American Legion

Legion, county host students

May 11, 2017

May 2 was the 60th annual Boys and Girls County Day held in Wabasha in a collaboration between Wabasha County and the District 1 and Area 1 Wabasha County American Legion Council. A total of three students and a teacher from Lake City and a total of 10 students and a teacher from Wabasha-Kellogg...

Lake City Legion announces officer corps

May 11, 2017

The Lake City Louis McCahill American Legion Post 110 elected a new board of directors for the 2017–2018 calendar year. The following officers by position will take over in June. Elected as post commander, Dan Smith; post adjutant, Andru Peters; post 1st vice commander, Gene Schumann; post...

Peters shifts focus to veterans issues

Feb 8, 2017

City of Lake City employees, council and board members, and others stopped by the City Hall conference room Feb. 2 to thank Andru Peters for his service to the city. Peters didn’t win reelection in a crowded City Council field last fall. Since then he’s focused his attention on the American Legion...

'New' Legion member is a WWII veteran

Nov 17, 2016

The Millville Valley American Legion Post 579 in Millville boasts a membership of 137 veterans, the highest total ever, Post Commander Gary Balcome said Friday night during the post and auxiliary’s annual Veterans Day dinner. Balcome, who took over as commander in July, credits immediate Past...

Pillow cleaning Sept. 22

Sep 15, 2016

The American Legion Auxiliary invites everyone to Carlson’s Pillow Cleaning Service on Thursday, Sept. 22, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Legion clubrooms on South Washington Street in Lake City.Pillows will be cleaned, deodorized, sanitized and fluffed. This is a mobile unit offering same day...

Legion supports Bluff View school patrol

Jun 9, 2016

American Legion Commander Emery Fick (back right) and Auxiliary President Vicky Fick (back left) presented awards to 30 Bluff View Elementary sixth grade school patrol students before the students set out for an end of the year picnic at Hok-Si-La Park. Four School Patrol captains, Owen Meyers,...

Scenes from Memorial Day in Hammond, Millville

Jun 2, 2016

Veterans groups from Zumbro Falls and Millville conducted Memorial Day observances in cemeteries and public places in and around those cities, as well as the City of Hammond, on Memorial Day

Canoeing veterans get day of leisure in Lake City

Sep 10, 2015

“I woke up this morning to the most perfect view of the sunrise reflecting off Lake Pepin and a cool breeze pushing the waves against the shore,” Abby Kaeser wrote in her blog Sunday. “I couldn’t have asked for a more calm morning after the crazy, backwards day we had yesterday.“ She and two...

Crossing guards mark end of career at Hok-Si-La

Jul 10, 2015

Thirty-five Bluff View Elementary School sixth grade school patrol students enjoyed an end-of-the-year picnic at Hok-Si-La Park. Four student captains - Ashley Veronen, Carter Wallerich, Abby Rohr and Jeremy Nguyen - spent a week at Legionville last summer. Legionville is a training center for...