U.S. Navy

Alvarez earns achievement medal aboard U.S.S. Chosin

Nov 13, 2024

The U.S. Navy has awarded a Lake City native with its Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal. Brayden Alvarez, E5, serves aboard the U.S.S. Chosin as an electronic techician, navigation tech. The award is for “professional achievement in the superior performance of his duties” from October 2022...

War stories passed down through generations

Jul 3, 2018

Editor’s Note: Lake City resident and World War II vet Paul Miller passed away May 23 at age 94. What follows is a 2006 article written by his then 15-year-old great-granddaughter Analisa Anderson (nee Frohwein) based on an interview with Miller about his wartime experiences. Anderson is the...

70-year legion members look back

Mar 9, 2017

Three members of the Lake City American Legion Post received 70-year membership plaques on March 2. Donald Palmer, 96, served in the Army Air Force from 1942 to 1945. His World War II service took him from India to Morocco and up into Italy. Babe TerBorch, 91, served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to...

Homeless vet makes Lake City home for three days

Aug 24, 2016

An officially homeless veteran who goes by the name Ras Ible spent 50 days on the Mississippi River before calling it quits at Roschen Park this week, at least for this season. Ible was sailing on a raft built to haul his homemade 500-pound rickshaw which, he says, is his home no matter where he...

One last time enough for old kite-skiing sailor

Aug 3, 2016

Ron Steinbauer, 72, of Winona was a little suspicious when his son, Neil, and Neil’s girlfriend asked him to hunt agates with them around Lake Pepin July 23. He knew that high water on the Mississippi would severely limit how much shoreline would be suitable for hunting. Still, he gamely put on...