Downtown Lake City

Downtown crash results in injury, property damage

Mar 17, 2021

Downtown Lake City Saturday night was the scene of a car accident that left one person injured and caused damage to a parked car and public property. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a Toyota Rav 4 was southbound on Lakeshore Drive at around 10 p.m. March 13 when it crossed the center line...

Banner group unveils prototype

Feb 24, 2021

Enthusiasm is high and foundation work continues on the Lake City Lamppost Banner Program, a committee working on the project reports. On Tuesday, Feb. 23, they temporarily installed a prototype metal banner on Lakeshore Drive to visually check for fit and appearance. This banner is made of...

Lake City get-together set for this weekend

Sep 2, 2020

With county fairs and the Minnesota State Fair canceled this year due to COVID-19, local groups are trying to offer some of the fair experience closer to home. Local 4-H exhibits are on display around town as part of “MN: No Fair.” “Because there were no county fairs and no state fair this year,...

Rep asks local businesses about pandemic impact

Aug 26, 2020

U.S. Rep. Angie Craig visited four downtown Lake City businesses and the Lake City Chamber of Commerce on Friday, Aug. 21, to ask how they’ve been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the federal government’s response. Craig’s tour began at the Lake City Chamber of Commerce, where she talked to...

Lake Pepin Pearl Button Co. under new ownership

Aug 19, 2020

The Lake Pepin Pearl Button Co. in Lake City has a trio of new owners. Angie and Rick Stewart of Red Wing and their daughter Katrina Stewart purchased the building and business recently. Built in 1866, the building is the oldest commercial building in Lake City, according to John Hutchinson, a...

Group cleans alley

Jul 15, 2020

The alley in the square block bounded by Washington Street, Center Street, Lyon Avenue, and Lakeshore Drive is seeing increased use as customers use it to access businesses while sidewalks on Lakeshore Drive are under construction. Now a group has made the alley a lot more inviting. Last weekend,...

New sidewalks downtown

Jul 8, 2020

Workers pour new sidewalk in front of Resh Wok restaurant in Lake City on Wednesday, July 8. While sidewalk installation continues downtown, some businesses will be using alternate entrances. At the Tuesday construction update meeting, Minnesota Department of Transportation Community Engagement...

Paving underway on both ends of highway project

Jun 11, 2020

Pavement has come to areas of the Highway 61 reconstruction project in Lake City. Trucks filled with asphalt unloaded one by one ahead of a machine that fixed the material into place along the northern end of the project and the first few blocks of the southern end Tuesday. At Tuesday’s project...

Businesses navigate detours and disease

Apr 30, 2020

Drivers aren’t the only ones being creative in response to the detours around Highway 61 construction. Now that detours for the Highway 61 reconstruction project are in full effect, some local businesses are offering special products and services to boost business. Tom Heffernan Ford is...

Site of vacant building to become Marine Center lot

Mar 11, 2020

Another downtown Lake City building is slated for demolition. On March 9 the Lake City City Council unanimously approved a conditional use permit for Marine Center owner James Kranz to put a parking lot at 122 North Washington Street, just across the street from his business. Council Member Phil...