Community

New banners fly over downtown

Dec 26, 2019

Lake City Chamber of Commerce staff Michelle Larson (on a ladder) and Samantha Schamaun were busy installing winter-themed banners on Lakeshore Drive last week. The banners were purchased as part of the chamber’s winter decorating fundraiser thanks to over $2,000 in donations from local businesses...

St. John’s choir’s Christmas concert raises $800 for Lake City Food Shelf

Dec 26, 2019

Presenting a gift in the amount of $800 to Carol Helgerson, director of the Lake City Food Shelf, are Linda Sievers, St. John’s choir accompanist, and Joyce Zillgitt, St. John’s choir director. “A sincere thank you to those who attended St. John’s Advent-Christmas Choir Concert on Dec. 11 for the...

Chamber adds awards to annual banquet

Dec 26, 2019

The Lake City Chamber of Commerce will be adding something new to their annual banquet this year – awards. Yearly awards are something done by chambers throughout the nation, but not one that has caught on yet in Lake City, the Chamber said in a news release. “We hope that these nominations will...

Library friends' support exceeds $10,000 in 2019

Dec 26, 2019

In 2019 the Friends of the Lake City Public Library donated $10,415 to the library. The money was used in a variety of ways, including an author luncheon, blinds for some of the windows, monies for staff to attend conferences, and the library renovation/addition donor wall. Currently, the...

Mayo supports shelter, United Way programs

Dec 26, 2019

Two local nonprofit organizations received donations from Mayo Clinic Health System. Mayo Clinic Health System donated $5,000 to the newly opened Hope and Harbor Shelter in Goodhue County. The shelter, which is sponsored by several area churches, used the donation to purchase new towels and...

Miller producing soil health interview series

Dec 26, 2019

Melendy Miller is working on a project to learn what progressive farmers in Wabasha County are doing to improve soil health. This work was supported by a grant from the Minnesota Division of the Izaak Walton League of America (Ikes) Upper Mississippi River Initiative. The grant was secured by...

Non-traditional kennel owner speaks to Rotary

Dec 26, 2019

Kirk Bremer of Bark, LLC., was the guest speaker at the Dec. 16 meeting of the Lake City Rotary Club. His parents ran a deer farm, and they also raised exotic animals, so Kirk has been around a lot of different animals all of his life. The State of Minnesota no longer allows certain animals as...

Rip rap holds secrets

Dec 26, 2019

Kathy Kruger was walking her dogs near some rip rap near the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) office recently when she literally stumbled upon a piece of cement with a message for the city. She tripped and it was on the ground that she saw it, a message scrawled in cement reading: “Goodbye...