Lake City 150th Celebration

Beards judged

Mar 9, 2022
Sixteen men entered the Brothers of the Brush beard contest, an event that has become a tradition every 50 years in Lake City. Judging in the 2022 contest - held in conjunction with the Lake City 150th Celebration - took place Saturday, March 5, at Port 104 in Lake City. Musician Tom Pavlowich...

Happy 150th birthday Lake City

Mar 2, 2022
An Incorporation Day event took place Saturday, Feb. 26 to mark the city’s 150th anniversary. The event was mostly at Lincoln High School but it reverberated throughout town thanks to the bells that rang out at churches and elsewhere to mark the occasion. Don Schwartz kicked off the festivities by...

Klobuchar sends congratulations, regrets

Mar 2, 2022
Editor’s note: A member of the Lake City 150th Celebration Committee asked us to share this letter addressed to Lake City Mayor Mark Nichols from U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar regarding the city’s sesquicentennial.   Dear Friends: Thank you for the invitation to join you in celebrating Lake City’s 150th...

Articles’ ‘Half-breed tract’ statements were incorrect

Mar 2, 2022
On pages 1 and 4 of the Feb. 24, 2022 Lake City Graphic, it incorrectly states that the “half-breed tract” complicated and delayed efforts to incorporate the city. It did not. While it is true that the existence of the tract, a legal Reservation, did delay the establishment of lawful land title,...

Skating rinks close

Mar 2, 2022
Ice skating season appears to be over in Lake City for the season. Last week Lake City Public Works announced on its Facebook page that the city rink at Underwood Park is closed for the season. Now the Lake City 150th Celebration has announced that the rink on Lake Pepin near the government pier...

Still time to ‘Show Us Your 150’

Mar 2, 2022
The Lake City 150th Committee is asking people of all ages as well as businesses and other organization to participate in “Show Us Your 150.” “Think about how 150 of something could be organized, or how the numerals 1, 5, and 0 could be illustrated in some unique manner. Photograph or video the...

Bells to ring out in Lake City Incorporation Day on Feb. 26

Feb 23, 2022
Events on Saturday, Feb. 26, will mark 150 years since legislation passed in 1872 made Lake City a charter city in the State of Minnesota. A news report by the Lake City Leader, a precursor to the Lake City Graphic, at the time printed under the headline “Lake City a City” expressed enthusiastic...

Feb. 26 ‘Incorporation Day’ event marks 150 years since city’s founding

Feb 16, 2022
Events celebrating 150 years since Lake City officially became a city are planned throughout the year, but the one coming up on Feb. 26 at Lincoln High School is the closest thing to an actual birthday - or in the city’s case, incorporation day - celebration. Historical displays, performances, and...

Quilt show and spring luncheon announced

Feb 2, 2022
In conjunction with the 150th anniversary celebration of the City of Lake City in 2022, the women of St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church will be sponsoring a spring quilt show and luncheon on Apri| 23. The Quilt Show will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will be open to the public. There will be no...

City to celebrate 150 all year long

Dec 29, 2021
Lake City turns 150 in 2022, and a group of volunteers has worked for the last few years to turn the occasion into a yearlong celebration of Lake City. Ann Nibbe, a member of the committee organizing the celebration, said they first began meeting about two years ago, and for the last 18 months or...

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