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COVID-19
The Lake City Graphic is making all of its COVID-19 pandemic-related coverage available without a subscription. If there's a story related to the pandemic that you can't access, please let us know by emailing andrew@lakecitygraphic.com and we will make it available as soon as possible.
News of the pandemic changes fast. For the must up-to-date information, we recommend the following sources, starting with the most local:
- City of Lake City COVID-19 web page
- Lake City Police Department Facebook Page
- Lake City Emergency Management Facebook Page
- Lake City Public Schools COVID-19 web page
- Wabasha County COVID-19 web page
- Wabasha County Public Health Facebook Page
- Goodhue County COVID-19 web page
- Minnesota Department of Health COVID-19 web page
- Centers for Disease Control COVID-19 web page
Goodhue County's tips on enjoying outdoors during pandemic
Apr 15, 2020
With sunshine and warmer weather upon us, how do we stay safe yet enjoy the outdoors? Getting outside is such an important way to stay healthy, connected, and moving around! People are allowed to go outside during Governor Tim Walz’s “Stay at Home” order.
Allowed activities include: walking,...
Masks required for Mayo patients, visitors
Apr 13, 2020
Patients and visitors are now required to wear a personal homemade or cloth mask while on any Mayo property and are highly encouraged to bring their own cloth masks to help conserve the supply of surgical masks for front-line medical staff.
For people who do not have a mask, Mayo Clinic Health...
Auxiliary donates hand-made masks to Hastings veterans home
Apr 8, 2020
Vicky Fick, on behalf of the Lake City American Legion Auxiliary Unit 110, made and donated 90 face masks to the veterans home in Hastings. At right are the masks. Below is Fick at left handing the masks off to Susan Register in a Red Wing parking lot. On March 30 Fick received a letter from the...
A personal parade for Rory’s fifth birthday
Apr 8, 2020
Rory Pfeilsticker’s family and friends put on a parade for his fifth birthday on Saturday, April 4. “We knew we would not be able to get together for it so I started making some calls and sending text messages asking other to join in for a little parade,” his grandmother Kelly Nevin said in an...
Corrected: Mayo, PMI partner to produce ‘much-needed’ PPE
Apr 8, 2020
A Lake City manufacturer has joined forces with the Mayo Clinic to produce hundreds of thousands of face shields to help protect against the spread of COVID-19.
Pepin Manufacturing (PMI) is running two shifts, six days a week, for two weeks to produce the roughly 200,000 pieces of personal...
Chamber holds weekly COVID-19 webinars
Apr 8, 2020
The Lake City Chamber of Commerce is hosting a weekly online webinar with local experts and officials providing information about the COVID-19 pandemic.
Covid-19 Local and Regional Update debuted Thursday, April 2, at 4 p.m.
Guests on the first episode were Lake City City Administrator Rob Keehn,...
HBC Pres.: Digital Survival in Self Isolation
Apr 8, 2020
To the editor:
Daily life has changed drastically as a result of COVID-19. Our already digital-centric lives have become even more so. That’s why the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has called upon broadband service companies to commit to the Keep Americans Connected Pledge to reduce the...
Medical center offers whys and hows of social distancing
Apr 8, 2020
As COVID-19 continues to spread, Minnesotans can help to minimize and control its impact, according to St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center. Practicing social distancing is something everyone can do and should do.
Social distancing means minimizing contact with people and keeping a distance of at least...
Home sewers busy producing masks
Apr 8, 2020
People with sewing skills are working at home to produce cloth masks that the federal government is now recommending everyone wear to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
The disease can be spread by people who aren’t showing symptoms, so the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is...
Clean-up day nixed
Apr 8, 2020
COVID-19 has canceled another popular local event, the City of Lake City’s annual spring clean-up day.
The semi-annual event allows residents to dispose of certain large items at no cost and others for a fee.
This year’s spring clean-up day was supposed to be April 25, but no more thanks to...
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