Lake Pepin Interpretive Centre

Interpretive centre elects board of directors

Jul 25, 2019

Lake Pepin Interpretive Centre, Inc. is a non-profit corporation recently approved by the IRS to create a History, Arts and Cultural Heritage Center in Lake City, possibly in the old Hanisch Opera House building at the corner of Center Street and Lakeshore Drive. Lake Pepin and its bluffs, plus...

Letter: Interpretive Centre and arts center can coexist

Sep 14, 2017

To the editor: There are several positive things happening in Lake City and it’s time for an update on a few of them. As you may know, the Lake Pepin Interpretive Center and arts boards were going down a path to possibly occupy the same building together. When it was determined that this wasn’t...

Haunted house is scary

Nov 3, 2016

Gory ghouls and other frights haunted the home of the Lake City Sportsman's Club over the weekend to raise money for the Lake Pepin Interpretive Centre.

Haunted house to benefit planned interpretive center

Oct 19, 2016

This Halloween Lake City will be in for a creepy treat, a new haunted house with over 2,000 square foot of bone chilling fun at the Lake City Sportsman’s Club. A fundraiser for the Lake Pepin Interpretive Centre, the haunted house will be open 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday Oct. 28, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m....

Lake junk sought for exhibit

Aug 17, 2016

Local organizers are finding a special place for junk dragged out of Lake Pepin. The junk will be on display during the city’s second annual Junk Crush Sept. 10-11. The display of lake junk will be at the vacant store front adjacent to Meincke-Schurhammer Real Estate on Lakeshore Drive. The display...

Destination Lake City looks to draw on regional resources

Apr 28, 2016

“That was the best meeting I’ve attended,” Jil Garry said as she left the Lake City Public Library Monday afternoon. She and other leaders in the Destination Lake City group had just spent four hours with regional development leaders from the University of Minnesota. “It was the best investment of...

Halloween: It's not just for kids anymore

Nov 5, 2015

Lake City’s first Halloween Bash brought out dozens of giggling goblins last weekend, but it turns out some of them were going to come out anyway. The bash, held Friday night at the Lake City Sportsman’s Club, drew 100 people, most of them in costume, about what organizers had hoped for the initial...

LPIC Committee: New site being sought for interpretive center

Oct 28, 2015

To the editor: The recent article in the Graphic about the possible development of Block 13, the city block where Nosh, the Scoop, the old jail and the former Conoco station are located, resulted in many inquiries to the members of the committee that have been working on creating a Lake Pepin...

Downtown Hotel Proposed

Oct 22, 2015

A property owner who owns three adjoining properties wants to build a hotel on the former Conoco corner. If the plans come together, the development would leave the proposed Lake Pepin Interpretive Centre looking for a new home. The corner is owned by the Lake City Economic Development Authority (...

Halloween Bash to support Lake Pepin Interpretive Centre