Opinion
Tiger Talk: Board members updates, marketing, childcare costs, budgeting season begins
Mar 5, 2025
As February comes to a close, there are so many great happenings at school to highlight. On Feb. 19, Lake City Schools, in partnership with Bluff Country School Bus Service, celebrated School Bus Driver Appreciation Day. Our bus drivers are special, often building strong relationships with...
Seeking to help our schools and our students
Feb 26, 2025
Recently I joined other lawmakers at a meeting of southeastern Minnesota school superintendents. The overall message we heard from them is that they are struggling, and they need help.
Schools are feeling the pinch of more than 65 new mandates that were approved by Gov. Walz and an all Democrat-...
What’s It All About? Growing Older
Feb 26, 2025
I often wish I could have grown old in my hometown among familiar names, faces and places. But I opted for college to be a teacher/coach. That career lasted 14 years, then I got a better offer and took the show on the road as a seminar presenter. In my 60+ years of employment and extensive travels...
Ohl: That’s my seat
Feb 19, 2025
We get used to things the way they are and perhaps this applies even more so for senior citizens like me. We tend to sit in the same seat or close by when we go to church, the movies, the break room at work, sports events, etc.
Our bus garage is probably like other workplaces in that we have a...
Get the lead out
Feb 19, 2025
Congress is attempting to repeal the Biden administration’s groundbreaking rules that require all the country’s very old lead pipes to be replaced over the next 13 years and to lower the limit of lead in water.
The repeal, if successful, would in effect prohibit the government from ever requiring...
Wally’s Wild Ride - Part II
Feb 12, 2025
Wally’s Palace and the accompanying fish house that had knocked the Palace free from the ice continued to gain speed and would spin slowly as they encountered small objects embedded in the ice. The rotation gave Wally a 360 degree view out the small window. However, he could not see any shoreline...
Facts, not hearsay, needed to evaluate county attorney
Feb 12, 2025
I have followed with interest the Wabasha County Board meetings’ discussion about the county attorney salary.
I must admit I am puzzled by the words “I heard.” How about facts? Request six years of records on cases closed by plea bargain and trial, plus the cost for each. Then follow it up with...
Church grateful for community support of Blessing Box
Feb 12, 2025
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church is grateful for the caring people who live in Lake City. As some people in the community are aware, St. Mark’s Church has a Blessing Box in front of the building with some food items to help people in need; it offers just a few non-perishable goods to help tide people...
Wanted: Lake City stories and storytellers
Feb 5, 2025
On Jan. 25, Eloise Blattner stopped by the Lake City Arts (LCAA) Center during the Hot Cocoa Crawl sponsored by the Shops of Lake City. Eloise, a past president of the Lake City Historical Society had a wonderful hot cocoa story to share with a captive audience of Ruby and Penny and Sammy the...
Tiger Talk: Board members sworn in, child care rates, exceptional students
Feb 5, 2025
Although the middle of winter, post holiday, January can feel like a slower time of year, that is hardly the case at Lake City Schools. From Snow Days Week to sporting events, to One Act Play and band concerts, there is much to do when it’s cold outside.
One highlight of the month of January is...
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