Lake Pepin

Eagle floats near Reads

Feb 23, 2017

Lake City photographer Ben Threinen captured this and other images of eagles floating near Reads Landing Saturday.

Sportsman's club fishing contest catch is largest in years

Feb 23, 2017

The Lake City Sportsman’s Club ice fishing contest went on as planned in tempuratures well above freezing Saturday. Hundreds gathered on the 14-inch thick ice to fish and participate in contests and other activities. Maybe it was warm water, maybe it was the structure provided by fish cradles sunk...

Corps to begin taking ice measurements on Lake Pepin

Feb 8, 2017

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will begin taking this year’s annual Lake Pepin ice measurements Feb. 15.The Corps takes ice measurements on Lake Pepin annually to forecast the navigational outlook on the Upper Mississippi River. Located on the river between Red Wing and...

In 'Pursuing Awe,' Nielson documents a 'personal mission'

Feb 2, 2017

Area resident Larry Nielson last month published a book entitled “Pursuing Awe, Celebrating Nature along the Mississippi River.” Nielson is a businessman, real estate broker, and riverboat captain who owns and operates Lake City’s authentic paddlewheeler, Pearl of the Lake. His book features...

Commercial lock traffic up in 2016

Jan 18, 2017

A big increase in commercial traffic last year kept lockages at the two Army Corps of Engineers locks nearest to Lake Pepin at or above their 10-year average. The corps’ lock and dam 3 near Red Wing was slightly above the 10-year average for combined lockages. Corps staff supported 4,943 lockages...

Torch: How to water ski

Nov 30, 2016

Water skiing is a hobby you either really enjoy or would rather not even try. What better place to water ski than Lake City, the birthplace of water skiing. Some people just simply don’t know how to do it and have horrible stories of their first attempt that left them never wanting to try again...

Sea wall construction under way

Nov 23, 2016

Construction of a delayed sea wall to replace the nearly century-old one at the marina beach has begun. In July, the Lake City City Council approved the sea wall replacement at a cost expected to be less than $15,900. Equipment and the metal panels arrived in September, but by then high waters...

City moves on lakefront study

Nov 17, 2016

The City Council voted 5-2 Monday night to spend $39,000 on planning work from the city’s waterfront and downtown area. A St. Paul company, Stantec, will do the work. The company was selected by the Planning Commission after reviewing three applications. The company has carried out waterfront...

Torch: The lovely Lake Pepin

Nov 10, 2016

Growing up next to the beautiful Lake Pepin has made a big impact in my life. For one thing, I wouldn’t be alive if it wasn’t for the lake. My dad moved from Bay City, Mich., to Lake City in 1990 to work at the Departmnet of Natural Resources (DNR) as an aquatic biologist on the Mississippi...

Pearl celebrates a decade of cruising

Aug 24, 2016

Larry Nielson got his last shot of the sun rising over Lake Pepin Tuesday morning. The season shift of the sun’s angle is moving behind the bluff. A consummate river watcher, Larry photographs the sun rising on the lake from his home above the bluffs south of Lake City and shares it with his...