education

St. Mark’s donates $2,000 for classroom supplies

Sep 10, 2025

The Rev. Barbara Mathias (right) presents a $2,000 donation from St. Mark’s Episcopal Church to Bluff View Elementary School Principal Eric Aeschlimann. The donation is designated for the classroom supplies fund at the school.

Donors pledge over $42,000 for Bluff View fundraiser

Mar 19, 2025

Bluff View Elementary held its annual fundraiser from Feb. 27 to March 7 with a culminating Glow Run Event! This year, donors pledged over $42,000 for Bluff View Students to run laps at the Glow Run on Friday, March 7. Throughout the week students worked to get donations from family and friends...

Seeking to help our schools and our students

Feb 26, 2025

Recently I joined other lawmakers at a meeting of southeastern Minnesota school superintendents. The overall message we heard from them is that they are struggling, and they need help. Schools are feeling the pinch of more than 65 new mandates that were approved by Gov. Walz and an all Democrat-...

Lincoln makes Advanced Placement honor roll

Oct 23, 2024

The College Board announced that Lincoln Junior-Senior High School has been named to the 2024 Advanced Placement Program (AP) School Honor Roll, earning SILVER distinction, according to a news release. The AP School Honor Roll recognizes schools whose AP programs are delivering results for...

Community education receives $50,000 grant to support social-emotional learning

Sep 11, 2024

Lake City Community Education is excited to announce that it has been awarded a generous grant of $50,000 from The Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation through the Otto Bremer Trust and its Community Responsive Fund. This funding will significantly enhance educational opportunities for...

Altendorf has the right priorities for education

Sep 11, 2024

School is back in session and the first report card is out on the Lake City Public Schools. Our children and grandchildren are not meeting standards in math (43.7%), reading (44.9%) or science (29.9%)! Our graduation rate has dropped to 88.9%. Check out the dismal data at https://rc.education.mn....

Scorecard shows growth in students that are both college and career ready

Sep 4, 2024

Lincoln High School has released its “Scorecard” of college and career readiness statistics for the class of 2024. Principal Greg Berge presented the information to the school board at its Aug. 20 meeting. A letter to parents provided a link to a YouTube video summarizing the data. In the video he...

No filers so far for school board

Aug 7, 2024

As of Tuesday, Aug. 6, a week before the Aug. 13 deadline, no candidates had filed for the four seats on the Lake City School Board up for election this fall. School board members serve four-year terms and oversee school district operations, which include Bluff View Elementary School, Lincoln High...

Camp Invention 2024 wraps at Bluff View

Jun 19, 2024

Camp Invention 2024 just wrapped up a week of discovery, collaboration, and creation. 40 students going into kindergarten through sixth grade learned about inventors and their inventions, and then got to explore their own ideas. They designed their own games, tackled global water challenges and...

Church seeks memorabilia from Mary E. McCahill Institute

May 8, 2024

St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church is seeking memorabilia from a Catholic School that used to operate next to the church. “Mary E. McCahill Institute was a 1-12 school that occupied the space where the Parrish center is now located,” the church said in a news release. “A small committee has met...