University of Minnesota

Siewert earns University of Minnesota award

May 21, 2025

Blake Siewert, a Student at Lincoln High School, has received the Norman Borlaug Science Achievement Award from the University of Minnesota’s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS). The award recognizes Blake’s academic achievement in the sciences. As a part of the...

Holland conducts marching band as Gophers upset No. 11 USC

Oct 9, 2024

The Minnesota Gophers football team upset 11th ranked University of Southern California 24-17 on Oct. 5. It was also a memorable night for Dorothy Holland, a senior in the Pride of Minnesota Marching Band and a graduate of Lincoln High School. Dorothy, who will graduate in December with a degree...

Trivial pursuits: Familiar U cheer’s Lake Pepin origin

Jul 20, 2022

The search engine Google has a feature called “Google Alerts” that lets you receive emails when its crawlers find new pages containing a search term you define. I have alerts set up for different terms related to Lake City. That’s how I learned about the other Lake Pepin. The alert was for a news...

Heise named top player in women’s hockey

Mar 30, 2022

Taylor Heise of Lake City is the winner of the top individual honor in NCAA Division I women’s hockey. On March 26, USA Hockey announced on NHL Network that the University of Minnesota senior had won the 2022 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. Selection criteria for the award include “outstanding...

Heise wins NCAA hockey scoring title

Feb 23, 2022

Lake City native and University of Minnesota senior Taylor Heise was the most prolific scorer in NCAA women’s collegiate hockey this year. “Senior forward (Taylor Heise) finished off the regular season as the NCAA scoring champion,” the official University of Minnesota Women’s Hockey Twitter...

Gophers’ Taylor Heise named National Player of the Month

Dec 8, 2021

Taylor Heise has been named National Player of the Month for November by the Hockey Commissioner’s Association, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) has announced. The Lake City native, Red Wing High School graduate and University of Minnesota Gopher women’s hockey player “was recently...

Hollands march together at U of M

Sep 8, 2021

Lake City natives and siblings Dorothy Holland (left) and Victor Holland are both members of the University of Minnesota Gopher Marching Band this fall. Dorothy plays flute and Victor plays trumpet in the band. Victor is a member of the Lincoln High School class of 2019. Dorothy graduated from...

A standout Sunday for Heise siblings

Jan 13, 2021

Two Lake City siblings had big games playing different collegiate sports at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10. Taylor Heise had a hat trick playing for the University of Minnesota Women’s Hockey Team in their victory over St. Cloud State. Her brother Nate Heise was the player of the game for the University...

U of M endowed chair named for Lake City resident

Sep 9, 2020

Lake City resident Macaran Baird is being honored with the establishment of the Mac Baird Endowed Chair in Family Medicine Advocacy and Policy at the University of Minnesota. “Created by the University of Minnesota Medical School’s Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, and named for...

LC native’s new podcast features bovines and banter

Apr 15, 2020

Lake City native Brad Heins is co-hosting a new podcast for beef and dairy producers called “The Moos Room.” Produced by the University of Minnesota Beef and Dairy Teams, the podcast is hosted by Joe Armstrong, Heins, and Emily Krekelberg, and is made for both beef and dairy producers. The Moos...