Lake Pepin Pearl Button Company

Successful style show gets spring sequel on May 8

May 1, 2019

A fall style show put on by Lake City clothing retailers last year was so well-received that they’ve decided to do a spring one. “It was really a hit last fall, and The Jewel did a wonderful job on the appetizers,” said Mary Jane Rasmussen of Lake Pepin Pearl Button Company. “We had requests from...

Shops working together, and doing it in style Oct. 2

Sep 19, 2018

Nine Lake City shops and the Lake City Chamber of Commerce are planning a style show Tuesday, Oct. 2, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Jewel Golf Club. For $15 people can watch a fashion show put on by the stores, eat hor d’oeuvres and enter in a door prize drawing. Participating in the Shops of Lake...

Royal Day Out well received

May 3, 2018

This year’s Girl’s Day Out received positive reviews from business owners and attendees. Women of all ages, many sporting formal wear and tiaras in keeping with this year’s royal wedding theme, appeared in droves at participating businesses around Lake City on April 28. “We heard nothing but...

Gallerist speaks to Rotary Club

Feb 14, 2018

Tamara Ender (right), owner of Gallery on the Lake, was the guest speaker at the Lake City Rotary Club’s Feb. 12 meeting. Pictured with Ender is Rotary Club member Vicki Krage. Gallery on the Lake is located on the second floor of the Lake Pepin Pearl Button Company, 226 S. Washington St., Lake...

Lake Pepin Pearl Button Company founders retire

Nov 9, 2017

Decades. That’s how long Lora Schwartz and Rene Lawson had their eye on the building at 226 S. Washington Street in Lake City. It wasn’t much to look at. Though it once had been an auto garage, button manufacturing plant, and a poultry retailer, when Lawson and Schwartz first encountered the...

Eclectic Gallery on the Lake fuses pop, nature and nostalgia

May 24, 2017

Tamara Ender has big plans for a small space carved out of the second floor of the Lake Pepin Pearl Button Company she’s calling Gallery on the Lake. Gallery on the Lake is home to her photography, about 60 pieces of animation art from her husband’s collection, as well as about 15 pieces of...

Irish-themed events on tap for St. Patrick's day

Mar 16, 2017

People in search of something to do in Lake City on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) are in luck. An Irish dinner, live music and more are planned for a holiday that encourages everyone to believe they are at least a little bit Irish. The VFW Auxiliary is serving reubens and chips for $6 from 11 a.m....

The Old Curmudgeon - 6-9-16

Jun 9, 2016

The Old Curmudgeon has a daily view of the snappy maroon Ford pickup that Tom Heffernan has donated to the Lake City Fire Department to be given to the lucky winner of the drawing to be held at the Fireman’s Dance which is coming up faster than anyone can imagine. The more he looks at it the more...