Books

Great Pandemic Cookbook submission form is now online

Jul 29, 2020

The Lake City Rotary Club is looking for submissions for its “first and only” pandemic-themed humor and cookbook. “The Great Pepin Pandemic Cookbook” is planned for release this fall, and the club is looking for hundreds of local recipes, jokes, quotes, and short stories on how to survive a...

Joy in a challenging journey

Jul 8, 2020

The phone rang late at night. When Dick Eick answered, he heard his daughter Alyson’s voice. She said, “Dad, I have to tell you - I’m a lesbian.” Dick paused, then said, “You are our daughter and always will be our daughter. No matter whether you are gay or straight, we want you to have a loving...

Big friends inspire story for little ones

Nov 21, 2018

Some time ago during a sermon, First Lutheran Church Pastor Tim Ehling shared the story of an elderly man who befriended a child. “The little boy asked the man: ‘Will you be my big friend?’” Laura Fitterer said. The story inspired Fitterer’s five children. “They just ran with it,” she said. “They...

Capacity crowd gathers to hear history author

Apr 26, 2018

About 100 people listen as Lorry Wendland (far right) tells the story behind the stories of the 19th century pioneers in her new books “19th Century Frontenac, Minnesota - The Rest of the Story,” and “Genealogy of a Village - 19th Century Frontenac, Minnesota.” Wendland’s presentation was the...

History teacher: New book offers definitive history of Old Frontenac

Apr 11, 2018

“19th Century Frontenac, Minnesota - the Rest of the Story,” is an epic undertaking by Lorry Wendland that is a minutely detailed history of the quaint river town of Old Frontenac, the small historic village that nestles along the Mississippi River about 70 miles south of St. Paul. This history is...

Library to host author Shawn Otto

Feb 21, 2018

Author Shawn Otto will share his new book “The War on Science” at the Lake City Public Library on Wednesday, March 7, at 6 p.m. Otto is an award-winning science advocate, writer, teacher and speaker. He is the producer of the first U.S. Presidential Science Debates, for which he received the IEEE-...

Local authors to appear at Lake City Area Arts

Nov 22, 2017

Lake City Area Arts is hosting “Author! Author!,” a book signing and sale event on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Authors appearing include: Peter James, author of “The Minister’s Cat”; John Weiss, author of “Back Roads”; Larry Nielson, author of “Pursuing Awe”; Katy Jo Turner, author of...

Award-winning young adult author to appear May 28 in Lake City

May 24, 2017

Treats and Treasures in Lake City will host an appearance by author Mary Clare Lockman on Sunday, May 28, from 10 a.m. until noon. Lockman is a retired oncology/hospice nurse with a degree in creative writing from Metropolitan State University. Her stories have been published in several “Chicken...

Historic Florence Town Hall hosts history fair

Apr 26, 2017

Saturday’s excellent weather didn’t stop people from getting inside to enjoy the face-painting, book reading, new historical acquisitions, door prizes and refreshments, and local history books and DVDs for sale at the Florence Township History Fair. The annual event is organized by the Friends of...

Longtime diner memorializes Frontenac Cafe in children's book

Dec 15, 2016

A hungry and lazy barred owl named Howie flies through the forest at dawn looking for someone to fix him breakfast. “Who Cooks for You?,” he asks deer, turkeys and everyone else he meets in his failed search. That is, until he meets a little girl who tells him that the Whistle Stop Cafe cooks for...