Next week the City Council and staff will be holding a workshop and special meeting to discuss potential development plans for the city-owned land at the Ohuta Park waterfront area.
The meeting will be held at city hall on Tuesday, April 24 at 5 PM and it will be televised on cable TV and on our...
Lake City-based wildlife art publisher Wild Wings is now part of Art Brand Studios of Morgan Hill, Calif.
Wild Wings President Randy Eggenberger and Mark Mickelson, managing partner of the investment group that owns Art Brand Studios, announced the acquisition at a staff meeting April 24 at Wild...
A delivery of construction materials to the former Lake City Lumber lumber yard in Lake City on April 19 is not a sign that the business is poised tot reopen.
“Siwiek Lumber from St. Paul purchased the remaining inventory and equipment only,” said realtor Larry Nielson, the listing agent for the...
A member of the Lake City Marina boat launch staff attaches plexi-glass to the frame of a bike shelter Tuesday, May 1. The shelter will be installed on a concrete pad at the corner of Franklin Street and Marion Street. Once installed, the shelter will house the community bikes that are available to...
A rising Lake Pepin laps over the Ohuta Park seawall Tuesday, May 1, depositing debris on the shore. Across the boat launch, the newer, taller seawall is visible above the high water. Lake City Marina Administrator Mark Lutjen said he expected the river to crest here Wednesday, May 2. The marina’s...
To the editor:
Here we go again.
About every 10 years someone thinks they have a better idea for our Lake City Marina: to get rid of the summer homes, build a hotel, Disney amusement park, etc.
Leave the marina as it is. The marina doesn’t need any help. It’s Lake City’s cash cow.
Every small town...
To the editor:
It was good to see so many people at the Council workshop and meeting last Tuesday. For those not aware, numerous people spoke during the Public Forum. As one of the speakers, I think I failed to make my point clear. So I would like to clarify it here.
Lost friendships several years...
The Ohuta Park and Lake City Marina beach area will be the focus of a city council workshop meeting on Tuesday, May 8, at 5 p.m. in the second floor conference room at City Hall. It will not be televised.
The meeting is a follow-up to an April 24 meeting where the council considered questions...
Lake City Marina Administrator Mark Lutjen has notified the city and its Marina Board of his intention to retire June 30.
As administrator, Lutjen oversees the operation of the city’s two harbors, its trailer site rentals on Marina Point and winter boat storage.
City Administrator Rob Keehn said...
The Lake City City Council came out of a workshop meeting Tuesday, May 8, with an apparent consensus that could bring an end to a long-simmering battle over replacing the marina beach house.
If the compromise survives a vote at Monday’s regular council meeting, the current structure is likely to...
