Until July 15th or until the lake levels have decreased there is a no-wake zone 300 feet from the shoreline. The new rule is for the following lakes; Brophy, Burgen, Carlos, Cowdry, ...
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It is the time of year where you can't escape lists of "Top Tens" and "Best Ofs". In that spirit, I present to you the the ten highest sale prices of lake ...
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Lake Latoka (latoka.com) in Alexandria is a clean lake now and has always been. Whenever the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources tests water clarity Latoka has one of the better scores in ...
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Latoka Highlands is a fairly new development in Alexandria that is nearby Latoka Beach. Nice for everyone that lives there but especially for active kids as it can be reached by foot ...
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Iona Way is a street in Alexandria that has more than one nice feature. First off, the people that live in homes on Iona Way have frontage on one if the cleanest ...
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Wow. Yesterday sure was a beautiful day in Alexandria, Minnesota. Today’s weather is looking like a repeat and the forecast for this weekend is perfect weather. It is some of the best ...
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Curious about the prices of lake homes in and around Alexandria? Below I have the average sale prices of lakefront real estate in the Alexandria Area since the first of the year ...
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This morning around 11 am I stopped at Latoka Beach at the north end of Lake Latoka for a flight above the lake. My quadcopter was about .7 mile away from the ...
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A week ago I was on the Central Lakes Trail for a 10 mile bike ride and it was beautiful. In anticipation of more nice weather I decided to order new inline ...
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Real estate sales statistics in 2013 for homes with frontage on Lake Carlos, Lake Darling, Lake Le Homme Dieu, Lake Geneva, Lake Victoria, Lake Latoka, Maple Lake, Lake Ida and Lake Miltona ...
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After being quiet for too many years, sales of lake lots in the Alexandria Area perked up in the second half of 2013. The sales were fairly evenly distributed between twenty lakes ...
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Lakefront market statistics can be misleading since there are so many variables that affect price. So on a rainy Friday afternoon, I am taking a closer look at 2013 lake sales with ...
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I just returned from a lunch hour Stand Up Paddle from the north end of Lake Latoka to the north end and back. It'll likely be my last time out this year ...
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Lake Latoka in Alexandria is made up of a larger bay to the north and a smaller bay to the south. Locals refer to the smaller bay as Little Latoka. Recently I ...
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Not too bad of a day today in Alexandria. I enjoyed a ride on the Central Lakes Trail on my Salsa Mukluk 2 and headed south when I reached the west side ...
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