City of Lake City
Deal to rent former public safety building falls through
Feb 26, 2020
The former Lake City public safety building will not be the temporary headquarters for the Highway 61 reconstruction project after all.
On Feb. 10, the Lake City City Council approved a lease agreement with Rochester Sand and Gravel for space in the building for the duration of the project.
But...
Hwy. 61 project public information officer introduced at open house
Feb 26, 2020
People who attended the Highway 61 reconstruction project open house Feb. 20 had the opportunity to meet Rochester Sand and Gravel’s public information officer on the project, Dick Swenke.
A Frontenac resident with contractor experience, Swenke said his job will be to field concerns and questions...
Sign-up begins soon for community garden plots
Feb 26, 2020
Registration for the 2020 season of the Lake City Community Garden will run from Monday, March 2 through Friday, March 20.
Registration materials are posted on the City of Lake City website, ci.lake-city.mn.us (Click on “Community Programs” and then “Community Garden.”
Additionally, printed...
No bids for city farmland
Feb 20, 2020
No bids were submitted on over 70 acres of farmland owned by the City of Lake City by the Jan. 24 deadline, City Administrator Rob Keehn told the city council at its Feb. 10 meeting.
The city originally purchased the land in Lake Township as a place to spread material from its sewage treament...
Ohuta Park developments approved 5-2
Feb 5, 2020
Work on the Ohuta Park redevelopment is expected to begin this summer.
On Jan. 13, the Lake City City Council voted 5-2 to approve the Ohuta Park Special Area Plan developed for the city by WSB and a three-year phased construction program. Cindy McGrath and Faye Brown voted against the measure....
Letter: After 65 years, let's get highway project done
Feb 5, 2020
To the editor:
Over the years and including recent times it is interesting to read and listen to a variety of and multitude of comments, responses and concerns on the Highway 61 lane reduction project.
Just to bring folks up to speed, this “road diet” change has been discussed continually and...
Letter: City snow crews doing a great job
Jan 29, 2020
To the editor:
To the city’s street department, thank you for the wonderful job you have been doing in our snow season.
The streets are cleaned in no time. Snow is removed from Lakeshore Drive curbs.
You are doing a great job. Thank you. Thank you.
This is one of the many, many reasons why Lake...
More of city’s requests land in governor’s bonding proposal
Jan 22, 2020
Lake City already had one reason to be optimistic about the coming state bonding bill. Now it has a few more.
Gov. Tim Walz announced Jan. 15 more of his priorities for inclusion in the bonding bill. They include over $2 million in matching funds to help Lake City construct 280-foot breakwaters at...
Council looks at highway project traffic changes
Jan 22, 2020
The Lake City City Council on Jan. 13 tabled one proposed traffic change in Lake City during the upcoming highway construction and approved another on a split vote.
They tabled the temporary closure of a block of South High Street beginning at Lakewood Avenue and extending one block north, which...
Hwy. 61 construction firm might rent old public safety building
Jan 15, 2020
The Lake City City Council voted Monday to allow the city administrator to negotiate a short-term lease for the former public safety building at 209 S. High Street to Rochester Sand and Gravel.
The company is the general contractor on the Highway 61 reconstruction project. It would use the...
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