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.

A major figure in efforts to clean Lake Pepin and the Mississippi River of sediment is leaving the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, frustrated with the state's process for the cleanup.

Nine people rescued after being stranded on a sheet of ice on Lake Pepin 02:13. GOODHUE COUNTY, Minn. – Despite our seemingly never-ending winter, a Minnesota sheriff is warning everyone to use ...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District Survey Technicians Dan DeVaney, left, and Bill Chelmowski ride on an airboat above the ice at Lake Pepin, near Red Wing, Minnesota Feb. 9.