On Friday, Sept. 4, local dairy farmer Jeremy Holst’s hay shed will turn into a concert venue. The Holst farm is one of many stops on country music artist Jeff Corle’s “Barnstorming Tour of America.”
From Cows to Country Music
The musician is a former dairy farmer himself. This tour was born of...
Thanks to Huettl’s Meats, the surname Huettl has been associated with meat processing and sales in Lake City for over a century and multiple generations.
But the family has also been on another multi-generational run in another local industry: education.
Cheryl Huettl joined the faculty at Bluff...
On Aug. 13, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced a proposal to change the trout stream designations on about 125 miles of trout waters in 11 counties, including Wells Creek near Lake City.
Wells Creek is among the streams and lakes that would be designated as trout streams...
For the second year, Lake City Sportsman’s Club gave their support to Wreaths Across America, a local chapter of the national organization which places wreaths on graves of US military veterans around the country in December. Pictured here are LCSC Treasurer Audry Plote (back left) with Wreaths...
Bishop Robert Barron (right) of the Diocese of Winona and Rochester visited the Catholic Worker Farm in rural Lake City recently. Pictured with him are Sarah (center) and Paul Freid, who run the farm and the associated John the Baptist Beverage Company kombucha operation.-Photo by Ben Threinen
Like many communities across Minnesota, Lake City is busy with road construction projects this summer.
The large North Garden Street reconstruction project also includes removing and replacing sections of curb and installing pedestrian ramps that comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (...
Walking Lake Pepin (WLP) 2026 participants had their finale meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 19.
The group gathered at the Marina Point Park past the trailers at the end of Ralph Samuelson Way.
Wabasha County Commissioners on Aug. 18 approved highway maintenance agreements with the cities of Elgin, Kellogg, Lake City, Mazeppa, Millville, Plainview and Wabasha for 2027, at a total cost of $29,299.08.
The agreements are funded from the County’s State Aid Municipal Maintenance Apportionment.
Lake City Girls Tennis is off to a strong start this year with a 5-2 win against Baldwin-Woodville on Aug. 20.
In singles, Lake City’s No. 1 Thérèse Bauer took down Katie Kroening 6-0, 6-0, and No. 2 Gemma Bauer won against Kallie Schutz 6-0, 6-1. Rylee Thieren similarly defeated Tessa Crowly...
It may feel like summer just started, but my favorite season is already here: back to school! Energy is building across the district as our schools, practice fields, and courts once again fill with students, teachers, coaches, staff, and families.
This week Sarah Ziebarth writes about Lake City's short-lived and little-known college.
The TC Jet Pilots—a Twin Cities-based group of jet ski enthusiasts—are returning to Lake City for the 20th annual Sortie, running Thursday, Aug. 27 through Sunday, Aug. 30 at Hok-Si-La Park.
As Minnesota’s official American Watercraft Association (AWA) chapter, the group expects more than 100...
Last month, I shared that events are one of the tools we use to strengthen our community—but they aren’t the end goal. The end goal is, and always will be, a thriving Lake City.
The Lake City Chamber of Commerce joined Twice Loved this week to celebrate the boutique’s move to its new location at 105 S. Lakeshore Drive with an official ribbon cutting, the chamber said in a news release.
I came across another unfamiliar word this week that I would like to share: murmuration. It pertains to soft sounds and certain birds especially starlings who form huge flocks containing thousands of birds (in southwest Denmark, often over a million.) This mass of birds will generally gather and...
When a growing student population in combination with school consolidations began overwhelming the Lake City Public School system in the 1950s, the issue of erecting new facilities was at the forefront of the Board of Education’s list of priorities.
Each year the Graphic publishes photos and short introductory stories on incoming teachers at Lincoln High School.
This year there’s only one: Evan Huettl.
Huettl will teach four classes of seventh grade U.S. History and one class of 11th grade American History.
It’s been a busy summer for the Lake City Historical Society (LCHS) with tours and Open Hours here’s what we have lined up for the next few months:
• Aug. 28 - Open Hours. We don’t have any special speakers or topics lined up but the Collections Committee will be at City Hall from noon to 3pm if...
Lake City Marina Harbor Master Jeff Brand was the guest speaker at the Lake City Kiwanis Club annual meeting.
Brand worked at the marina under Jim Springer for five years during his school years and was hired by then-Harbor Master Mark Lutjen in 1992. He became Harbor Master in 2018.
Florence Township/Frontenac History Weekend is coming up on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 12-13.
According to a news release, this event will be “a celebration of Florence Township/Frontenac’s unique and storied history, featuring several weekend events.” It will be taking place from noon to 3 p.m....
On Aug. 19, people of all ages gathered at Pine Tree Chapel in Hok-Si-La Park to play games and watch a movie sponsored by Friends of Hok-Si-La, the group said in a news release.
Here we are on the other side of an Election Day which will mean different things to all of us. For me it offered yet another insight into the importance of friends and neighbors with the added perspective on how relatively slight the impact of elections has on our daily lives. Please remember...
The Lake City Public Library invites the public to a book talk and discussion with author Lindsey Wohlsdorf on Thursday, Sept. 10, at 6:30 p.m.
Wohlsdorf, a former Lake City resident and Spanish teacher at Lincoln High School, will discuss her first novel, “Before Dreams Come True.”
Her book is...
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