Walking Lake Pepin

Sultry walk kicks off Walking Lake Pepin

Jun 17, 2026

Wednesday night, June 10, Mother Nature blessed Walking Lake Pepin (WLP) with a steamy but storm-free night for WLP’s first group walk of the season at Hok-Si-La Park. Thirteen walkers met at the park office to hear Ann Nibbe, a member of the newly formed “Friends of Hok-Si-La Park” group, give a...

‘Freedom to Walk’ has begun, and it’s free to participate

Jun 10, 2026

June 7 was the start of the Walking Lake Pepin (WLP) community fitness challenge. (See walkinglakepepin.com for how to participate and details.) Participants who signed up for WLP to commit to starting or increasing their walking or other physical activity this summer started to log their minutes...

Walking Lake Pepin announces 2026 theme: ‘Freedom to Walk’

Jun 3, 2026

The 2026 theme for Walking Lake Pepin (WLP) is “Freedom to Walk.” As the United States looks forward to celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, WLP will join in the celebration. As citizens we have many freedoms that we may often take for granted. “Freedom...

Walking Lake Pepin fitness challenge returns

May 20, 2026

The 19th annual Walking Lake Pepin (WLP) event, Lake City’s summer community walking/fitness challenge, is scheduled to happen again this summer. The 10-week event will begin on Sunday, June 7, and continue thru Saturday Aug. 15. The goal of “Walking Lake Pepin” is for participants to establish...

Walking Lake Pepin concludes with blufftop walk

Aug 27, 2025

Walking Lake Pepin (WLP) concluded it’s 2025 season of walking challenges and group walks on Wednesday, Aug. 20. The finale event was held at the orchard farm of Chuck and Judy Bremer atop a bluff in rural Lake City. The evening started with Chuck sharing the 5-generation history of the farm and...

Walkers tour former Jewell Nursery

Aug 20, 2025

The Walking Lake Pepin (walkinglakepepin.org) walkers met up at Underwood Park on Wednesday, Aug. 13, to take a walk in the historic Jewell Nursery site. This is a walk the Walking Lake Pepin (WLP) group has taken almost every year in different locations of the nursery property. Jim Schreck, who...

Walking Lake Pepin tours tree trail, plans walk at surprise location Aug. 20

Aug 13, 2025

On Wednesday Aug. 6, Denny Robertson led the Walking Lake Pepin (WLP) group walk on the Lake City Tree Trail which he developed. The group met up at Ohuta Park and was introduced to the Cottonwood tree that grows rapidly along rivers and streams and can survive for a hundred or more years. The...

Walking Lake Pepin explores Lakewood Cemetery

Aug 6, 2025

After a cancelled Walking Lake Pepin (WLP) group walk on July 23 due to a threatening storm, the WLP group had an interesting walk through Lakewood Cemetery on Lakewood Avenue across from Bluffview Elementary on Wednesday, July 30. Sixteen walkers gathered to walk through Lakewood Cemetery where...

Walkers travel ‘Glory Trail,’ meet ‘Petunia’

Jul 16, 2025

Wednesday, July 9, the Walking Lake Pepin (WLP) group walkers visited the Season Harvest’s Farm owned by Tim and Jenny Schlagenhaft. They gave a wonderful narration of the farm’s history as the group walked the “Glory Trail” that they mow on their property. Though the Schlagenhafts no longer sell...

Walking Lake Pepin tours marina area

Jul 9, 2025

It was a warm and steamy evening for the July 2 Walking Lake Pepin (WLP) group walk around the Lake City Marina. History records that the inner harbor and point were acquired by the city in 1913. In 1933 the city received a public works grant to build docks and widen the north entrance to the...