Every year, a sediment load the size of a city block filled to the height of the Foshay Tower in downtown Minneapolis, accumulates at the head of Lake Pepin. The sedimentation rate is now 10x ...

Sheriff Kelly said they partnered with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Lake City Fire and Ambulance for the rescue. A deputy knew how to drive their airboat and was able to help ...

Lake Pepin is not actually a "lake" but rather a natural basin extending approximately 35 miles in length and two miles across at some points, an expanse unlike any other stretch of the river.

Protecting Lake Pepin is a top priority. "Lake City is very dependent on the communities up river to help reduce pollution in Lake Pepin," Peder Sandhei, MPCA.

Plans call for creating a water skiing hall of fame in Lake City, where the annual Water Ski Days, June 23-26, will feature water ski shows, a ski-towing seaplane and an 82-year-old man skiing on ...

Lake City community moving mobile homes to higher ground as river rises LAKE CITY, Minn. -- To get ahead of potential flooding, some Lake City homes are physically being moved to higher ground.

Kevin Stauffer, Lake City-based DNR area fisheries supervisor, said there is a wide variety of species of fish on the upper Mississippi, and 50 to 60 of them are regularly found in Lake Pepin.