Lake City Ambulance Service

Kiwanis hears about ambulance service

May 13, 2026

Lake City Ambulance Commission member Julie Le Captain and Lake City Ambulance Service Director Sara Rybarczyk were the guest speakers at a recent Lake City Kiwanis Club meeting. Le Captain is retiring from the commission after 9 years. Rybarczyk, who grew up in Little Rock, Ark., has been on the...

Ambulance service presents lifesaving awards stemming from two incidents

Apr 30, 2025

Emergency responders and a bystander were honored at the Lake City City Council meeting on April 14 for assisting Lake City Ambulance patients undergoing cardiac arrest. “Paramedic Dave Kohs, EMT Sarah Muenkel, and Lake City Police Officer Aaron Foss were honored for their life saving efforts on...

Sheriff’s deputy given lifesaving award for assistance with Lake City Ambulance call

Mar 26, 2025

Lake City Ambulance (LCA) Director Sara Rybarczyk attended the Wabasha County Board meeting on March 18 to present Wabasha County Sheriff’s Deputy Erik Rollie with the service’s lifesaving award for assisting with a call for a patient in cardiac arrest earlier this year. “On Jan. 18, 2025 the crew...

Lifesaving award presented to man who came to aid of injured motorcyclist

Dec 20, 2023

Andrew Knudson walked into the training room at the Lake City Public Safety Building Dec. 13 with the assistance of a cane. That Knudson, a Rochester man in his early 30s, was walking at all sounded like a positive development. Considering descriptions of injuries he suffered just over three...

Governor appoints ambulance director to chair state board

Aug 23, 2023

Lake City Ambulance Director Sara Rybarczyk is the new chair of the state Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board (EMSRB). Last year Minnesota Governor Tim Walz appointed Rybarczyk to fill a vacancy on the board, which has a number of duties related to emergency medical services in the state,...

Valley View donates ramp to ambulance service

Feb 15, 2023

Valley View Assembly of God Church has donated a ramp to the Lake City Ambulance Service to help protect patients and emergency medical service staff as patients are moved up and down stairs on calls. The six-foot-long ramp can hold up to 600 pounds. It folds into a compact unit weighing 35 pounds...

Rybarczyk appointed to state EMS board

Oct 12, 2022

Lake City Ambulance Director Sara Rybarczyk has been appointed to the state Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board, the governor’s office announced last month. Rybarczyk, who replaces Tim Malchow on the board, began her term Sept. 21. It expires Jan. 5, 2026. The board is “responsible for...

Tony Hebert golf tourney raises money for ambulance service

Sep 7, 2022

Laurie Hebert (second from right) presents a check in the amount of $5,000 to Sara Rybarczyk (right), ambulance director for the City of Lake City. This money was raised at the annual Golf Tournament held in the memory of Tony Hebert, a life-long resident of Lake City who was killed in action in...

Internal candidate selected after ‘extensive’ search for assistant ambulance director

Jul 13, 2022

The Lake City City Council voted unanimously at its June meeting to hire Robert Benson as the city’s first assistant ambulance director. “The purpose of the role is to provide operational support to the ambulance staff as the front line supervisor, and also provide support for me for...

Lake City Ambulance celebrates 50 years with alumni picnic

May 18, 2022

The Lake City Ambulance Service began in 1972 when the 17 original members contributed $10 each for equipment and training. The first ambulance vehicle was an old hearse that also was used at times as a dog catcher. The ambulance garage was a one-stall garage in city hall. They had to pull the...