Junk Crush

Letter: Junkers come to enjoy Lake City

Sep 14, 2016

To the editor: The Lake City Chamber of Commerce is grateful to the many businesses that welcomed several thousand people to Washington and Center Streets for Junk Crush last weekend.Just a few examples include Papa Tronnio’s, who invited customers with a sandwich board sign, “Welcome Junkers! Come...

Barndoggler to appear at Junk Crush

Sep 8, 2016

Mike Burke has made a career of his belief that young people should have a chance to learn about their parents’ and grandparents’ past. He will bring his passion to the second annual Junk Crush in downtown Lake City Saturday and Sunday. Burke and his Barndogglers crew will conduct demonstrations...

Friends book sale part of Junk Crush weekend

Sep 7, 2016

The Friends of the Lake City Public Library will hold its annual Fall Used Book Sale during the 2016 Junk Crush. The sale will begin on Friday, Sept. 9 at the American Legion on South Washington Street in Lake City. Hours will be Friday, Sept. 9, 9a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 10, 9 a.m. to 4...

Junk Crush II: New wine and old barn wood

Sep 1, 2016

Bigger and better than ever before? They always are. But this year’s Junk Crush in downtown Lake City has every chance of matching that hope. The second annual early autumn festival will be held Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 10 and 11 in downtown Lake City. The event combines the trendy interest in...

Lake junk sought for exhibit

Aug 17, 2016

Local organizers are finding a special place for junk dragged out of Lake Pepin. The junk will be on display during the city’s second annual Junk Crush Sept. 10-11. The display of lake junk will be at the vacant store front adjacent to Meincke-Schurhammer Real Estate on Lakeshore Drive. The display...

Heavy Lifting: 2,500 go to first Junk Crush to look, buy, enjoy

Sep 17, 2015

Some of the people who took in Lake City’s first Junk Crush Saturday and Sunday had some work to do when they left. They had to haul their newly discovered treasures, including old doors and storm windows, at least one cradle, a bedroom dresser and other furniture back to a vehicle to haul them...

The Old Curmudgeon - 9-17-15

Sep 17, 2015

The times, they are a-changin’! When a young urban housewife looks at a decades-old stainless steel milker bucket and envisions it as a base for a floor lamp, she sees its’ unique possibility. When an old farmer looks at the same object, the memory of just how heavy that puppy was when filled to...

Not all the stuff at Junk Crush will be junk

Sep 10, 2015

Andrea Chapman is moving her office out into the street for a couple of days this weekend. She’ll be moving into her vintage 1964 Airstream Caravel camper which will be parked in the middle of this weekend’s Junk Crush. Junk Crush, a new event this year, will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday...

Junk Crush to promote area wineries' variety

Sep 3, 2015

Wine from five area wineries will be featured at the wine tent at the first Junk Crush festival Sept. 12-13, including one very local wine. The wine tent, on Center Street in downtown Lake City, will be open throughout the run of the Junk Crush. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday,...

Junk Market guru shows people how to remake their surroundings

Aug 27, 2015

Sue Whitney doesn’t decorate people’s living environments for them; she shows them how to do it. And her odd mix of creativity and practicality has made her a guru in the current junk market craze. Through magazine columns, two books, her Junk Market Style website and classes and seminars, Whitney...