City of Zumbro Falls

Zumbro Falls cancels Christmas celebration

Oct 7, 2020

The City of Zumbro Falls announced Tuesday that its 2020 Christmas festival is cancelled. “The city relies on local businesses, volunteers, crafters, and others to plan a successful and enjoyable event,” the city said in a post on its website. “This year is different with the COVID-19 pandemic. It...

Loss of fire chief a shock to Zumbro Falls community

Oct 16, 2019

Editor's note: The print version of the article contained an error in the quote from the Wabasha County Sheriff's Office Facebook Page. This has been corrected online and the Graphic e-edition for this week. A correction will appear in next week's Graphic. The Zumbro Falls community suffered a big...

Zumbro Falls weathers weekend flood

Jul 3, 2019

Zumbro Falls Mayor Bruce Heitmann said things went okay as the community responded to sudden flooding on the Zumbro River that crossed Highway 63 in one place Saturday. “It would have been worse if it had been three to four inches higher,” he said. That’s how close some businesses in lower-lying...

Election 2018: Alkire, Brown and Boe elected to city council

Nov 8, 2018

Voters in Lake City may have made history Tuesday night. When newly-elected council members Amy Kohrs Alkire and Faye Brown join Cindy McGrath and Mary Lou Waltman on the council in January, women will be the majority of the council, perhaps for the first time. “I think we’ll have a great group,”...

No filers for two Zumbro Falls council seats

Aug 15, 2018

The City of Zumbro Falls is two candidates short of a full ballot for the general election on Nov. 6. Bruce Heitmann has filed for re-election as Mayor, Council Member Philip Dennison has filed for the open four-year seat, and Jason Faas has filed for treasurer. That leaves two two-year council...

Filing begins for school board, Zumbro Falls elections

Jul 25, 2018

Filing for elected offices in the Lake City School District and the City of Zumbro Falls begins Tuesday, July 31. Terms for three members of the Lake City School Board – Dawn Balow, Mike Ohlhaber, and Becca Weist – expire this year. Seats on the board are at-large. Terms last four years....

New Zumbro Falls bulletin board is more than an Eagle Scout project

Aug 10, 2017

Dakota Makokis, a Boy Scout from Troop 94 in Lake City recently presented Zumbro Falls City Council with a outdoor community bulletin board. The project is more than a step on Makokis’ journey to become an Eagle Scout; it’s a way to say thanks to a community that was there when he needed them. On...

Zumbro Falls loses a longtime leader

Oct 15, 2015

The Zumbro Falls fire station was eerily quiet at midmorning Saturday. It was supposed to be time for the fire department’s annual open house. But there was no one around. All the fire trucks were gone. A lone yellow truck from the Mazeppa Fire Department sat out front. The fire extingisher...