City of Lake City

Lake City's first snow emergency of the season likely

Dec 28, 2015

It isn't official, yet, but Lake City Police and Public Works expect tonight's storm to bring the city its first snow emergency of the season. At 3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 28, the National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for an area that included Wabasha County with snow accumulations in...

Library nearly set to come back home

Dec 24, 2015

The Lake City Public Library has begun its big move back home. All-new shelving was installed this week in the expanded library building downtown. Next week volunteers will begin moving materials from the library’s temporary quarters on North Seventh Street and back into the downtown building. The...

Mayor: Tax spikes due to property valuations

Dec 17, 2015

The Dec. 14 Lake City City Council meeting turned into a clinic on property taxation, but the news wasn’t good for three property owners who had questions about why their taxes went up. The tax discussions were part of the council’s annual truth in taxation hearing. It was held as part of the...

Chickens lose ground, ordinance fails again

Dec 17, 2015

It’s isn’t chickens that local officials hate. It’s skunks. And chickens attract skunks. And that being the case, an attempt to approve raising back yard chickens in Lake City failed for a second time Monday night on a 5-2 vote. The vote the first time was 4-3. Several council members switched...

Work starts on Eaglewood homes

Dec 10, 2015

The first of 16 town homes to be built along North 10th Street has been started by a Rochester developer. The city sold the town home lots for $1,000 each. The lots were part of a land holding in the Eaglewood 5th Addition the city purchased for $25,000. Construction also has started on one of four...

Sievert to be Lake City's city administrator

Dec 10, 2015

Mark Sievert, the city administrator in Fergus Falls, will become the new city administrator in Lake City after the first of the year. The exact starting date has yet to be worked out. Sievert was selected from a field of four finalists who interviewed for the position Friday and Saturday. The City...

Nichols: The next step in Lake City's downtown rennaissance

Dec 3, 2015

We are writing to update you on the progress of our “Downtown and Waterfront Renaissance” planning and implementation initiative. This initiative began earlier this year and involved 11 community stakeholder groups. The groups participating were the City Council, Planning Commission, Destination...

Lake City council leaves city fees mostly unchanged for 2016

Nov 27, 2015

The fees the City of Lake City charges for specific services, everything from making paper copies to fire calls, will stay the same next year. Fees were increased in a few areas and some new fees were established for service that don’t go on line until next year. The City Council approved the list...

Council orders public safety building feasibility study

Nov 19, 2015

The City Council will have information early next year on how to proceed with improving inadequate public safety facilities for the city. An architectural firm, Widseth Smith Nolting, and Reliable Contractors will present a feasibility report and lay out several options. The study will include an...

Lake City city administrator field narrowed to four

Nov 12, 2015

The City Council will ask area county and school officials to sit in when they interview four people Dec. 4-5 for the city administrator position. Representatives of Goodhue and Wabasha counties and the Lake City School district will be invited to participate. The council on Monday night selected...