Photography

Keep on fishing in the free world

Mar 5, 2025

A flag-flying, motorcycle-riding ice angler checks a tip-up on Lake Pepin near the Lake City Sportsman’s Club. -Photo by Ben Threinen

Smooth ice for anglers

Jan 8, 2025

Portable ice shacks off the shore near Ohuta Beach in Lake City. Ben Threinen, who took this photo, said the Lake Pepin ice looks like it was prepared by a Zamboni.

Dawn breaks

Dec 31, 2024

Ben Threinen submitted this photo of the early morning sun piercing through the cloud cover to illuminate Lake Pepin.

Snow brings to mind Frost poem

Dec 24, 2024

Susie Berke of Lake City submitted this photo of a colorful sky over the snow-covered Lake Pepin ice alongside these words from the poet Rober Frost: The way a crow; Shook down on me; The dust of snow; From a hemlock tree. Has given my heart; A change of mood; And saved some part; Of a day I had...

A white Christmas after all

Dec 24, 2024

So much snow fell Thursday, Dec. 19, that it caused at least one accident and led to the early release at Lake City Public Schools and the postponement of that evening’s sports and activities. The City of Lake City didn’t declare a snow emergency, but it did urge residents to move their cars off...

A stunning sunset behind the bluffs

Dec 11, 2024

Steve Brown took this aerial photo of the sun setting behind the bluffs with Lake City in the foreground. Front and center is Patton Park.

Pelicans, ring-billed gulls, and a barge tug

Sep 11, 2024

Photographer Ben Threinen captured this image of a group of pelicans at the Miller Creek delta near the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources office on South Oak Street. Together with the mass of ring-billed gulls and a white tug chugging through the background, it was an unusually...

Sailors enjoy the weekend as season winds down

Sep 11, 2024

The afternoon sun reflects off a sailboat taking advantage of nice weather on Lake Pepin last weekend in this photo by photographer Ben Threinen. Opportunities like this appear to be numbered, at least for this season. The Lake City Marina plans to begin its annual boat haul-out the last week in...

Ralph dons hat

Apr 24, 2024

The statue of water skiing pioneer Ralph Samuelson in Ohuta Park wearing a hat that has pretty much gone out of season.-Photo by Mama Drone, LLC

Coverage of a cover of coots

Apr 17, 2024

Lake City photographer Ben Threinen took this photo of coots just outside the Lake City Marina on April 9. According to wiktionary.org, collective nouns for a group of coots include “commotion, cover, covert, fleet, flock, pod, raft, rasp, or swarm.”