Lake City Ambulance Service

Ambulance service offers EMT training

Apr 27, 2022

Lake City Ambulance Service is offering an EMT certification course beginning May 3. Coursework is online with skills practice in-person every Tuesday night from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. The cost is $1,000, but Lake City Ambulance does offer payment arrangements and tuition assistance. To register for...

Ambulance alumni picnic is May 15

Apr 27, 2022

Lake City Ambulance Service is having an alumni picnic on May 15 from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. at the Lake City Public Safety Building. All past and present ambulance members, commission members, and their families are invited to attend. Attendees are asked to RSVP by May 1 by emailing lcambulance@ci....

Council adds ambulance position, tweaks administrator contract, and will soon need a Hok-Si-La manager

Jan 12, 2022

The Lake City Council handled two employment-related matters at its Jan. 10 meeting, with at least one more coming in the near future. Councilmembers approved a plan to add an assistant ambulance director to the Lake City Ambulance Service. The new position will assist the ambulance director with...

St. Mark’s donates money  to city ambulance service

Oct 6, 2021

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Lake City recently made a donation of $3,720 to Lake City Ambulance. The funds were presented to ambulance service Director Sara Rybarczyk by Rev. Barbara Mathias to help cover the cost of specialty medical equipment and training materials. Pictured are (back row,...

Train in train

Sep 29, 2021

Around 40 Lake City emergency responders did training exercises in an Amtrak car Saturday. After a four-hour classroom session, participants went to Ardent Mills in Lake City where an Amtrak car had been delivered the night before. John Yorde, the city’s emergency management director, said...

Lake City Ambulance paramedic talks first aid, EMS careers with Life 101 class

Jan 20, 2021

The Life 101 class at Lincoln High School, taught by Angie Haviland, is a class that focuses on learning certain life skills not taught in other classes but are necessary in adult life. “Learning life skills is normally a hands-on process, with active participation. Unfortunately, social...

Couple’s gifts support public  safety workers, local businesses

Dec 30, 2020

Randy and Lori Meincke stopped in Dec. 23 at the Lake City Public Safety Building to drop off gift certificates for the entire police department and emergency medical service crew. “The gift certificates were all from local businesses so that they could show us appreciation and help out the local...

Santa joins public safety service vehicles for a parade around town

Dec 30, 2020

Perched on the back of the Lake City Fire Department ladder truck, Santa Claus braved the winter bluster the evening of Dec. 23 to spread Christmas cheer on a parade through the streets of Lake City. Joining the parade was a Lake City Ambulance Service rig playing holiday music and a Lake City...

New ambulance better suited to pandemic

Dec 16, 2020

A $175,000 CARES Act grant from Wabasha County helped Lake City Ambulance Service replace the oldest truck in its fleet. The new ambulance, which cost $194,000 and went into service last week, is better suited for safely treating patients with COVID-19, according to Lake City Ambulance Director...

County gives city money for new ambulance

Nov 11, 2020

Lake City will get a new ambulance thanks to a $175,000 grant of CARES Act funds from Wabasha County. The City Council voted unanimously to accept the money at its Nov. 9 meeting. City Administrator Rob Keehn said the money will pay for most of a new ambulance, and the city should be able to take...