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Fire victim remains unidentified

Jan 9, 2020

Officials have yet to positively identify the victim of a fatal RV fire at 914 N. High St. in Lake City, according to police. Sgt. Bill Weist, Lake City Police public information officer, said the department is working with the medical examiner and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to...

Body discovered in burned RV

Jan 2, 2020

As of Monday, officials were still working to identify a body discovered in an RV that caught fire in Lake City on Friday, Dec. 27. According to the Lake City Police Department, police responded to a report of a motorhome parked in the driveway of 914 N. High Street that was smoking heavily. “The...

Snowmobile burns on riverwalk

Mar 6, 2019

A snowmobile caught fire at the northern end of the Riverwalk in the early hours of the morning Sunday, March 3. Lake City Graphic Editor Andrew Eggenberger called 911 just before 3 a.m. to report the fire. Lake City Police and the Lake City Fire Department responded to the scene. The driver of...

Accounts set up for Mazeppa fire victims

Mar 21, 2018

Two bank accounts at First State Bank are set up to raise money to help two Mazeppa residents whose apartments were destroyed by fire in downtown Mazeppa March 11. Donations can be made to help Harlen Tweed and Daniel Gallimore recover from the fire by depositing funds in the account in their name...

Lake City firefighters respond to Red Wing blaze

Jun 14, 2017

The Lake City Fire Department was one of a half-dozen agencies assisting the Red Wing Fire Department with a four-alarm fire at a Red Wing city solid waste facility June 7. The call of smoke coming from the building at 1873 Bench Street, Red Wing, came in just before 9 p.m., according to a Red...

Semi tractor catches fire

Apr 26, 2017

From Jim Fick comes this photo of an apparently destroyed semi tractor in the Ardent Mills parking lot. Fick said he took the photo at about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday after a tow truck had arrived. The semi has since been hauled away, he said. Fire sirens could be heard in Lake City at about 2 a.m....

Body discovered in burned home in rural Wabasha County

Apr 10, 2017

A body was discovered in a burned home on Wabasha County Road 68 on April 10, according to the Wabasha County Sheriff's office. The Sheriff's Office received a report of a house fire at 7:30 a.m. that morning. Inside the home they found unindentified human remains. An autopsy is pending and more...