Lake City 150th Celebration
Quilt show organizers outdid themselves with Lake City 150th Celebration event
May 4, 2022
The Lake City 150th Celebration Committee has been successful in reaching out to community groups, businesses, churches, and individuals to help in making 2022 a year to remember. The Easter Egg hunt was a hopping success with children cleaning the band field in a matter of minutes!
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St. John’s School shows 150 hearts for April
Apr 27, 2022
The Lake City 150th Celebration Committee thanks St. John’s Lutheran School for its latest “Show Us Your 150” celebration. “Show Us Your 150” is a year long challenge with the grand prize of $150 being awarded at the final event in December of 2022. There will be five prizes given and there is no...
Local history is very much alive
Apr 27, 2022
The Lake City sesquicentennial year was highlighted through the efforts of St. John’s Lutheran School Living History event.
This year’s focus was on notable early settlers in Lake City. The 150th committee and Lake City Historical Society assisted with information from which students could select...
Students bring local history to life
Apr 27, 2022
An estimated 200 people attended the Living History Wax Museum event put on by St. John’s Lutheran School and Roots to Wings Learning Center on April 22.
The event is an annual tradition at the school, but since Lake City is celebrating its sesquicentennial this year, this year’s wax museum...
150-plus quilts to celebrate 150 years
Apr 27, 2022
Hundreds attended Saturday’s quilt show at St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church, according to organizers.
Some came from as far away as St. Cloud and Iowa to view the 153 quilts on display, “including heirloom quilts from the late 1800s thru the 1900s, many of which were pieced and quilted by...
Egg hunt delighted children of all ages
Apr 20, 2022
The saying “there is a child remaining in all grown adults” was evident this past Saturday at the Easter egg event sponsored by The Three Little Men store and the 150th Celebration committee.
The event was open to ages one through 10 years. Adults came, holding younger children’s hands who were...
Spring luncheon and quilt show is Saturday
Apr 20, 2022
On Saturday, April 23, a spring luncheon and quilt show will take place at St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church, 419 W. Lyon Ave., Lake City.
From 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., coffee and coffee cake will be served. Cost is $5 per person.
Lunch will be served between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Old fashioned chicken...
Jewelry store shows its ‘150’ with wave of mother of pearl buttons
Apr 6, 2022
Swan Jewelers of Lake City submitted this entry in the “Show Us Your 150” challenge. It’s a double wave created from 150 mother of pearl buttons. “These buttons are cut from the shells of mussels that reside in the Mississippi River. They could have been crafted in one of the two button factories...
Bendickson shows her ‘150’ with grandma’s buttons
Mar 30, 2022
Sandy Bendickson of Lake City used 150 of her grandma’s buttons to make the shape of a sailboat and placed them on a picture of Lake Pepin. The “Show Us Your 150” incentive is a year long challenge with the grand prize of $150 being awarded at the final event in December of 2022. There will be five...
St. John’s shows their ‘150’ with crosses
Mar 23, 2022
St. John’s Church and School has entered the “Show us Your 150” contest with 150 crosses for Lent. St. John’s Church tells us their “Evangelism Team is behind this endeavor and has involved members and the children in the school to work with us. It wasn’t hard to think of ideas as your committee...
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