Lake Pepin

North Atlantic traditions kept alive on Lake Pepin

May 24, 2018

Once a year, they come to Hok-Si-La Park in Lake City, to build kayaks, to paddle kayaks, to roll kayaks, to harpoon from kayaks, to burn kayaks, but most of all to celebrate a culture and its way of life. Qajaq Camp (pronounced “kayak camp”) is put on by Qajaq USA, the American Chapter of the...

Letter: Those who don't remember past success are doomed not to repeat it

May 16, 2018

To the editor: Millions of dollars of private funds are pouring into Wabasha to enhance the Eagle Center. On the other side of Lake City the Villa Maria is being renovated by an investor at considerable cost. And here we are in Lake City, with a gem of a natural beach, unwilling to even...

Whereabouts of sailor unknown

May 9, 2018

The operator of a sailboat that was found on the bank of Lake Pepin is still missing. David John Sheridan, 61, of Pepin County, Wis., was reported missing from his sailboat on April 29, according to the Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office. Sheridan was last heard from at 9:40 p.m. that day. On April...

Ohuta Park and Marina Beach workshop is May 8

May 7, 2018

The Ohuta Park and Lake City Marina beach area will be the focus of a city council workshop meeting on Tuesday, May 8, at 5 p.m. in the second floor conference room at City Hall. It will not be televised. The meeting is a follow-up to an April 24 meeting where the council considered questions...

High water creeps into Ohuta Park

May 3, 2018

A rising Lake Pepin laps over the Ohuta Park seawall Tuesday, May 1, depositing debris on the shore. Across the boat launch, the newer, taller seawall is visible above the high water. Lake City Marina Administrator Mark Lutjen said he expected the river to crest here Wednesday, May 2. The marina’s...

TV segment on Samuelson skis airs April 26

Apr 24, 2018

A film crew from the television show “Mysteries of the Museum” sets up in the City Hall Ballroom in Lake City to film a segment about Ralph Samuelson’s water skis last December. Samuelson invented the sport of water skiing on Lake Pepin in 1922. The segment will air tonight (Thursday, April 26) at...

Michael Poindexter opens the navigation season on Lake Pepin

Apr 11, 2018

The first barge of the season passed through Lake Pepin Tuesday, April 10. Larry Nielson, the captain of the Pearl of the Lake paddlewheel boat, took this photo of the Motor Vessel Michael Poindexter as it entered the lower end of Lake Pepin at around 7 p.m. that day. He said it “encountered a...

Unusual ducks spotted in great numbers

Apr 11, 2018

Lesser scaup and canvass back ducks mill around in the waters of Lake Pepin. Photographer Ben Threinen said it was his first time seeing lesser scaup ducks on the lake. Known for their distinctive blue bills, lesser scaup breed primarily in Canada and the north western United States, according to...

Icy water claims car on Lake Pepin

Mar 28, 2018

A car sank into Lake Pepin the evening of Wednesday, March 21. There were no injuries. Douglas Melbye of Plum City, Wis., drove onto the ice at the Maiden Rock access, according to the Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office. After determining the ice was about 20 inches deep, he drove about 100 yards...

Input sought on Lake Pepin restoration proposals