City of Lake City
Library opens with flourish, closed by storm
Feb 3, 2016
The Lake City Public Library, relocated for a year and a half and closed for the past two weeks, reopened with a flourish this week.
But after one very successful day and a half of operation, the library closed Tuesday evening for the first real winter storm of the season.
But the storm cleared and...
City's struggle with board roles goes on
Jan 27, 2016
The marathon debate over the role of city boards and commissions took another lap Monday night.
The City Council met in special joint meeting with the Charter Commission to get approval of a new ordinance that sought to clear the matter up.
But after an hour and a half of discussion Monday night,...
Sievert making the rounds
Jan 21, 2016
Lake City’s new city administrator is spending his first two weeks on the job getting out to meet people.
It’s an effort he initiated even before he started the job.
Mark Sievert began Jan. 11, just in time for the year’s first City Council meeting. He told council members he wanted to meet with...
Chamber looks to big year ahead
Jan 21, 2016
An overview of what may shape up as a busy year ahead will be part of the Lake City Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting Tuesday night.
Chamber members will hear brief reports from people spearheading developments on several fronts, including plans taking shape for a 2019 improvement of Highway 61...
Library's new home is permanent, yet mobile
Jan 21, 2016
After a year and a half in a temporary location, the Lake City Public Library is moving back to its permanent home.
But the new facility in its familiar old downtown location looks completely different on the outside and will have an ever-changing look on the inside.
The library closed its...
Lake City to look at new home for ambulance, police and emergency management
Jan 13, 2016
The City Council wants more details on what it would cost to build a new police, ambulance and emergency management building.
The council instructed staff on Monday night to get specifics about a proposal for a new public safety building in North 10th St.
Monday night’s council meeting was...
Building bump gives rise to optimism
Dec 30, 2015
A small burst of home building in 2015 may be a sign of things to come, according to the Lake City Planning Department.
Construction started on 11 new home units, seven single family homes and two town homes, in the year that ends today.
Though not a boom, it is a drastic improvement.
There were...
New home, new food shelf
Dec 30, 2015
When the Lake City Food Shelf settled into its new facility at the end of 2014, it became in a sense a new food shelf.
The building, in which the community food shelf is completing its first full year of operation, has allowed for several improvements, Director Carole Helgerson said.
The new...
Snow emergency averted in Lake City
Dec 30, 2015
When the predicted heavy snowfall totals failed to materialize overnight Monday, so did the snow emergency declaration that seemed all but certain earlier that day.
Wabasha County was under a National Weather Service winter storm warning from Monday, Dec. 28, until 6 a.m. the following morning,...
Letter: Backyard chickens fall prey to misconceptions
Dec 30, 2015
To the editor:
I’ve heard it all. I’ve heard all of the myths and misconceptions regarding backyard chickens that you could possibly think of. I’ll be the first to admit that in some circumstances these opinions about chickens can have some validity. But most of the time they are truly just...
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