Marina point
Letter: Questions need answers before trailers move
Nov 1, 2018
To the editor:
Let’s see: move the nine mobile homes (MH) to the point.
What has to be accomplished: Determine the location for each MH. Remove some trees on the point and possibly the basketball/pickleball court. Construct new sewer, water and electrical connections. Move each MH (at what cost...
Fate of nine trailers in dispute
Oct 25, 2018
Last week, dozens of summer residents of trailer homes at the Lake City Marina signed a letter opposing what they claim are plans to remove nine trailers (pictured) that lie between the road leading to Marina Point and the marina’s inner harbor. This week, Mayor Mark Nichols and Council Member Greg...
Mayor: City has been diligent on Marina Point issues
Oct 25, 2018
To the editor:
In response to the group letter from a number of Lake City’s summer residents who have trailers on the city-owned Marina Point, I fully recognize your concern about the plan for the renewal of Ohuta Park area.
First and foremost, the City and most of its residents thoroughly...
Letter: City is considering relocation, not removal, of point trailers
Oct 25, 2018
To the editor:
The letter to the editor submitted by a group of Marina Point residents last week was misleading and not factual as it related to the plan for Marina Point and Ohuta Park.
I can clarify the information as I am currently on the Council that is addressing the issue of the beach house...
Letter: Vote to preserve the point
Oct 18, 2018
To the editor:
Progress is a slippery word.
On the one hand it can mean: (i) advancement toward something higher or better, such as the progress of medical technology. On the other it can mean: (ii) an increase in scope or severity, such as the progress of a disease. When the word is applied to a...
Halvorson: The Play Park
Oct 18, 2018
Some of my favorite memories are time spent at the play park. We lived just a few blocks away and spent many fun filled days on the swings and rings.
Looking back I always pictured the play park as being larger than it is today. The other day I came across some pictures of my grandparents taken...
Front row seats on Marina Point
Jul 12, 2018
Two people watch from Marina Point as fireworks explode overhead during the annual Fourth of July fireworks show over Lake Pepin.
Letter: We like Lake City the way it is
May 16, 2018
To the editor:
We are new to Lake City so I would like to add my perspective from a newbie.
We found the point on Lake Pepin by accident late last summer. Before we bought, we came down one Sunday morning and just walked all over the town and we felt so at home. We are from a small town in...
Beach house poised to proceed
May 9, 2018
The Lake City City Council came out of a workshop meeting Tuesday, May 8, with an apparent consensus that could bring an end to a long-simmering battle over replacing the marina beach house.
If the compromise survives a vote at Monday’s regular council meeting, the current structure is likely to...
Dredge sand re-examined
Feb 21, 2018
A program recently announced by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer seeking proposals for “beneficial uses” of dredge sand has attracted the attention of Lake City officials.
At a City Council workshop on Feb. 12, Mayor Mark Nichols recalled a meeting between the city, the Corps, the Minnesota...
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