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Lake City Kiwanis Club announces December Students of the Month

Dec 31, 2024
The Lake City Kiwanis Club Students of the Month for December are Morgan Majerus (right) and Alec McElmury (center). Both were selected by the Science Department at Lincoln High School. Also included in the photo is Eric Anderson, a Student of the Month for November who was unable to attend that...

Ann E. Holt endows nursing scholarship

Dec 31, 2024
The Greater Lake City Community Foundation (GLCCF) has announced a new, endowed scholarship has been established for graduating students from Lincoln High School in Lake City. This scholarship has been named the Ann E. Holt GLCCF Nursing Scholarship in honor of the donor. This $1,500 annual...

Annie Freid joins Chamber staff

Dec 31, 2024
The Lake City Chamber of Commerce has a new events and office coordinator. Annie Freid’s first day in the role was Dec. 9. She joins Executive Director Heather Thomas and Ed Hoffman, who heads the Chamber’s Visit Lake City tourism promotion efforts. Before taking the Chamber job she was a retail...

Kiwanis Club donates $1,000 to local Hispanic Inclusion group

Dec 31, 2024
In the spirit of the season Lake City Kiwanis Club President Bill Otto presented a check for $1,000 to chairman Sue Benson of Hispanic Inclusion Lake City (HILC). HILC was organized in 2019 and works to create equitable, inclusive communities and advocates for the rights and safety of Hispanic...

Library looks back on ‘Big Year’

Dec 31, 2024
Last year, the Lake City Public Library invited the community to join it for what birders call a “Big Year,” an effort to spot as many species of birds as possible in a calendar year. Along with a slate of bird-themed activities, the library encouraged people share their bird sightings with the...

Master Naturalist class concludes with capstone event at library

Dec 31, 2024
Seventeen people participated in a University of Minnesota Extension Master Naturalist Program training series focused on the Driftless Area this fall. Led by Master Naturalist Instructor and Project Get Outdoors Coordinator Sara Holger, the “learned about the history, land use, ecology, geology,...

Wabasha County sets $17.7 million levy for 2025

Dec 31, 2024
Wabasha County Commissioners on Dec. 17 approved the 2025 final property tax levy at $17,769,835, an increase of $845,716 (5 percent) over the 2024 adopted levy. The levy amount does not include the Southeastern Minnesota Multi-County Housing and Redevelopment Authority (SEMMCHRA). After...

Snow brings to mind Frost poem

Dec 24, 2024
Susie Berke of Lake City submitted this photo of a colorful sky over the snow-covered Lake Pepin ice alongside these words from the poet Rober Frost: The way a crow; Shook down on me; The dust of snow; From a hemlock tree. Has given my heart; A change of mood; And saved some part; Of a day I had...

St. John’s students ‘Share the Joy’

Dec 24, 2024
Students at St. John’s Lutheran School and Roots to Wings Learning Center opted out of exchanging gifts with one another. Instead, the group decided to team up with “Share the Joy 2024,” an organization that collects, wraps, and distributes both gifts and necessities to deserving families in...

A white Christmas after all

Dec 24, 2024
So much snow fell Thursday, Dec. 19, that it caused at least one accident and led to the early release at Lake City Public Schools and the postponement of that evening’s sports and activities. The City of Lake City didn’t declare a snow emergency, but it did urge residents to move their cars off...

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