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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
Mayo doing vaccinations here Friday
Apr 28, 2021
Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City is scheduling appointments for a COVID-19 vaccination event on Friday, April 30, at the Lake City clinic.
It’s not necessary to be a Mayo patient to schedule an appointment. Anyone can sign up by calling 507-434-9929. Mayo patients can also get an appointment...
FEMA has funeral expense assistance for COVID-19 deaths
Apr 14, 2021
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is providing financial assistance for funeral expenses incurred after Jan. 20, 2020, for deaths related to coronavirus (COVID-19), to help ease some of the financial burden caused by the pandemic.
To be eligible for COVID-19 funeral assistance, the...
Outlook steady for rest of school year
Apr 7, 2021
Supt. Erick Enger said the district will likely finish out the school year in the current (mostly) in-person learning model.
In a staggered process last month, the district shifted students in grades four through six from a hybrid model of alternating distance and in-person days to in-person...
High school alum among COVID-19 virus researchers
Mar 31, 2021
Mark Heise grew up on a farm near Oak Center and graduated from Lincoln High school in 1987. My Lake City neighbors on North 10th Street, Karen and Tom Heise, have frequently told me about their son Mark who is a virologist at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and today is at the...
Another food distribution planned for April 9
Mar 31, 2021
Organizers are expecting a shipment of 400 boxes of food Friday, April 9, from Channel One Food Bank for the next pop-up food distribution event. The event will begin at 11 a.m. at Underwood Park in Lake City. The park is on North 10th Street across the street from the Lake City Public Safety...
Back in chambers, just for one day
Mar 24, 2021
With a short agenda that included a closed session, the Lake City City Council met in its chambers at city hall for the first time in more than a year on Monday, March 22.
Six of the seven city council members were in attendance. And to keep socially distanced, only four sat on the dais. Council...
Many now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine in Wabasha County
Mar 17, 2021
On March 15, Wabasha County Public Health announced that announced groups currently eligible for vaccination.
“Watch the Wabasha County Public Health Facebook page, and the Wabasha County website for information on signing up,” Wabasha County Public Health Director Tammy Fiedler said. “We need...
Arneson: We must stay vigilant on COVID-19
Mar 17, 2021
We all know this past year has been super challenging for all of us - for our community members, businesses, children, families, essential workers, teachers and our senior citizens. It is almost now one year ago when the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) announced that in Goodhue County we had...
St. Elizabeth reopens services, loosens visitor restrictions
Mar 17, 2021
Citing the decline in COVID-19 positivity rates in Wisconsin and Minnesota counties, Gundersen St. Elizabeth has announced the full reopening of two services and the expansion of visitation:
Gundersen St. Elizabeth’s Alma Clinic has reopened on Mondays. During COVID-19 response, the Clinic reduced...
Vaccinations accelerating at Lake City schools
Mar 10, 2021
All of the staff at Lake City Public Schools who want to receive the COVID-19 vaccine have had at least one dose, according to Supt. Erick Enger.
Wabasha County, which has supplied most of the vaccine for district staff, “really cranked it up,” he said, and as a result the district is ahead of...
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