Community
Old Frontenac shows its age with gala celebration
Sep 18, 2019
Perhaps moreso than any town in the area, Old Frontenac is a village where past and present collide.
“So much of our history is still evident in the community,” said Lorry Wendland of Frontenac, who is the author of two books chronicling the village’s 18th century pioneers.
There’s a “special...
Rotary tasting event returns bigger than ever on Oct. 4
Sep 18, 2019
The Lake City Rotary’s “Almost Annual Wine, Beer and Spirits Event” will take place at Port 104 on Friday, Oct. 4. The event will start at 6:30 p.m.; with closing bids at 8:30 p.m. and prizes disbursed at 9 p.m.
This event will include taste stations from a variety of spirit vendors who will be...
Suffragette Lake City
Sep 18, 2019
On Sept. 8, women from around the state gathered at the state capitol to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Minnesota’s ratification of a 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote.
At least two of them were elected officials (one current and one former) with ties to Lake City.
Katie Himanga...
Tenneco employees donate school supplies
Sep 18, 2019
Tenneco (formerly Federal-Mogul) employees conducted a school supply drive to support Bluff View Elementary School and St. John’s Lutheran School in Lake City.
Cathy Carlson, organizer of the school supply drive, said, “it was wonderful to see the overwhelming support from our employees. When we...
Expansion, gratitude on display at Bluff View
Sep 18, 2019
The message, printed in large, bold script on the back of a map handed out to people arriving for the Bluff View Elementary School Monday night was unambigous:
“Thank You.”
The school and school district were expressing their appreciation to the community for supporting a $12 million expansion...
VFW, auxiliary announce essay contest and scholarship competition
Sep 18, 2019
Post Commander Lorne McDonald and Auxiliary President Karen England of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and Auxiliary to Bernard Flesche Post 8729, Lake City announce the kick-off of the VFW’s annual Patriot’s Pen youth essay competition and Voice of Democracy Scholarship competition.
Patriot’s...
Childhood cancer group shares survivor stories
Sep 18, 2019
In 2012 Childhood Cancer Awareness month was designated nationally in an effort to raise awareness of childhood cancer. Lake City Area Childhood Cancer Awareness (LCACCA), a new local non-profit, would like to support our local warriors and fighters by introducing you to Chloe McElmury and Jacob...
Public library offers program on Medicare
Sep 18, 2019
The Lake City Public Library invites the public to learn more about the ABCDs of Medicare on Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 5:30 p.m. at the library.Jerry Roberts, information and assistance specialist at Senior LinkAge Line will be on hand to provide non-biased information on Medicare. For example,...
“Dark La Crosse” program at public library Sept. 26
Sep 18, 2019
The Lake City Public Library invites the public to a fun and informational one-hour program on Thursday, Sept. 26, at 6:30 p.m. featuring the “dark side” of La Crosse, Wis.Kelly Krieg-Sigman is the former director of the La Crosse Public Library. She and two library archivists first brought La...
Woman’s Club sponsors recycling presentations
Sep 18, 2019
The Woman’s Club of Lake City will sponsor an evening of recycling presentations at the Lake City Public Library on Wednesday, Sept. 25, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. First on the program is Willow Manceaux of Cargill, operations technician at their Blair, Neb. plant. She will be doing a Skype...
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