City of Lake City
Letter: City depts. wonderful in storm response
Oct 2, 2019
To the editor:
Thank you Lake City street department, light department, water department, fire department, police department and first responders. You did a wonderful job on last Tuesday night’s tornado.
No lives were lost or anyone hurt, the downed trees were cleaned up, the next day the power...
Mayor: When tornado hit, city responded
Oct 2, 2019
Last Tuesday night our town experienced a tornado that traveled a destructive path through the center of our community. To those that suffered property damage it was a terrible outcome and we are all thankful that our community avoided bodily injuries.
Later in the week I made the rounds to a...
Progress made in tornado clean-up
Oct 2, 2019
Lots of work has gone into repairing the damage from the EF-0 tornado that swept through Lake City Tuesday, Sept. 24 – by the city, by volunteers, by property owners – and a lot of progress has been made. A total cost estimate of the damage caused is yet to come, however.
The storm struck at about...
Tornado hits Lake City
Sep 26, 2019
No one was injured or displaced by a Tuesday night tornado that caused extensive damage in Lake City, officials said, but some residents remained without power Wednesday morning and clean-up is expected to take days.
The storm hit at around 8 p.m. According to the National Weather Service, the...
Letter: Why does mayor want to tear down usable building
Sep 26, 2019
To the editor:
A month ago, I sent a letter to the editor detailing how Wise Ace Hardware would like to purchase the old public safety building and use the existing building as the foundation of a new store.
We received tremendous support for our idea throughout the community. People don’t want...
House bonding committee coming to Lake City
Sep 18, 2019
The last time the bonding committee from the Minnesota House of Representatives visited Lake City, several legislators wondered why the city wasn’t asking for any state bonding money.
“Lake City has historically not been proactive in approaching the state for funding,” Mayor Mark Nichols wrote in...
Council signals support for Patton Park performance area
Sep 12, 2019
Faced with contradictory advice and staff looking for guidance on whether and how to incorporate a public performance area into Patton Park, members of the Lake City City Council weighed in Monday, Sept. 9.
City Planning and Community Development Director Megan Smith outlined three concepts for...
Lake City levy up 3.54 percent
Sep 12, 2019
The Lake City City Council voted unanimously Sept. 9 to approve a 2020 preliminary property tax levy of $3,586,850, a 3.54 percent increase over this year.
State law requires cities to set a preliminary levy by the end of September. The council could decide to lower the levy, but not increase it,...
Lots said about park concepts
Aug 29, 2019
A joint meeting of the Lake City City Council, the Lake City Streets and Parks Commission, and the Lake City Marina Board gave members of all three groups the opportunity to share what they liked, and what they didn’t, about three concept plans for redeveloping the marina beach and Ohuta Park...
Council, commissions meet tonight to discuss park's future
Aug 21, 2019
The Lake City City Council will hold a joint meeting at 6 p.m. tonight with the city’s marina board and streets and parks commission to review and give feedback on three design concepts for the marina beach area and a portion of Ohuta Park.
It will be televised and streaming online at https://...
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