to Hok-Si-La

Aug 13, 2025

A family’s donation to Hok-Si-La Park aims to make trips to the beach for families with young children a little more stress-free. “I have four young kids and we live in Lake City. I thought it’s always a hassle to remember all the other things when you are going to the beach—towels, swim diapers,...