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Program on African American inventors is Feb. 25 at library
Feb 12, 2025
The Lake City Public Library invites the public to the upcoming program “Famous and Not-so-Famous African American Inventors” on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lake City Public Library.
Join local resident Leland D. Schultz, an intellectual property attorney with more than four decades of...
Dave Watson will peform Feb. 16 at Lake City Area Arts
Feb 12, 2025
Keyboardist, percussionist, and vocalist Dave Watson will perform Sunday, Feb. 16, at the Lake City Area Arts (LCAA) Center as part of its Coffee House Concerts Series.
Watson performing career spans 57 years. He’s currently a member of the bands “Oakwood,” “The Keynotes,” “Flipside,” and “...
Dealership manager speaks to Kiwanis club
Feb 12, 2025
Lake City Kiwanis members had an opportunity to get to know the manager of the new Mosaic Ford dealership this week.
Chad Duellman spoke about the nearly 30 years in the auto sales business and how pleased he is to be in Lake City working in the former Tom Heffernan Ford location. Chad worked in...
Five for Food under way with goal to raise $50,000 for food shelf
Feb 12, 2025
Five for Food, an initiative of the Greater Lake City Community Foundation for the Lake City Food Shelf, begins its 10th year on February 15. The drive will end on March 31.
Thirty-two sponsors have stepped forward with contributions from $500 to $2,000 for a total of over $25,000. Sponsors’...
Forward Bank commits $100,000 to Lake City scoreboard project
Feb 12, 2025
Forward Bank is supporting the Lincoln High School Digital Scoreboard project and their efforts to bring an ongoing curriculum that demonstrates a creative career path for students, the bank announced in a news release.
“When fully complete, this initiative is designed to equip students with...
Challenge grant announced to support third nursing scholarship
Feb 5, 2025
We are fortunate to live in an area where excellent medical care is so close and convenient. If you have been hospitalized, you have observed and appreciated the critical care provided by nurses. It is a wonder to behold! But hospitals are experiencing a shortage of nurses. At times beds are...
City at work on lakefront
Feb 5, 2025
Heavy equipment and piles of large rocks can be found near the shore at Lake City’s Hok-Si-La Park as work is in progress to restore shoreline damaged in last year’s flooding, as well as install mitigation measures, such as rip rap.
As of Feb. 3, rip rap was going in along the shore at the group...
City planner speaks to Kiwanis Club
Feb 5, 2025
Kristi Gross explained her duties as the new Lake City Planning and Community Development staff member.
She works closely with the Port Authority staff on issues that are east of Highway 61 and with other staff on all other properties west of 61. One of those is the nearly 80 acres called the...
Contests, events keep Lake city FFA busy
Feb 5, 2025
FFA has been busy with multiple events and contests.
Its Milk Quality team won the region contest and is moving on to state.
The team was made up of the following students who also placed high individually:
• Emily Mellgren, 15th place
• Ashley Mellgren, 16th place
• Erica Wallerich, eighth...
Daria Dalager receives ‘Citizenship Education Teacher Award’ at VFW conference
Feb 5, 2025
Our own Wabasha-Kellogg 5th-grade teacher, Daria Dalager of Lake City, was the recipient of the K-5 Minnesota State Veterans of Foreign Wars Smart/Maher Citizenship Education Teacher Award at the Mid-Winter Conference in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, and was honored and presented with her award at the...
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