town festival

Johnny overflows: Too much fall for just one day

Sep 28, 2017

Lake City will celebrate football, cool crisp nights, beautiful leaf colors and, of course, apples at Johnny Appleseed Day on Saturday, Oct. 7. The day unofficially begins the night before with an appearance by Rudy Maxa, travel expert and broadcaster, at the Lake City Sportsman’s Club. People...

Lake City's Winter Fest is changing, growing

Jan 25, 2017

Attendance at individual Winter Fest events has turned out to be as unpredictable as the weather. According to Ron Hooge, the lead organizer of Lake City’s annual winter festival now entering its third straight year, events that got great attendance the first year were down last year. Others that...

Contests, giveaways, games and sales at Johnny Appleseed Day

Sep 29, 2016

Corn stalks and other fall decor are appearing around town in anticipation of Johnny Appleseed Day’s return to Lake City this Saturday, Oct. 1, with apple- and fall-related events and sales promotions downtown and elsewhere. Saturday will be the final Lake City Market of the season at the corner...

Johnny Appleseed resurrected

Sep 22, 2016

I wanted to start this story with an allegory about an apple tree that bore fruit for many years until it stopped producing and was cut down. The orchard was closed. But people missed the tree. And they missed the apples. Fortunately they had kept some seeds from the old tree. This year they...

Junk Crush makes second big splash

Sep 15, 2016

In ideal early autumn weather people flocked into downtown Lake City Saturday and Sunday for the second annual Junk Crush. People looked over junk shown at several vendor booths and stomped grapes. They also watched demonstrations of use of old barn wood for decorating by the Barndoogler, Mike...

Lake junk sought for exhibit

Aug 17, 2016

Local organizers are finding a special place for junk dragged out of Lake Pepin. The junk will be on display during the city’s second annual Junk Crush Sept. 10-11. The display of lake junk will be at the vacant store front adjacent to Meincke-Schurhammer Real Estate on Lakeshore Drive. The display...

Celebrating Millville's 146th anniversary

Aug 17, 2016

After a 21-year hiatus, Millville again has a town festival. The first annual Millville Valley River Days was last weekend. Organizers already have set the dates for next year’s festival. They plan to hold the event annually leading up to Millville’s 150th anniversary in four years.

Millville to celebrate with festival

Aug 11, 2016

Millville will celebrate a big Millville Valley River Days celebration this weekend in an event organizers plan to make into an annual event. Festivities will include a street dance Saturday night, a parade Sunday and fireworks Sunday evening along with events throughout both days. A craft sale...