Lake City
Grand dame of Minnesota apples was 99
May 11, 2016
Home from the war and working in a Winona print shop, Gil Courtier was restless. He wanted to work outdoors.
His father-in-law suggested he plant apple trees on family-owner property in the heights above Lake Pepin near Lake City.
In the spring of 1949 Gil and his wife Evelyn planted their first...
Lake City establishes TIF district for factory expansions
May 11, 2016
The City Council on Monday night voted to create a new tax increment financing (TIF) district that will help with expansion of the Hearth and Home Technologies facility.
Hearth and Home has announced expansion of its facility that will lead to creation of 37 new jobs locally (see related story)....
Election filing begins Tuesday
May 11, 2016
The ballot for next November’s general election will officially begin taking shape Tuesday, May 17, when candidates can begin to file for public office.
Lake City citizens will have a number of new people serving them once the dust settles. President Barack Obama will have completed his second term...
Hok-si-la Park history walk planned for May 25
May 11, 2016
People can kick off their Memorial Day weekend early at Hok-Si-La Park.
The Goodhue County Historical Society will hold a coffee gathering, history discussion, and a walk along Lake Pepin.
The event will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 25.
Tickets are $3 for Historical Society members and $5 for non-...
A few items left over after garage sale
May 11, 2016
Turns out you can sell just about anything, or try, in a yard sale. Andy Christian had a 27-foot sale boat for $1,500 and a smaller motorboat for $600 in front of the house next to the Sunset Motel, which he operates with his wife. Jean Furchner of Lake City sold her handmade pottery and other...
FFA plants are hot items
May 11, 2016
Pickings were getting a little thin as two customers looked over starter plants at the Lake City FFA plant sale in the greenhouse behind the tennis courts at Lincoln High School Saturday morning. The FFA chapter had a busy first two days of the sale, advisor Nicole Beucler said, thinning the...
The Old Curmudgeon - 5-12-16
May 11, 2016
In January of 2015 the Old Curmudgeon met a British bicyclist on the west coast of Mexico. The adventurer had started his trip in British Columbia, Canada. His goal was to bike from there down the west coast of the U.S. and South America to Tierra del Fuego at the southern-most tip of that...
Winning essay: Why I Love Lake City
May 11, 2016
It is a reasonable question to ask of anyone of Lake City’s citizens, as well as of myself-just what exactly accounts for any of us to profess openly and without reservation that we love this beautiful town along the shores of the great Mississippi River, and, hence, find living here to be a good...
New shop is owner's fun daytime getaway
May 4, 2016
Darla Meyer’s day job is really a night job. She cleans during the night.
She runs D and M Cleaning, a commercial company that does overnight commercial cleaning for several businesses in the Rochester area. The company employs between five and 20 people depending on demand.
That leaves her...
Car sales, the next generation
May 4, 2016
Brookly Heffernan, new sales rep at Heffernan Ford, turned over the keys to a new Ford Explorer to Tracy and Anita Gadient Monday. It was her first new car sale since joining the sales team at her father Tom Heffernan’s Ford dealership. It wasn’t the first time the two families made a deal on a car...
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