Ohuta Park

Letter: Beach rejuvenation possible, if we get off our duffs

Jan 24, 2018

To the editor: The light at the end of a cold winter is the anticipation of warm sunny days at our beautiful beach. Unfortunately control of the beach is in the hands of people who obviously view it as a nuisance, an afterthought, when it should be one of Lake City’s premier attractions. Travel...

Council orders year-round beach house replacement

Jan 17, 2018

The Lake City City Council appears to have settled a long-simmering debate Jan. 8 when it voted to replace the existing beach house at the Lake City Marina with one that can be used year-round. The vote came as the council considered a request from the marina board to commission a design for a...

Letter: City should overrule marina on bathhouse

Oct 5, 2017

To the editor: For the past two summers it’s been nice to see people having fun at the beach flying with Eagle Hang Gliding. As usual Lake City thumbs it’s nose at another business. A proposal was made for the hang gliders to lease the beach house to promote water sports but the marina said no....

TV’s Fireball Run comes to Lake City

Aug 30, 2017

Amazon TV’s Fireball Run trivial pursuit road rally competition will be filmed in Lake City on Sunday, Sept. 24. Contestants, film crews and the show’s producers are expected to arrive around 11 a.m. in Ohuta Park, at Park and Chestnut Streets in Lake City. Spectators are invited to join them...

Letter: Let's keep working on Ohuta Park

Jul 20, 2017

To the editor: Ohuta Park is coming along. Officer Schneider’s image is very outstanding. “The Wave” has been touched up and looks very nice. The new retaining wall is very, very beautiful. The new lawn is coming right along. The next move would be to get the wall builders to complete their job....

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://...

'Power of Produce' kids club debuts at Market by the Lake

Jun 14, 2017

Lake City Market by the Lake is introducing a new free kids program: Power of Produce Club (POP Club) during the 2017 farmers market season. This program was created at the Oregon City, Ore., farmers market in 2011. Due to its success, it has spread to farmers markets all over the nation. The POP...

Memorial honors officer's life

May 24, 2017

Cold, wind, rain and uncertainty clouded preparations for the Southeastern Minnesota National Police Week Memorial Service May 19. Would the weather clear up? Would the statue of Officer Shawn Schneider arrive in Ohuta Park in time to be dedicated by Schneider’s family and law enforcement...

Update: Police memorial moved to First Lutheran

May 18, 2017

The Southeastern Minnesota National Police Week Memorial Service will be held at First Lutheran Church in Lake City at 5:30 p.m. The memorial service honoring law enforcement personnel who had given their lives in the line of duty was moved to Lake City this year with the intention of...

Local groups spruce up the town

Apr 26, 2017

More than 70 volunteers ages four to 90 and a half participated in beautification projects around Lake City as part of the Big Spring Fling Clean-up Thing, organized by Destination Lake City, according to group member John Hutchinson.