Lake Pepin

Summer fun over 4th of July weekend

Jul 9, 2025

Local photographer Ben Threinen captured images of people enjoying the water over the long 4th of July weekend.

Forward Bank donation propels boat launch modernization

Jun 18, 2025

Forward Bank has pledged $40,000 toward the Lake City Dock Improvement Project, according to a news release The donation reinforces Forward’s “longstanding commitment to enhancing the quality of life in the communities it serves. This significant contribution will support the revitalization of...

One rescued from submerged vehicle

Jun 4, 2025

Lake City emergency responders rescued a person from a vehicle that had entered Lake Pepin on May 29, according to the Lake City Police Department. “On Thursday, May 29, 2025, at approximately 5:44 p.m., Lake City emergency responders were dispatched to Roschen Park after receiving reports of a...

Report: Tow boat headed for St. Paul

Mar 19, 2025

The commercial navigation season appears about to begin. According to the app “MarineTraffic,” the Motor Vessel Neil N. Diehl was just downriver from Weaver, Minn., destined for St. Paul on March 22. It’s 34 meters wide and 227 meters long, according to the app. The 2024 navigation season...

Keep on fishing in the free world

Mar 5, 2025

A flag-flying, motorcycle-riding ice angler checks a tip-up on Lake Pepin near the Lake City Sportsman’s Club. -Photo by Ben Threinen

Ice is a busy place, while it lasts

Feb 26, 2025

A temperature swing of more than 50 degrees has jump-started snow melt around Lake City and lured people outdoors following a cold snap where temperatures plunged below zero. The Lake Pepin ice was a popular spot over the weekend, with people skating, flying kites, fishing, tubing and even...

Smooth ice for anglers

Jan 8, 2025

Portable ice shacks off the shore near Ohuta Beach in Lake City. Ben Threinen, who took this photo, said the Lake Pepin ice looks like it was prepared by a Zamboni.

Snow brings to mind Frost poem

Dec 24, 2024

Susie Berke of Lake City submitted this photo of a colorful sky over the snow-covered Lake Pepin ice alongside these words from the poet Rober Frost: The way a crow; Shook down on me; The dust of snow; From a hemlock tree. Has given my heart; A change of mood; And saved some part; Of a day I had...

Lake Pepin is Minnesota’s “prettiest lake” - Reader’s Digest

Dec 4, 2024

A few months ago Reader’s Digest published a list of the prettiest lakes in each state, and Lake Pepin was named the prettiest of the state’s more than 12,000 lakes. “Interestingly, our pick for Minnesota’s prettiest lake is Lake Pepin, the widest natural part of the Mississippi River. This large...

Boat sank, was salvaged, now is expected to be demolished

Nov 20, 2024

Hopes for a trip down the Mississippi River from St. Paul Park to New Orleans appear to have sunk along with the vessel. The Wabasha County Sheriff’s office responded the morning of Nov. 12 to a capsized boat tied to a fishing pier at the breakwater that forms part of the Lake City Marina’s outer...