Lake City City Council
Lake City to look at new home for ambulance, police and emergency management
Jan 13, 2016
The City Council wants more details on what it would cost to build a new police, ambulance and emergency management building.
The council instructed staff on Monday night to get specifics about a proposal for a new public safety building in North 10th St.
Monday night’s council meeting was...
Building bump gives rise to optimism
Dec 30, 2015
A small burst of home building in 2015 may be a sign of things to come, according to the Lake City Planning Department.
Construction started on 11 new home units, seven single family homes and two town homes, in the year that ends today.
Though not a boom, it is a drastic improvement.
There were...
New home, new food shelf
Dec 30, 2015
When the Lake City Food Shelf settled into its new facility at the end of 2014, it became in a sense a new food shelf.
The building, in which the community food shelf is completing its first full year of operation, has allowed for several improvements, Director Carole Helgerson said.
The new...
Letter: Backyard chickens fall prey to misconceptions
Dec 30, 2015
To the editor:
I’ve heard it all. I’ve heard all of the myths and misconceptions regarding backyard chickens that you could possibly think of. I’ll be the first to admit that in some circumstances these opinions about chickens can have some validity. But most of the time they are truly just...
Library nearly set to come back home
Dec 24, 2015
The Lake City Public Library has begun its big move back home.
All-new shelving was installed this week in the expanded library building downtown.
Next week volunteers will begin moving materials from the library’s temporary quarters on North Seventh Street and back into the downtown building.
The...
Mayor: Tax spikes due to property valuations
Dec 17, 2015
The Dec. 14 Lake City City Council meeting turned into a clinic on property taxation, but the news wasn’t good for three property owners who had questions about why their taxes went up.
The tax discussions were part of the council’s annual truth in taxation hearing. It was held as part of the...
Chickens lose ground, ordinance fails again
Dec 17, 2015
It’s isn’t chickens that local officials hate. It’s skunks. And chickens attract skunks.
And that being the case, an attempt to approve raising back yard chickens in Lake City failed for a second time Monday night on a 5-2 vote. The vote the first time was 4-3.
Several council members switched...
Sievert to be Lake City's city administrator
Dec 10, 2015
Mark Sievert, the city administrator in Fergus Falls, will become the new city administrator in Lake City after the first of the year.
The exact starting date has yet to be worked out.
Sievert was selected from a field of four finalists who interviewed for the position Friday and Saturday.
The City...
Council orders public safety building feasibility study
Nov 19, 2015
The City Council will have information early next year on how to proceed with improving inadequate public safety facilities for the city.
An architectural firm, Widseth Smith Nolting, and Reliable Contractors will present a feasibility report and lay out several options.
The study will include an...
Lake City city administrator field narrowed to four
Nov 12, 2015
The City Council will ask area county and school officials to sit in when they interview four people Dec. 4-5 for the city administrator position.
Representatives of Goodhue and Wabasha counties and the Lake City School district will be invited to participate.
The council on Monday night selected...
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