Travel

Shop owner finds unexpected opportunity to promote Lake City on French YouTube channel

Oct 4, 2023

Willow Gentile, artist and owner of Willow Gentile Studio and Gallery at 113 S. Lakeshore Dr. in Lake City, didn’t expect to connect with other Minnesotans as the result of a trip to France for a painting workshop, but that’s what happened. She spend 28 days in France, much of it in the Dordogne...

TV travel host Rudy Maxa to headling Oct. 6 arts fundraiser

Sep 14, 2017

Rudy Maxa, the host of travel shows on public television and radio, will speak at the Lake City Sportsman’s Club at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6. Tickets are $10. Proceeds benefit Lake City Area Arts, a non-profit group formed to support arts activity in Lake City. Maxa is the host of “Maxa’s World,” a...

Seat belt enforcement campaign runs through Memorial Day

May 24, 2017

With the arrival of Memorial Day weekend and the anticipation of warmer weather, road trips, barbeques and fun at the lake, public safety officials are reminding drivers and passengers on Minnesota roadways to buckle up. Motorists who are not buckled increase their odds of being injured by six-...

Church delivers water filters around the world

Apr 28, 2016

Paavo Pyykkonen estimates that nearly 3,000 people half a world away have access to safe drinking water thanks to the efforts of the Lake City United Methodist Church. The church raised $3,400 to purchase 60 Sawyer water filters and dispatched one of its members, Pyykkonen, to travel to the west...

Priest leads pilgrimmage to Italy, Portugal

Nov 19, 2015

A gondola ride down a Venice canal was one of the perks for the Rev. Joseph Pete, pastor at St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church in Lake City and St. Patrick’s Church in West Albany Township, as he led a pilgrimage of 23 people from Minnesota and Ohio to sights throughout Italy and to Fatima in...