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Powell’s Medal of Freedom on display at eagle center

Feb 14, 2024
The National Eagle Center has a new item on display in its American Eagle Gallery to mark the start of Black History Month. Visitors to the Center can now see and learn about Gen. Colin Powell’s Presidential Medal of Freedom - the highest award that can be given to a civilian and is earned for...

VFW and Auxiliary donate $2,000 to robotics team

Feb 14, 2024
Lake City VFW Post 8729 and its Auxiliary recently presented $2,000 to Lake City Public Schools Robotics Team 2861, Infinity’s End. The team will be competing in Duluth from Feb. 28 through March 2. The Robotics team is made up of 19 students and 7 coaches and mentors. “We support the...

Flag flown for former firefighter

Feb 7, 2024
Bruce Schumacher of Lake City died Friday, Feb. 2. The following day, the Lake City Fire Department flew its garrison flag in his honor. Schumacher was a member of the fire department from 1982 to 2002. He remained a volunteer on behalf of the department in the years after and was a fixture at the...

Spring-like weather for Feb. 4 golf lesson

Feb 7, 2024
Spring-like weather lately has had people acting in a spring-like manner. Underwood Park was full of activity Feb. 4, with children on the playground, a few soccer players, and even a golf lesson. Daily high temperatures were forecast to remain above freezing through Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14....

Youth National Anthem singing contest begins

Feb 7, 2024
VFW Auxiliary Lake City Post 8729 has announced the kick-off of the VFW Auxiliary’s national anthem singing contest, Get Excited for the Red, White and Blue! Youth in grades kindergarten through 12 can “showcase their talent, display their patriotism and express their creativity while competing...

10 years as Wabasha County Statewide Health Improvement Program coordinator

Feb 7, 2024
Wabasha County Public Health is wishing Tina Moen a happy tenth anniversary as its Statewide Health Improvement Program coordinator. “Tina is a leader in SHIP across our region and the state. Her work is noticed and shared as an example to others in the field. I would like to take the opportunity...

Ag parade kicks off ‘I Love to Read Month’ at Bluff View Elementary School

Feb 7, 2024
“Growing Readers” is the theme for “I Love to Read Month” at Bluff View Elementary School this year, and to kick off a month of agriculture-related activities, the school hosted an agriculture parade on Friday, Feb. 2. “Jeremy Holst from Holst Dairy Farms and Mark Ryan from Ag Partners shared the...

City stakes out dog park

Feb 7, 2024
Stakes have appeared on a patch of land on North 10th Street between the Lake City Public Safety Building and the Wabahsa County Road 5 marking the location of a future city dog park. Lake City Public Works Director Scott Jensen said that after a lot of discussion about adding a dog park a few...

Cole, Mears, and Matzke advance to State in Business Professionals of America

Feb 7, 2024
Three Lincoln High School students have advanced to the state competition for Business Professionals of America (BPA) coming up in March. Adison Cole and Matalynn Mears advanced in the Visual Design Team category. Ella Matzke advanced in the Economic Research category. For Cole and Mears’ project...

Donor to match $10,000 in Packing for the Weekend - Lake City donations

Feb 7, 2024
For the second year, The Greater Lake City Community Foundation has established a Donor Advised Fund (DAF) with an anonymous donor to match donations made to Packing for the Weekend - Lake City. “Packing for the Weekend - Lake City is a local program that supplies supplemental weekend food for...

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