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Hairdresser Pat Blattner started at 20 and never looked back
Mar 16, 2016
Pat Blattner spent her 70th birthday Wednesday the way she has spent most of the days of her life, cutting hair. She has been in the hair styling business for 50 years. Above, she gives a haircut to customer John Diercks. Pat worked her first year, as a young hair stylist, in Plainview before...
Matzke gets state achievement award
Mar 16, 2016
The Minnesota State High School League has announced that Olivia Matzke of Lake City has been selected as one of the 2016 ExCEL Award winners. This award represents excellence in community, education and leadership. The league annually recognizes high school juniors who are active in athletic and...
Phishing scam targets human resources and payroll employees
Mar 16, 2016
The Minnesota Department of Revenue is warning payroll and human resources professionals to beware of a phishing email scheme appearing to come from company executives requesting personal information on employees. Businesses across the country are being targeted; several companies have already...
Mediacom announces speed upgrades
Mar 16, 2016
In recognition of the 20th anniversary of its first cable system purchase, Mediacom Communications intends to invest $1 billion over the next three years to, among other projects, upgrade and expand its national broadband network, according to a news release.
Headlining the list of planned...
Semcac offers home rehabilitation loans
Mar 16, 2016
Semcac, a Community Action Agency serving southeastern Minnesota, has funds available through Minnesota Housing for housing rehabilitation loans for eligible homeowners in Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Steele and Winona counties and the City of Austin.
Semcac recently started administering...
Youth Link mentorship program visits Lagoon waterpark
Mar 16, 2016
On a beautiful March day the mentors and their mentees from the Wabasha County Youth Link Mentorship Program enjoyed a day of swimming and frolicking at The Lagoon Waterpark located at Treasure Island Casino outside of Red Wing.
Everyone in the group that attended are part of the Youth Link...
"Lake City - A Great Place" essay contest winners announced
Mar 16, 2016
Organizers of the first “Lake City - A Great Place” essay contest are declaring the contest a success and already thinking about how to improve it next year.
The contest drew 27 submissions in five categories by the Feb. 19 deadline.
A three-judge panel scored the entries without knowing who wrote...
Hiawathaland seeks rider input for expanding local service
Mar 16, 2016
Hiawathaland Transit got its start about 15 years ago with a single bus in Lake City.
Last year the public transportation service operated by Three Rivers Community Action in Goodhue, Rice and Wabasha Counties, as well as the City of Winona, providing an estimated 500,000 rides, according to Sunny...
Boiled in Lead to play Folk Forum on March 19
Mar 10, 2016
Boiled in Lead returns to the Oak Center General Store’s Folk Forum Saturday, March 19, with a setlist comprising instrumental “rock’n’reel”, “punk-folk”, “country music from many countries” and original vocal tunes. The show begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5 to $15 - pay what you are able. Kids...
Spring, and poets emerge
Mar 9, 2016
Patton Park was filled with young poets for an hour Tuesday as temperatures soared to a record 70 degrees in the region. Students in Meribeth Kozlowski’s seventh grade English class took advantage of the early burst of spring to make the four-block walk from Lincoln High School to hold class in the...
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