Hok-Si-La Park

Service clubs clean Hok-Si-La dining hall

May 3, 2018

Hok-Si-La Park opened for the season April 27. To help it prepare for the first wedding of the season on May 5, members of the Lake City Kiwanis Club and the Lake City Lions Club cleaned the dining room. Pictured, from left, are: Mike Bross, Grant Cooper, Dick Betcher, Bill Otto, Dave Dueholm, Greg...

More indoors coming to one of city's prime outdoor attractions

Mar 28, 2018

Hok-Si-La Park in Lake City will begin the 2018 camping season with twice as many sleeper cabins. The first three cabins, completed in 2016 and funded with help from the Casey T. O’Neil Foundation, were a hit, Park Manager Joanne Klees said. Climate controlled and wheelchair accessible, the 16-...

Rotary listens to Hok-Si-La update

Feb 7, 2018

Hok-Si-La Park manager Joanne Klees was the guest speaker at the Lake City Rotary Club’s Feb. 5 meeting. She said she was very impressed and proud of the Night of the 1000 Lights that took place at the park on Winter Fest. She recently met with the Lake City City Council and they were asking...

Winter Fest is coming

Jan 31, 2018

Ron Hooge calls himself the choir director of Winter Fest. His job? “Keep everyone on the same page, hopefully.” The curtain comes up on the fourth annual Lake City Winter Fest on Friday, Feb. 2 with Team Trivia at Port 104 as the opening number. Saturday is full of events indoor and out. Hooge...

Council to look at Hok-Si-La, Cemstone and bonding

Jan 24, 2018

A Lake City City Council special meeting scheduled for Jan. 22 has been postponed until 5 p.m., Jan. 29. The meeting is intended to provide updates on some ongoing projects at the city. On the agenda is a 30 minute update on Hok-Si-La Park. At its Jan. 8 meeting, the council approved a $27,000...

Mayor: First year a 'joy,' with lots to look forward to in 2018

Jan 3, 2018

A fresh New Year allows us a perfect time for reflection and the establishment of goals and objectives. When I look back upon 2017, I think about our community’s municipal accomplishments but more importantly during this contemplation it becomes clear that our successes are the result of talented...

Hok-Si-La bypass lane approved

Nov 29, 2017

One Hok-Si-La Park entrance from Highway 61 will get a bypass lane when that stretch of highway is resurfaced in 2019. The other will not. Lake City City Councilmembers voted 4-2 to fund a bypass lane for the park’s main entrance. The cost is estimated to be about $45,000. A vote on a motion to...

Hok-si-la sleeper cabins under construction

Nov 22, 2017

A Glander Excavating excavator sits idle near the foundations of two of the three new sleeper cabins under construction at Hok-si-la Park in Lake City. Expected to be completed by May of next year, the Americans with Disabilities Act-accessible cabins will join three completed in 2016 thanks to a...

Beach cleaner makes beach cleaner

Oct 5, 2017

A tractor pulls the City of Lake City’s new beach cleaner along the beach at Hok-Si-La Park in this photo posted to the park’s Facebook page. Paid for by the marina and the city public works department, the equipment will be used at both the park and the marina beach near Ohuta Park to sift rocks...

Hok-Si-La master planning moves forward

Aug 17, 2017

The City Council could approve hiring a consultant for its Hok-Si-La master planning process at its October meeting. On Monday, City Planning and Community Development Director Megan Smith updated the council on the planning process. A master plan for the park would allow it to seek regional park...