Lake City Rotary Club

Great Pandemic Cookbook submission form is now online

Jul 29, 2020

The Lake City Rotary Club is looking for submissions for its “first and only” pandemic-themed humor and cookbook. “The Great Pepin Pandemic Cookbook” is planned for release this fall, and the club is looking for hundreds of local recipes, jokes, quotes, and short stories on how to survive a...

Circle of Life sponsors come through for Lake City Rotary Club

Jul 29, 2020

Like the rest of the 2020 Water Ski Days events, this year’s Circle of Life runs were canceled, and disappearing along with them was a source of revenue for the Lake City Rotary Club. Club member Erick Enger said the majority of the event sponsors allowed the club to keep the sponsorship donations...

Swenke and Smith  speak to Rotary

Mar 11, 2020

Dick Swenke, the public information officer for the contractor on the Highway 61 project, and Lake City Planning and Community Development Driector Megan Smith were the guest speakers at the Lake City Rotary Club’s March 9 meeting. Smith presented on the plans for Ohuta Park. Swenke said they plan...

Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance rep speaks to Rotary Club

Mar 4, 2020

Mac Becco, the communications director for the Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance, talked about their mission to improve water quality, habitat, and accessibility of the lake at the Rotary Club’s March 2 meeting. The Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance (LPLA) was founded in 2009 by a group of neighbors in Wacouta...

Nyberg is Rotary  Citizen of the Year

Feb 26, 2020

Phil Nyberg was honored as the Lake City Rotary Club’s 2019 Citizen of the Year at a dinner and awards ceremony Feb. 17 at Lake House on Pepin Restaurant. Nyberg is the owner of Fiesta Foods in Lake City. “The person nominating Phil for this award brought up how generous and supportive Phil is...

Tiger standouts speak to Rotary

Jan 22, 2020

Reid Gastner and Nate Heise from the Lake City High School boys basketball team were the guest speakers at the Jan. 20 Lake City Rotary Club meeeting. As of the meeting, the Tigers’ record was 11-1, second in state below Caledonia. When they played Caledonia earlier in the season, they tlost by...

Foreign exchange student from Italy speaks to Lake City Rotary Club

Jan 15, 2020

Rotary exchange student Jennifer Atzori (right) was the guest speaker at the Jan. 13 Lake City Rotary Club meeting. Jennifer is from Cabras, Italy. Rotary sponsors a foreign exchange student annually and is always looking for host families. Anyone interested in this opportunity should contact Tom...

Non-traditional kennel owner speaks to Rotary

Dec 26, 2019

Kirk Bremer of Bark, LLC., was the guest speaker at the Dec. 16 meeting of the Lake City Rotary Club. His parents ran a deer farm, and they also raised exotic animals, so Kirk has been around a lot of different animals all of his life. The State of Minnesota no longer allows certain animals as...

Rotary hears plans for interactive fountain

Dec 19, 2019

On Dec. 9, Crystal Boe talked to the Lake City Rotary Club about the interactive fountain or splash pad. The interactive fountain committee formed a few years ago. For really small kids, there are really not many options for them. A splash pad is safe for young children/babies and also people...

Humane society speaks to Rotary Club

Dec 4, 2019

Kelly Kohrs and Terri Bissonette from the Hiawatha Animal Humane Society were the guest speakers at the Dec. 2 meeting of the Lake City Rotary Club. There are 20 active members in the society at this time. The Hiawatha Humane Society started in 1971 with a group of volunteers in Lake City. They...