City weathers bitter cold snap
A bitter streak of days where temperatures remained mostly below zero appear to be coming to an end.
A mostly mild winter has given way to plunging temps as the Lake City-area, along with most of the nation, has found itself mired in cold, even for winter, weather.
Lake City Public Works Director Scott Jensen said a public works employee went down a manhole with a tape measure to find a frost depth of 45 inches.
That’s still about two feet or more short of most of the city’s water mains, he said.
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