Community
Kiwanis Club gets preview of athletic field improvements
Jun 10, 2026
Lake City Public Schools Supt. Ariana Wright was the guest speaker at a recent Lake City Kiwanis Club meeting.
Ariana spoke about her personal history which includes growing up on the dairy and hog farm she loved, a music degree from Luther College where she met her husband Jason, also a music...
Last call for Water Ski Days karaoke
Jun 10, 2026
If you dream of being named the Water Ski Days karaoke champion, this year will be your last opportunity—at least for a while.
Q Media Group radio station Lake Hits 95, which puts on the annual singing contest, has announced that it plans to replace it with a different event to be announced later...
Local Lore: More Hollywood Theatre stories
Jun 10, 2026
Turns out the Hollywood Theatre has a few more stories to tell, which highlight some of the final highs and lows of the establishment before it became an office building and apartments.
A Tragic Mystery
In February of 1966, tragedy struck. A small front-page article in The Lake City Graphic...
Pass It On donates to recovery event at Hok-Si-La
Jun 10, 2026
There’s a new mural in Lake City. You can see it when you head north on North 7th Street toward the Mayo Clinic.
Look to the left as you pass Anytime Fitness and on the next building you’ll spot the brightly colored scenes painted on a window.
The mural depicts the Mississippi River, with rising...
Trifecta performs Saturday at Lake City Area Arts
Jun 10, 2026
Trifecta will perform a concert at the Lake City Area Arts center, 105 W. Center St., at 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 13.
The doors open at 6:30 p.m. with a $15 suggested donation.
A press release reports “Trifecta performs easy listening music that brings back memories of times gone by... Band...
Volunteers sought for Flags of Valor
Jun 10, 2026
The Lake City American Legion and Auxiliary-sponsored Flags of Valor will be flying along Park Street and Lakeshore Drive (Hwy. 61) from Ohuta Park to Kelly’s Lakehouse Wednesday, June 24 through Sunday, June 28.
Flags will be assembled at the Gold Star Mothers Park, which is at the corner of...
Weather helped make Tour de Pepin a success
Jun 10, 2026
Early morning fog gave way to pretty nice weather for this year’s Tour de Pepin bike ride around Lake Pepin on June 6.
“Tour de Pepin went really well this past weekend,” Heather Thomas, president/CEO of the Lake City Chamber of Commerce said. “The weather couldn’t have been better, and we all...
Work-based learning helps students find careers
Jun 10, 2026
For many years Lincoln High School has offered OJT (on the job training) as a class for seniors. It was long thought of as a class for students to take and be able to work on the farm, but that is no longer the case. Now called Career Seminar and Work-Based Learning, students are learning much...
Tractor Day tradition continues at high school
Jun 3, 2026
Lincoln High School students continued the Tractor Day tradition Friday, May 29. They commuted to school in tractors and other farm and lawn machinery. Vehicles ranging in size from massive tractors down to small riding lawnmowers took over the school parking lot on South Prairie Street near West...
Trees planted at Hok-Si-La to mark Arbor Day
Jun 3, 2026
The City of Lake City held an Arbor Day Tree Planting Event Saturday, May 30 at Hok-Si-La Park. Those in attendance were able to learn about the city’s tree planting efforts, hear from the city’s tree commission, learn the steps for planting a tree, get hands-on experience planting a few trees at...
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