City of Lake City

Ohuta Park retaining wall progress as of April 21

Apr 23, 2025

Icon Constructors at work on the retaining wall on the lower, downriver section of Ohuta Park on April 21. As part of the riverfront retaining wall replacement, the height of the wall in that section will be raised to be more uniform with the higher walls upriver and directly across the small boat...

Ohuta Park seawall construction begins

Apr 16, 2025

A large excavator arrived at Ohuta Park late last week in anticipation of a large lakefront project for the City of Lake City. With the help of funding from the state bonding bill, the city is replacing lakeshore retaining wall from the Ohuta Park small boat launch northward this spring and summer...

Legion presents ‘Certificate of Commendation for Public Service’ to Lake City Police Department

Mar 26, 2025

Lake City Mayor Brian Quinn was on hand recently as representatives of Lake City American Legion Post presented Lake City Police Department staff with a “Certificate of Commendation for Public Service.” In a Facebook post, the mayor said it was an “honor” to join the Legion for the presentation. “...

Community garden on the move

Mar 26, 2025

After more than 15 years in its original location, the Lake City Community Garden is pulling up stakes–corner markers–and moving down North 10th Street to a new location. Gardeners who need space for vegetables may register for a plot by filling out an application form and making a deposit at City...

Council approves $62,000 separation agreement with public works director

Mar 12, 2025

At its regular meeting Monday, March 10, the Lake City City Council approved a separation agreement with now-former city Public Works Director Scott Jensen. Jensen had been on leave from the city since February 10, with Assistant Public Works Director Mitchell Rigelman fulfilling the duties of the...

Committee recommends separation agreement with Public Works director

Mar 5, 2025

At a special meeting on Thursday, Feb. 27, the City of Lake City’s personnel committee recommended a separation agreement with the city’s Public Works Director, Scott Jensen, who was recently placed on leave. “The committee reviewed and considered a separation agreement with Scott Jensen and voted...

Megan Smith named Goodhue County Land Use Management Director

Feb 5, 2025

Goodhue County Administrator Scott Arneson announced on Jan. 27 the hiring of former City of Lake City Planning and Community Development Director Megan Smith as the county’s Land Use Management Director. She had been serving as interim Land Use Management Director since November 2024. “Megan...

Grateful for Nichols’ service as mayor

Jan 22, 2025

This note is to thank former mayor Mark Nichols for serving as the Mayor of Lake City for the previous 8 years. Mark’s dedication to the position was very evident, during both terms, as I believe he invested an unusually high number of hours per week, not including all of the pre-scheduled...

Large power outage reported

Jan 8, 2025

A power outage affected some customers of Lake City Public Utilities on Jan. 2. “We did have a large outage,” City of Lake City Public Works Director Scott Jensen said that day. “We believe it is in a portion of the overhead distribution system that is exposing a weak spot with colder temperatures...

Nichols is grateful, inspired, and confident as time as mayor concludes