City of Lake City
City Council gives Highway 61 plans a close look
Mar 9, 2017
City Council members went in-depth on just about everything but the money as it relates to the two options for the future of Highway 61 in the city.
The Monday-night workshop meeting compared the safety, durability, traffic volume, aesthetics of the highway’s current four-lane configuration with...
Letter: With Hwy. 61 decision looming, is council member in too deep?
Mar 9, 2017
To the editor,
Monday night’s council workshop involving Highway 61 was interesting and continues to better identify the pros and cons of either maintaining the four lanes or converting to three lanes.
One of the more interesting aspects actually occurred after the meeting, when I bumped into the...
Letter: Three-lane proposal is 'extraordinary stewardship'
Mar 9, 2017
To the editor:
Over the past month several of the council members have asked for my opinion on the conversion of Highway 61 from four lanes to three. One year ago I had no opinion on the matter but after much contemplation and study, I have arrived at the following conclusions.
By a fluke of...
Letter: A nuisance to people, a danger to dogs
Mar 9, 2017
To the editor:
As a dog owner in the Jewel, I often walk my dog in the neighborhood, around town and at city parks, including Hok-Si-La. As Biscuit and I dodge the droppings from other dogs, it’s clear to see that some dog owners are not following the city’s ordinance regarding their dog’s feces...
Council Highway 61 work session is Monday
Mar 3, 2017
A council work session on the plan to reconfigure Highway 61 through Lake City will cover safety, aesthetics, traffic volume, and pavement lifespan, according to an agenda posted on the city website Thursday.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) will present a crash history of Highway...
Heavy equipment: Before and after the blizzard
Mar 2, 2017
Tom Gerken harvests corn near Oak Center on Thursday ahead of that night’s snow storm.In the other photo, submitted by Ben Threinen, Lake City Public Works employees harvested the snow that blanketed the city and caused at least one newspaper editor to be late for a ribbon cutting.
Hearth and Home unveils $1.5 million product design and engineering lab
Mar 2, 2017
Hearth and Home Technologies in Lake City celebrated the opening of its new product design and engineering lab with a ribbon cutting ceremony Feb. 24.
The $1.5 million lab occupies 20,000 feet of former warehouse space in the company’s building on the corner of 10th Street and Monroe Street in...
Letter: City crews restored streets, power in no time
Mar 2, 2017
To the editor:
Thank you to the Lake City Street Department and crew for the great job they did on the cleaning and removing the snow from our streets in last Friday’s snow storm. It was the most snowfall in one storm in over 20 years. Our streets were clean and safe and in no time they had the...
Letter: Seize the opportunity to reshape Lake City's future
Mar 2, 2017
To the editor:
Every fifty years or so a really important matter comes up in almost every community. Lake City is at that crossroads, and since I’m on the subject of roads, I’d like to talk about the highway that runs through our fine city.
It’s very important that Lake City gets it right...
Hwy. 61 work session rescheduled
Feb 27, 2017
A City Council work session meeting to investigate the potential conversion of the four-lane segment of Highway 61 in Lake City to three lanes will be Monday, March 6, at 6:30 p.m. in the council chambers at City Hall.
This is a change from the Feb. 27 date discussed by the council at its Feb. 13...
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