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Council members favor beautifying reconstructed highway route
Jun 20, 2018
Lake City City Council members Monday weighed in on what, if any, functional and aesthetic upgrades to make in conjunction with the Highway 61 reconstruction project.
Representatives of the city’s design and engineering firm SEH presented three levels of investment created based on input from the...
Bank receives hoax bomb threat
Jun 14, 2018
Police are investigating a bomb threat called in to the Alliance Bank branch in Lake City Tuesday, June 12.
The call took place at 4:25 p.m., according to Lake City Police Sgt. Bill Weist in an email Wednesday.
“There was a similar threat at the same time at the Alliance branch in Red Wing. The...
One solar garden permitted while another stagnates
Jun 14, 2018
The Goodhue County Board will take no action to invest in solar power at the present time.
The board was divided on whether the investment is worthwhile. Commissioner Paul Drotos defended the practice and cited Red Wing’s 19 solar gardens which are in use or in production as a reason to move...
Goodhue County Commissioner battles leukemia
Jun 14, 2018
Ron Allen’s latest battle is with cancer.
The Goodhue County commissioner and retired U.S. Army veteran has leukemia, County Administrator Scott Arneson said Tuesday in a news statement.
Allen will be getting treatment over the next few weeks at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical...
Board takes wait-and-see approach to squad car leasing
Jun 14, 2018
On Tuesday, June 5, Goodhue County considered a vendor contract to manage the purchase and sale of patrol unit vehicles. This program would mean that, rather than purchasing patrol units outright and driving them until they can no longer run, vehicles would be leased to the county and sold by a...
Hwy. 61 open house is Monday
Jun 14, 2018
The Lake City City Council will hold a special workshop meeting Monday night to present the progress on the Hwy. 61 reconstruction project, and in particular amenities like lighting, benches, and trees along the route.
It will begin at 5 p.m. in the City Council chambers at City Hall.
The overall...
Corrected: Goodhue County Board delays decision on mine near Frontenac
Jun 14, 2018
Eighteen concerned citizens sat at the Goodhue County Board meeting on June 5 to watch commissioners consider issuing a conditional-use permit to re-open a former mining operation.
Commissioner Paul Drotos raised the public’s arguments against the mining facility at the top of the discussion point...
City heads for primary
Jun 14, 2018
Eight candidates filed for three seats on the Lake City City Council.
Because there are more than six people seeking the at large seats on the council, a primary election will be held Aug. 14 to narrow the field to six. The general election will be Nov. 6.
The council will have at least one new...
Father’s Day car show
Jun 13, 2018
On Sunday, June 17, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. more than 200 vehicles will be on display in Historic Downtown Red Wing as part of the Phantoms Motor/Model Club Groovy 60’s Father’s Day Car Show.“Jay Owens, Red Wing City engineer and Cory Bienfang, project engineer for Bolton and Menk, assure me that...
86-year-old dies after boat capsizes
Jun 7, 2018
An 86-year-old Illinois man is dead after the boat he was in capsized on Lake Pepin, according to the Wabasha County Sheriff’s Department.
People a fishing boat spotted a capsized boat near Camp Lacupolis. They found Ira D. Washington, of Chicago, and two other men in the water.
Washington, who...
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