Apr 24, 2024
The statue of water skiing pioneer Ralph Samuelson in Ohuta Park wearing a hat that has pretty much gone out of season.-Photo by Mama Drone, LLC
Apr 10, 2024
Recently the large cottonwood tree that stood next to the Ohuta Park seawall and for decades provided shade in the park was removed.
The city is replacing the seawall. And after an analysis of the tree revealed it was in poor health and could pose a danger to park users, the City Council approved...
Mar 6, 2024
Tree lovers from as far away as Taiwan came to honor the majestic cottonwood tree in Ohuta Park on Saturday, March 2.
Well-known Arborist Katie Himanga provided information and insights about these native trees and Michael Eastin enhanced that discussion with Dakota legends and guitar...
Feb 21, 2024
The Lake City City Council voted unanimously to remove a large cottonwood tree growing near an Ohuta Park seawall that’s due to be replaced.
Due to its proximity to the wall, the city commissioned a tree assessment that identified “significant risks” to safety posed by the tree in its current...
Feb 14, 2024
I’ve been a “river rat” since my folks bought our home at 219 Park Street in 1942-43.
The home was in the family until 1997 when my stepmother died, so I guess that means I have spent most of my life under that old cottonwood in Ohuta Park.
I wish I could know all that this tree could tell us...
Dec 27, 2023
Has anyone been thinking about the Cottonwood trees along the lake and how we are going to lose them? I have and I think it will be a wrong move to chop them down.
We need the trees for their beauty, their resting places for the eagles we love to watch and just because they have been there so...
Nov 29, 2023
A machine was extracting soil samples in Ohuta Park on Nov. 17. Lake City Public Works Director Scott Jensen said its an early part of the design process for replacement of the Ohuta Park seawall, which the city intends to complete next year. “However, there is a lot of work with permitting to...
Nov 22, 2023
Destination Lake City (DLC) recently decorated the Pavilion at Ohuta Park with holiday lighting.
According to John Hutchinson, DLC’s president, this year’s decorating lights and garlands were made possible through several DLC members’ private donations.
“Last year’s lighting was severely blown...
Oct 11, 2023
A sign on the door of the Ohuta Pavilion building (above) over the weekend announced that the public restrooms in the building are open daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The four-season building’s main entrance opens into a foyer (right). A hallway contains doors to two family restrooms. At the end of...
Oct 11, 2023
Now that The Wave statue has been put in storage and there are people in this community who are willing to work on saving it, we have to also work on saving the cottonwood tree the city says we may lose because of the sea wall that’s going to be built along Ohuta Park.
Can’t the sea wall be built...