Lake Pepin
620 go sailing for leukemia, raise over $19,000
Aug 10, 2017
Sunny skies, warm temperatures, but little wind on the weekend of July 29 and 30 brought record numbers of visitors to Lake City to participate in and support the 21st annual Go Sailing for Leukemia.
120 volunteers worked to raise over $19,000, with more contributions coming in.
There were 620...
Sailing for Leukemia reports busy day
Aug 3, 2017
The Lake City Yacht Club is reporting “record results” at its annual “Go Sailing for Leukemia” fundraiser, which offers sailing excursions aboard members’ sailboats in exchange for donations. Above, a sailboat leaves the Lake City Marina on Sunday near the end of the two-day fundraiser for the...
Spill containment training comes to lake pepin
Jul 27, 2017
Emergency response personnel, 48 in all, from an area stretching from St. Paul to Muscatine, Iowa, were in Lake City and on Lake Pepin July 19 to learn and practice techniques for containing chemical spills.
Organized by Canadian Pacific Railroad, whose railway runs along this stretch of the...
Wabasha spoiling for dredge fight
Jul 20, 2017
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has again extended the comment period for a controversial plan for managing dredged material at the southern end of Lake Pepin.
The City of Wabasha meanwhile has vowed to fight a plan it claims would harm families and businesses there.
The new deadline is...
Letter: When it comes to the beach, marina is missing the boat
Jul 20, 2017
To the editor:
I congratulate Destination Lake City for their forward thinking plans for Lake City.The future looks promising, but what about the here and now?
Lake City has a diamond in the rough in our downtown beach. What do we offer? A rocky shore and a half-assed bathhouse.
Most communities...
Sand Point walk to be next for Walking Lake Pepin
Jul 19, 2017
Next Wednesday evening’s group walk for the “Walking Lake Pepin” fitness challenge on July 26 will be a walk to Sand Point. The group will meet at 6 p.m. at the wayside rest on Highway 61 at Goodhue County Road 2 (the turn off to the Villa Maria). This hike will be through state park land to...
Go Sailing for Leukemia sets sail July 29, 30
Jul 13, 2017
On Saturday, July 29, and Sunday, July 30, the Lake City Yacht Club will be sponsoring its 21th annual “Go Sailing for Leukemia” fund-raiser. Last year’s event raised over $15,000, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America, to support its on-going...
Market by the Lake hosts Amundson, then Cagley
Jul 6, 2017
Dennis “Solitaryman” Amundson is this tonight’s (Thursday) entertainer at the Lake City Market by the Lake. Amundson performs songs from the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s. More information at http://www.dennyamundson.com. Next week brings a performance by folk, country and celtic artist Bill Cagley (https://...
Goodhue County dive team trains in Frontenac
Jul 6, 2017
The Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office dive team trained in Frontenac on June 12.
“We got a new sonar system for a couple of our boats that we were practicing with,” said Investigator Steve Sutton-Brown, the commander of the dive team.
Divers submerged in 20 feet of water in search of a mannequin...
History and kayaking event is July 12
Jul 6, 2017
Tickets still remain for a kayak excursion to explore Lake Pepin and learn a little history with the Red Wing Environmental Learning Center (ELC) and the Goodhue County Historical Society.
On Wednesday, July 12, at 2 p.m., the group will meet at the Red Wing Environmental Learning Center for a...
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