Community
Community invited to fall sports meeting
Aug 5, 2026
On Thursday, Aug. 13 at 6 p.m. in the high school auditorium, Lincoln High School will hold its Parent/Athlete/Coach (PAC) meeting.
This meeting is for student-athletes in seventh through 12th grade who plan to participate in fall sports and their parents.
Students who do not participate in...
Community supper is Aug. 12 at St. Mark’s
Aug 5, 2026
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church will be hosting the August Community Supper on Wednesday, Aug. 12, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
We have another favorite planned for you: spaghetti and meatballs, plus salad, garlic bread, and of course, desserts. Many come especially for the desserts!
Doors open no...
Democrats campaign in Lake City area
Aug 5, 2026
Three Democratic candidates campaigned at an event near Lake City last week, according to Deirdre Flesche, who was in attendance.
“Jake Johnson, Democratic candidate for Congressional District 1, Ben Schierer, Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor with Amy Klobuchar, and Heather Arndt,...
Grateful to summer reading program for visiting the market
Aug 5, 2026
On behalf of Lake City Market by the Lake, we would like to express our gratitude to the Bluff View Summer Reading Program for coming down to our market July 24 for their summer reading night events.
It was an incredible event that welcomed many new families to the farmers market. The overflowing...
Letter: Tired of negativity politics
Aug 5, 2026
I am tired of negative ads.
I want to know the record of a politician. Not the hate of the other party, but what will you do for your consituents and this country.
I am tired of hearing the word “retard” and “piggy,” along with every time someone is killed a politician speaks out all negative and...
Lincoln High School school year begins Sept. 1, Bluff View Sept. 3
Aug 5, 2026
Lake City Public Schools will begin classes on Tuesday, Sept. 1 for Lincoln High School grades seven through 12 and on Thursday, Sept. 3 for Bluff View Elementary grades kindergarten through six.
Bluff View Elementary School is expecting an opening day enrollment of 535 students and Lincoln Jr./...
Local author wins Michelle Wincell O’Leary International Impact Book Award
Aug 5, 2026
Michelle Wincell O’Leary’s book, “She Found Her Superpower,” just received an International Impact Book Award.
The International Impact Book Awards are “a prestigious global platform dedicated to recognizing, celebrating, and elevating exceptional authors and the powerful stories they bring into...
Monty Vikdal promoted to captain
Aug 5, 2026
When Monty Vikdal was deciding where to hold the ceremony marking his promotion to Captain in the US Navy Reserve, he had several options.
“I considered traveling to Washington D.C. to do this in front of the National Archives,” he said during the Aug. 1 ceremony. “I considered traveling to...
New scholarship honors friends’ love of animals
Aug 5, 2026
The Greater Lake City Community Foundation has received donations to establish an endowed scholarship in honor of Dr. Barbara Follstad and Henry Ubbens.
Dr. Follstad graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1960 with a doctorate in Veterinary Medicine. She was one of the two women in her...
Once left for dead, South Troy Wesleyan Church will mark its 170th anniversary
Aug 5, 2026
Those old country churches carry so much history.
South Troy Wesleyan Church, the little white, wood-frame building along Highway 63 near Zumbro Falls, dates to 1882.
Pastors and church leaders have come and gone. Milestones were celebrated, memories were made.
But one of the best stories is how...
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