Mississippi River

Barge  stops by

Aug 29, 2018

The Motor Vessel Ardyce Randall made a brief stop at Roschen Park in Lake City Aug. 24. A photo taken by photographer Manda Baldwin and posted on Facebook shows crewmembers on the park dock and on shore. The Ardyce Randall is owned by American River Transportation, a subsidiary of Archer Daniels...

Halvorson: Always been a (Hiawatha) valley girl

Aug 22, 2018

Did you ever really think about where you’ve spent most of your life? Mine was spent in the Hiawatha Valley which to me is the area between St. Paul and Winona. My dad’s family migrated from southern Iowa to St. Paul. Mom’s migrated to Winona. We had relatives sprinkled in between. Growing up...

Volunteers needed for Mississippi River cleanup

Jun 27, 2018

As part of the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics – Hot Spot week on the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (Refuge), a river cleanup will be held on Sunday, July 15, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Volunteers should meet at Beach Park which is located at the end of Main Street...

Hot holiday weekend

May 31, 2018

Floating, fishing, sailing, and jet-skiing were some of the ways people celebrated a hot Memorial Day weekend on Lake Pepin.-Photo by Ben Threinen

North Atlantic traditions kept alive on Lake Pepin

May 24, 2018

Once a year, they come to Hok-Si-La Park in Lake City, to build kayaks, to paddle kayaks, to roll kayaks, to harpoon from kayaks, to burn kayaks, but most of all to celebrate a culture and its way of life. Qajaq Camp (pronounced “kayak camp”) is put on by Qajaq USA, the American Chapter of the...

High water creeps into Ohuta Park

May 3, 2018

A rising Lake Pepin laps over the Ohuta Park seawall Tuesday, May 1, depositing debris on the shore. Across the boat launch, the newer, taller seawall is visible above the high water. Lake City Marina Administrator Mark Lutjen said he expected the river to crest here Wednesday, May 2. The marina’s...

Open water appears near Methodist Point

Mar 7, 2018

The trail of a snowmobile leads into a patch of open water on Lake Pepin near Methodist Point Saturday, March 3. Portable ice fishing shelters stand nearby. The opening is near the area staked out with thin ice signs by the Goodhue County Sheriff’s Department earlier this winter. On Feb. 21, the...

Wabasha gets $450k for new barge terminal

Jan 31, 2018

Wabasha Port Authority will construct a new barge terminal thanks in part to a $454,876 grant from the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT). The $625,500 project will include dredging of existing access channel and placement of the dredge cut material on the adjacent barge terminal site...

Riverboat passes eagle perched on cross

Aug 10, 2017

An eagle perches on the cross at the former Methodist Campus in Old Frontenac (not far from the old steamboat landing) Sunday morning as the American Queen river boat heads upstream. The boat made an appearance later that day at Red Wing’s River City Days before heading south toward Dubuque, Iowa,...

River City ramble to be Aug. 5 in Red Wing

Jul 26, 2017

The River City Ramble takes place on Saturday, Aug. 5 and there is still time to sign up to participate in the 5K run, the two mile walk or the Kids’ Fun Run.The course for the 5K run and the two mile walk starts at Central Park in Red Wing and continues through the historic district, along streets...