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City Hall renovation bid accepted

Sep 13, 2018

Work on a $90,000 remodel at City Hall is scheduled to begin in December. On Sept. 10, the Lake City City Council accepted a bid from Red Wing Construction of about $51,000 for the construction portion of the project. In February the council authorized staff to seek bids for the project. A Feb. 1...

Overlapping administrators at City Hall

Apr 26, 2018

Lake City City Administrator Mark Sievert and Lake City City Administrator Rob Keehn sit for a photo in the lobby at City Hall on Keehn’s first day, Monday, April 23. Sievert informed the City Council in November of his intention to retire at the beginning of May. An executive search process...

President rings in  President’s Day

Feb 21, 2018

Bunny Anding rang the historic City Hall bell in celebration of President’s Day on Monday, Feb. 19. Anding is president of the Bittersweet Garden Club. The ringing of the City Hall bell on special occasions is sponsored by the Lake City Historical Society.

House crossing

Nov 2, 2017

The house formerly known as 215 W. Center Street moved to its new location on West Irving Street Oct. 25. James and Lynn Glazier purchased the home from the city. They’re moving to Lake City to be closer to their grandchildren, according to Larry Nielson, their real estate broker. John Wingert...

Preparing to move

Oct 19, 2017

A crew from John Wingert House Moving slides a 50-foot beam beneath the house at 215 W. Center Street in Lake City on Oct. 16. The City of Lake City purchased the house, which is right next to City Hall, in 2013 and used it to house out-of-town ambulance service personnel. When the new public...

Johnny Appleseed Day is here

Oct 5, 2017

Johnny Appleseed Day 2017 brings with it the return of some favorite events of years past, but not johnny races. The event is technically Oct. 7, but a Friday night appearance by television travel host Rudy Maxa (7 p.m. at the Lake City Sportsman’s Club) is being promoted under the festival...

House move leaves Lake City in the hole

Sep 14, 2017

Some members of the Lake City City Council appeared to be experiencing sellers remorse even before the council voted 4-3 to accept a proposal to move a house on city-owned property to another lot in the city. The city had housed ambulance service personnel in the house next to City Hall after...

Peters rings City Hall bell for 4th of July

Jul 6, 2017

American Legion Louis McCahill Post #110 Adjutant Andru Peters is performing the annual City Hall bell ringing event at 10 a.m. to mark Independence Day. Holiday bell-ringing has been a long standing tradition sponsored by the Lake City Historical Society. Andru has been a member of the American...

Used book sale coming April 27-29

Apr 20, 2017

The Friends of the Lake City Public Library will hold their spring used book sale and bake sales April 27-29 in the ballroom at the Lake City City Hall. Citing community donations that were “generous in every sense of the word,” the club said there will be a large selection of adult and children’s...

DNR hosts fire  training at city hall

Mar 22, 2017

Steve Rathbun (left) of the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and Paul Near of the United States Forest Service observe as Corey Hadler of MnDOT deploys a dummy emergency fire shelter during a fire safety refresher course held at City Hall in Lake City March 21. The actual tents look...