Lake City Ambulance Service

Lake City public safety building opens Monday

Jul 6, 2017

The City of Lake City’s new public safety building is complete and will be opening for business on Monday, July 10. The city’s Police Department, Ambulance Department, and Emergency Operations Center will be housed in the new building located at 601 North 10th Street in Lake City. Consisting of 15...

Sara Rybarczyk to lead Lake City Ambulance Service

Jun 14, 2017

The Lake City Ambulance Service has a new - yet familiar - leader. On Monday the City Council voted unanimously to accept the unanimous recommendation of the ambulance director hiring committee to offer Sara Rybarczyk the job. The hire was the culmination of a search conducted by David Drown...

Flags raised at new public safety building

Jun 8, 2017

Members of the Lake City VFW and American Legion Color Guard raised four flags at Lake City’s new public safety building on N. 10th Street June 2. A brief tour of the building followed. The building, which will house the city’s police, ambulance and emergency response center, is largely complete,...

Ambulance service in flux

Feb 23, 2017

Change is coming, seemingly all at once, to the Lake City Ambulance Service. The City Council accepted former director Gail Riemersma’s resignation on Feb. 13. But even before that, the service was working on sweeping changes in response to recommendations contained in a state agency report that...

Lake City's ambulance director resigns

Feb 16, 2017

The director of Lake City’s ambulance service abruptly resigned this week. The City Council accepted Gail Riemersma’s resignation, effective Feb. 13, at its Feb. 13 meeting. The council added the item to the consent agenda at the beginning of the meeting. At the same time, the council removed an...

Lake City ambulance service to get overhaul

Nov 23, 2016

The City of Lake City will work through the next nine months to make improvements to the operation of its ambulance service. The changes could include an expansion of the ambulance service staff to accommodate transfer calls. City Administrator Mark Sievert got the green light to go ahead with a...

Ground-breaking for Public Safety Building

Oct 13, 2016

Representatives of the City Council, Public Safety Board, Ambulance Commission, Police Department, Ambulance Service and other city staff took part in a ground-breaking ceremony Thursday for the new Pubic Safety Building on North 10th Street. The structure will begin taking shape quickly....

Work to start soon on new public safety building

Aug 24, 2016

The Lake City Police Department and Ambulance Service could move into their new building as soon as next February or March, Police Chief Cory Kubista said. He said contractors met Friday to work out scheduling details. The City Council awarded bids for the new building at its Aug. 15 meeting....

Bids approved for new Lake City public safety building

Aug 17, 2016

Bids on a new public safety building were approved by the City Council Monday night on a 4-3 vote. Mayor Joel Beckman joined council Members Mark Spence, Mary Lou Waltman and Randy Klipfel in approving the bids. Council members Russell Boe, Andru Peters and Greg Schreck voted against. The bids came...

13 National Night Out gatherings

Aug 3, 2016

Thirteen National Night Out dotted the Lake City landscape Tuesday night to promote community relations between residents and emergency services personnel. Crime Prevention Officer Jeff Daggett, who coordinates the annual Night Out observance, said the number of gatherings were down slightly from...