Lake Pepin
Yacht club’s annual sailing school attracts 23 students
Jun 30, 2021
Twenty-three people learned sailing basics during the Lake City Yacht Club’s two-day sailing school on June 19-20.
“We have been running our Sunfish sailing school for at least the past 10 years at Ohuta beach,” said Ashley Tao of the Lake City Yacht Club. “Our goal is to introduce people to...
Tour of Minnesota visits Lake City
Jun 23, 2021
The annual Tour of Minnesota bike tour spent two nights at Hok-Si-La Park last weekend. While they were here they took a sightseeing tour of Lake Pepin aboard the Pearl of the Lake paddle boat. Pearl owner Larry Nielson said that there were over 180 riders participating this year. Initially called...
Walkers get Ohuta update, plan Sand Point outing
Jun 16, 2021
Wednesday, June 9, the Walking Lake Pepin (WLP) walkers met at Ohuta Park for their first group walk of the 2021 season. It was warm and humid but 20 people showed up to walk along Park and Franklin Streets on the shaded sidewalks.
Mayo Mark Nichols was invited to kick off WLP’s first event....
Registration still open for Saturday’s Tour de Pepin
Jun 3, 2021
The 14th annual Tour de Pepin cycling event is Saturday, June 5, and organizer Lake City Chamber of Commerce said in a statement that they are so excited to be bringing the event back in 2021.
“We have over 600 riders signed up, and boy is it going to be a hot one. The Tour de Pepin will be hosted...
Things appear down by the water
May 5, 2021
With temperatures in the 80s on Saturday, the lake and lakeshore saw a lot of activity.
At Roschen Park, boaters encountered a “Clean, Drain, Dry, and Dispose” (CD3) trailer that gives boaters the opportunity to “clean, drain, dry, and dispose their aquatic equipment and help stop the spread of...
One last time on the ice
Mar 24, 2021
Raptors on the frozen waters of Lake Pepin Friday in a photo submitted by Terri Orth. By now their perch has melted away.
City Council awards Ohuta Park contract
Mar 24, 2021
The Lake City City Council awarded a construction contract for the Ohuta Park redevelopment project at a special meeting Monday, March 22.
Pember Companies submitted the lowest of three bids for the project and received the contract. Their bid was about $2.27 million. In the request for council...
First tow traverses Lake Pepin just before official start of spring
Mar 24, 2021
On March 19, the Motor Vessel R. Clayton McWhorter, originating from the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois and pushing 12 barges en route to St. Paul was locked through Lock and Dam 3, near Welch, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The tow is the first vessel of the 2021 navigation...
Ice disappearing from Lake Pepin
Mar 17, 2021
Photographer Steve Brown captured this image of the beach at Hok-Si-La Park as the winter ice pulls away from shore. “No swimmers at the beach,” he wrote. “Won’t be long and the ice will be all gone.”
Extreme colors herald gray days
Mar 17, 2021
An extra-vivid sunrise over the Wisconsin side of Lake Pepin as seen from Marina Point. “Incredible colors this morning announcing the snow about to come,” wrote photographer Ben Threinen, who took this photo. And the snow did come. And things were gray for days.
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