Downtown Lake City
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...
DLC: Ice golf outing was chance to measure public preferences
Feb 20, 2020
On Feb. 1 Destination Lake City (DLC), the Jewel Golf Course and the Lake City Chamber of Commerce sponsored the second annual Winterfest Golf Event that was held on Lake Pepin.
The event had an excellent turnout of more than 250 participants who enjoyed playing outdoor golf on the ice and snow...
Several futures possible for downtown lots
Dec 19, 2019
Justin Hawryluk says he’s excited to see the demolition of buildings along the 200 block of South Lakeshore and what could replace them, even if he doesn’t know yet what that will be.
Hawryluk is the president of Lake Pepin Development Company, which owns the roughly half-acre of land on the...
Demolition underway on downtown block
Dec 11, 2019
The long-awaited demolition of some buildings on the 200 block of South Lakeshore Drive began Monday. Lake Pepin Development, which owns the site, received a demolition permit from the city earlier this year. In a Feb. 6 letter reviewed by the city’s Heritage Preservation Commission as part of the...
Washington Street trick-or-treat returns Oct. 31
Oct 23, 2019
Lake City businesses are looking forward to hosting hundreds of trick-or-treaters this Halloween during the annual Trick-or-Treat on Washington Street event. It’s a downtown tradition that began in 2011.
On Thursday, Oct. 31, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Washington Street in downtown Lake City from Port...
Updated: Hallows week 2019 promises fun times
Oct 23, 2019
It’s here again, that time of year of saying “trick or treat” but really just meaning treat and trying to outdo one another for the most inventive or elaborate costume.
Several Halloween events are planned around the area for young and old culminating in the big day itself, Thursday, Oct. 31....
Letter: Letters generate ideas
Oct 16, 2019
To the Editor:
The minute The Lake City Graphic newspaper comes, I sit down and read it from page one to the last page. I am so interested in what’s happening in our place in the world. I am especially interested in the letters to the editor feature each week. They were very informative and...
Anxieties surface as highway project nears
Oct 9, 2019
Several Lake City business owners used a question-and-answer period during a presentation on the Highway 61 reconstruction to air concerns about the impact a season of construction and detours will have on their businesses.
Bids from the project could be let on Nov. 22, with contracts awarded in...
Letter: Highway project should be done in two stages
Oct 9, 2019
To the editor:
I would like to thank the Chamber of Commerce and all involved in putting together the informal question and answer meeting related to the 2020 Highway 61 construction project.
It was amazing to learn that the project has come this far without someone in the city doing an “economic...
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