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New fall dawns Monday, 2025 enters final stretch

Sep 17, 2025

Cliff Berke of Lake City took this pre-dawn photo looking out over Lake Pepin from his home on South Lakeshore Drive. This is our last week of astronomical summer 2025. Autumn officially begins Monday, Sept. 22. Soon it will be Homecoming, Halloween, the end of Daylight Saving Time Nov. 2,...

Did the vivid red hues at daybreak Saturday portend a rainy weekend?

Nov 13, 2024

Lake City resident Kathy Gates captured this dramatic sunrise over Lake Pepin from the vantage point of the government pier on Saturday, Nov. 9. According to the Library of Congresss, there may be some truth to the adage “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red Sky in the morning, sailor take...

A vivid sunrise

Oct 20, 2021

Jim Mack submitted this photo of an especially vivid sunrise over Lake Pepin on Oct. 13.

Extreme colors herald gray days

Mar 17, 2021

An extra-vivid sunrise over the Wisconsin side of Lake Pepin as seen from Marina Point. “Incredible colors this morning announcing the snow about to come,” wrote photographer Ben Threinen, who took this photo. And the snow did come. And things were gray for days.

Sunrise over Lake Pepin

Jan 17, 2018

Patrick Savage submitted this photo of a brilliant sun rising over frozen Lake Pepin recently. If you have a photo you’ve taken in the Lake City area that you’d like to share with other Graphic readers, you can email it to news@lakecitygraphic.com.