City of Lake City
Letter: Tell park planners to consider keeping nine trailers in place
Jul 3, 2019
To the editor:
Below is the letter residents of Marina Point sent to the city council and the mayor:
We are writing you as members of the Lake City community who love and appreciate this city by the lake, and care about its vitality and its future.
Specifically, we wish to address Ohuta Park and...
Fireman's dance is Saturday, July 6
Jul 3, 2019
The 121st annual Lake City Fireman’s Dance is Saturday, July 6, at the Lake City Fire Hall on the 200 block of South High Street.
Festivities begin at 3 p.m. with a beanbag tournament (Call Michael Lafferty at 507-696-5323 to sign-up a two-person team. Registration is at 2:45 p.m.), a free bounce...
Council defers decision on Kemp Lane name change request
Jun 19, 2019
After much discussion on June 10, the Lake City City Council opted to leave its options open on a request to rename a 100-foot street stub leading to a new housing development.
In the mid-2000s the City of Lake City approved a development off of North 10th Street that included 22 single family...
City recognizes employee milestones
Jun 12, 2019
The Lake City City Council Monday recognized several employees for reaching five-year increment milestones in their employment with the city. Pictured are Mayor Mark Nichols with City Clerk Kari Schreck (15 years), and Marina Administrator Jeff Brand (20 years). Also recognized, but not present,...
Public art paused, sort of
Jun 12, 2019
The Lake City City Council looked at public art from a few different angles at its meeting Monday, June 10, and decided to put a moratorium on the placement of new pieces while it develops a public art policy.
Ron Schimbeno and sculptor Colin Atkinson presented a concept and scale models of large...
Push to reclaim spalling streets fails
Jun 12, 2019
A divided City Council on June 10 twice voted down motions to reclaim and repave several streets on the city’s south side before settling on a partial fix until the road can be reclaimed in 2021.
Residents on Lilac Lane and nearby streets have lobbied the council for months to do something about...
First day of pool
Jun 5, 2019
A pool patron drops backward off the new climbing wall in the deep end of O’Neil Swimming Pool on June 3, the first day of the 2019 season. The Red Wing Family YMCA is managing the pool this summer under an agreement with the City of Lake City, which owns the facility. A week-long safety around...
Lake City offers emergency messaging service
May 29, 2019
Lake City Emergency Management is asking citizens to make sure they have signed up for public safety and other time-sensitive messages from the city.
The CodeRED system provides Wabasha County and Lake City officials the ability to quickly deliver messages to targeted areas or the entire city and...
Shelter from the sun
May 23, 2019
Two newly-installed canopies at O’Neil Swimming Pool in Lake City await the arrival of summer and swimmers. Also new this year is a climbing wall to replace a broken diving board at the city-owned facility. Pool programming will be run by the Red Wing Family YMCA this year for the first time. More...
School contractors join flood cleanup effort
May 23, 2019
Representatives of contractors working on the Bluff View Elementary School expansion project recently joined Lake City Streets and Parks employees at the Hok-Si-La Park boat landing to help clean up debris washed ashore during the recent flooding. Among the companies represented were: Kraus-...
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