Lake City Rotary Club

Fall Fest comes to Port

Oct 20, 2021

Port 104 in downtown Lake City is the focal point for this weekend’s Lake City Fall Fest events. On Friday, the restaurant will host the Lake City Rotary Club’s 15th annual Fall Wine, Beer and Spirits Tasting. Then on Saturday is Bingo and a meat raffle sponsored by the Wells Creek Riders...

Lake City Rotary will host medical cannabis presentation on Sept. 27

Sep 15, 2021

The Lake City Rotary Club will present a public presentation on medical cannabis on Sept. 27. Kert Severson will be giving a public presentation on the “The Use of Medical Cannabis; A Practical Guide” at the Rotary Club, Sept. 27, 11:30 a.m. at Port 104 Bar and Restaurant, 104 N. Washington St.,...

Hutchinson speaks to Rotary

Sep 1, 2021

John Hutchinson was the guest speaker at the Monday, Aug. 30 meeting of the Lake City Rotary Club. He enjoys hobbies of masonry and carpentry, he has spent much of his time fixing up their home over the past few years. They do have a home in the cities, but spend about 90 percent of their time...

Rotary: Sponsors made successful Circle of Life possible

Jul 21, 2021

The Lake City Rotary Club’s Circle of Life was a wonderful success again this year. It was held on a beautiful Saturday morning June 26 during the Water Ski celebration. We would like to thank our sponsors. Without them this event could not be possible: Presenting Sponsors: Mayo Clinic Health...

Pandemic cookbook lands Rotary Club on Wall Street Journal’s front page

Jun 23, 2021

Rare is the cookbook that gets written up in the Wall Street Journal. Even rarer is the one that lands on the front page. But the Lake City Rotary Club managed to do just that. It’s 2020 cookbook, “The Great 2020 Pepin Pandemic Cookbook,” was used to exemplify what the Journal article suggests was...

Rotary looking for a few good women (and men, too)

Jun 3, 2021

Hi Lake City Ladies! Did you know that almost every Monday, (at noon), a diverse group of local-folk meet in the back room of Port 104 to discuss the needs of Lake City? Yes, that bunch discusses and implements programs to improve the local arts, health, education, environment, welfare and...

Rotary’s pandemic humor and recipe book now available

Nov 11, 2020

Earlier this year the Lake City Rotary Club solicited recipes and witticisms from the community for a cookbook fundraiser. The resulting collection, “The Great 2020 Pepin Pandemic Cookbook,” is now available. Copies are $15 each. Proceeds will help the club fund exchange students and other...

Rotary learns about Habitat for Humanity

Sep 23, 2020

Mike Bross of Lake City was the guest presenter at the the Sept. 21 Lake City Rotary Club meeting. Bross was project manager for a recently completed Habitat for Humanity build in Lake City. Habitat for Humanity of Goodhue County broke ground on the site on North Prairie Street in August of 2019...

Rotary donates to food shelf

Sep 16, 2020

The Lake City Rotary Club made a $1,000 donation to the Lake City Food Shelf Monday, Sept. 14. Accepting the donation on behalf of the food shelf was the organization’s treasurer, Mavis Hawkins. She told the club members that the food shelf hasn’t had the financial struggles that other food...

Rotarians support humane society

Aug 26, 2020

The Lake City Rotary Club recently made a $1,000 donation the the Hiawatha Animal Humane Society. The humane society it a non-profit providing foster homes to animals while they await adoption and other programs. People can find more information online at hahumanesociety.org. The Lake City Rotary...