cancer

Fontem: Legislature should help fund life-saving cancer screenings

Jan 27, 2021

Editor’s note: Pam Fontem is a volunteer with the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network. Cancer affects everyone but it doesn’t affect everyone equally. Over 4,600 Minnesota women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year and around 140 will be diagnosed with cervical cancer. The...

Make cancer an election issue

Oct 7, 2020

As a cancer patient/survivor/caregiver, I know how important the decisions of elected officials are to people with cancer and their families. Lawmakers at every level play an enormous role in enacting policies that help people prevent and treat cancer. This election season, I’m joining the American...

Childhood cancer awareness walk planned for Sept. 26

Aug 26, 2020

Many things have stopped and slowed, but childhood cancer has not. Lake City Area Childhood Cancer Awareness (LCACCA) is still excited and prepared for their second annual Childhood Cancer Awareness walk on Saturday, Sept. 26 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Patton Park in Lake City. We would be honored...

Mayo recommends routine screenings for colorectal cancer

Mar 11, 2020

When it comes to colorectal cancer, prevention is paramount, according to Mayo Clinic Health System. And prevention is the message in March, which is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Aside from skin cancers, colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in the U.S.,...

‘I plan to beat this!’: Basketball team supports band director in cancer fight

Jan 29, 2020

The Lake City Tiger boys basketball team recognized Lake City Tiger band director Paul Holland at its Coaches vs. Cancer fundraiser game on Jan. 24. Coaches vs. Cancer is a national fundraiser conducted by basketball teams to raise money to fight cancer. Friday night’s event in Lake City raised $1...

Letter: Legislation needed to protect kids from tobacco products

Oct 2, 2019

To the editor: Young people in Minnesota deserve every opportunity to live full and healthy lives. But every day, our kids are falling victim to Big Tobacco’s dangerous marketing and getting hooked on tobacco products. Twenty-seven percent of kids reported using tobacco products in 2018, and youth...

Young cancer survivor honored after successful bear hunt

Aug 14, 2019

Hunter Krusmark of Lake City, son of Jerry and Kendra Krusmark, was one of nine youths that were recently honored at the Boone and Crockett’s 30th Big Game Awards Ceremony held in Springfield, Mo., Aug. 1-4 for the bear he harvested in 2016. Hunter was diagnosed with a rare form of Hodgkin’s...

Sail for Leukemia returns for 23rd year

Jul 25, 2019

The Lake City Yacht Club will host the 23rd annual Sail for Leukemia July 27 and 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Proceeds of the fundraiser will benefit The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS), Minnesota Chapter. In 1997 the club was looking for a way to give something back to the community...

January is radon action month

Jan 9, 2019

Over half of homes in Goodhue County that have been tested for radon have dangerous levels, compared to two in five in Minnesota. State health officials say every home should be tested and the best time to test is during the heating season.Radon is an odorless, radioactive gas that occurs naturally...

Coaches vs. cancer t-shirt order deadline is Friday, Dec. 7

Dec 6, 2018

The deadline to order a Coaches vs. Cancer t-shirt from the Lake City High School girls basketball team to help raise money for the American Cancer Society is Friday, Dec. 7. The t-shirts are gray with pink lettering and are available in the following sizes: Youth - 8 (S/M), 10 (M/L), and 12 (L/XL...