Lake Pepin

More indoors coming to one of city's prime outdoor attractions

Mar 28, 2018

Hok-Si-La Park in Lake City will begin the 2018 camping season with twice as many sleeper cabins. The first three cabins, completed in 2016 and funded with help from the Casey T. O’Neil Foundation, were a hit, Park Manager Joanne Klees said. Climate controlled and wheelchair accessible, the 16-...

Letter: A few comments about Lake City

Mar 21, 2018

To the editor: My first comment is for good ole girl Donna Halverson, and her one woman battle to get Lake City to stand up and pay attention. You get a big “that a girl” from me and how I appreciate your words of wisdom related to the most valuable piece of real estate this town has and we do...

Big lake sturgeon caught on Lake Pepin

Mar 14, 2018

Travis Coyle of Lake City caught an unusual fish on Lake Pepin recently, a lake sturgeon he estimated to be about 54 inches long and at least 50 pounds. He got the bite while fishing with a minnow and a hook just off the bottom of the lake, he said. It took about a half-hour to reel in the sturgeon...

Letter: Migrators miss out on lake's winter beauty

Mar 14, 2018

To the editor: Shelters are gone and the ice fishing season has ended. The lake looks lonely and desolate. The shipping season has begun. Soon we’ll hear the crunch and crackle as ice gives way to the weight of barges. We used to hear the boom when a barge with a steele point rammed the ice,...

Open water appears near Methodist Point

Mar 7, 2018

The trail of a snowmobile leads into a patch of open water on Lake Pepin near Methodist Point Saturday, March 3. Portable ice fishing shelters stand nearby. The opening is near the area staked out with thin ice signs by the Goodhue County Sheriff’s Department earlier this winter. On Feb. 21, the...

Winter divers cope with ice and cold

Feb 22, 2018

It took the Goodhue County Sheriff’s Department dive team hours to prepare for winter training dives just north of the Hok-Si-La boat launch on Feb. 13. Temperatures were frigid and the ice was several feet thick. They began prepping the area at about 8 a.m. and by 11 a.m. had yet to enter the...

Food, fun and a few fish at the Lake City Sportsman's Club ice fishing contest

Feb 21, 2018

Photos from the Lake City Sportsman's Club's 50th annual ice fishing contest on Lake Pepin Feb. 17.

Letter: Eagle tree besieged by sea

Feb 21, 2018

To the editor: In follow up on a letter submitted last week, the 60’s and 70’s were good old days for me. Fortunately the phrase is subjective and each of us gets to decide the time period based on their own experiences. My reason for writing has little to do with the above. It’s just to remind...

Letter: I write because I care

Jan 31, 2018

To the editor: I was asked why at my advanced age I care enough to continue writing letters to the editor. The answer is simple: because somebody once cared. They cared enough to provide Red Cross swimming lessons, even for the skinny kid from the north end of town, each year from age age to the...

Thin ice near Frontenac

Jan 24, 2018

A perennial trouble spot on Lake Pepin is again marked with signs warning of thin ice after two reports of vehicle tires punching through the surface. Sgt. Scott Powers of the Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office placed 16 signs around Methodist Point in Old Frontenac Sunday with the help of Department...