Lake City Fire Department

Tom Heffernan Ford donates PT Cruiser for Lake City Fire Department fundraiser

May 9, 2018

Tom Heffernan handing the keys to a PT Crusier to the Lake City Fire Department. Tom Heffernan Ford has donated a vehicle to the Lake City Fire Department for the Fireman’s Dance for over 30 years. Funds for the raffle are used to buy equipment for the fire department. This year’s Fireman’s Dance...

Updated: Restaurant raises over $4,300 for public safety services

Mar 21, 2018

Over 500 people ate at Lake City Family Restaurant Tuesday, March 20, raising over $4,300 for three Lake City public safety services, according to restaurant owner Andy Iseini. Employees worked for free, and Isieni pledged to donate the proceeds, after taxes, to the City of Lake City with the...

Restaurant fundraiser for police, ambulance, fire is March 20

Mar 14, 2018

Lake City Family Restaurant will hold a “Dine Out and Do Good” fundraiser Tuesday, March 20. All proceeds from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. that day will benefit the Lake City Police Department, Lake City Fire Department and Lake City Ambulance Service. The event is patterned after a similar fundraiser held...

Winter Fest beanbag tourney raises $210

Feb 14, 2018

Jon Bohmbach (left) and Amanda Meyer (right), organizers of the Winter Fest beanbag tournament on behalf of Lakeshore Agency, present a check to Lake City Firefighter Tom Reckmann. The event raised $210 for the fire department. Jeff Moyer and Tom Fick placed first. In second were Nick Moyer and...

Letter: Grateful for park lighting ceremony

Dec 6, 2017

To the editor: I would like to thank everyone who was involved with the lighting ceremony and arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Claus at Patton Park on Nov. 25. A thank you of course to all of those who decorated the park. It looks great. Mark Nibbe Lake City

Historic group tours historic home

Aug 17, 2017

There aren’t too many houses in Lake City older than the Lake City Fire Department. According to the department’s Facebook page, it was established in 1869. One such house was the site of a department training exercise Tuesday night. Just after 6 p.m. firefighters gathered with their hoses in front...

Spill containment training comes to lake pepin

Jul 27, 2017

Emergency response personnel, 48 in all, from an area stretching from St. Paul to Muscatine, Iowa, were in Lake City and on Lake Pepin July 19 to learn and practice techniques for containing chemical spills. Organized by Canadian Pacific Railroad, whose railway runs along this stretch of the...

'Citizen's Academy' offers glimpse into Lake City public safety operations

Jul 20, 2017

People interested in the operations of Lake City’s public safety departments can sign up for a upcoming citizen’s academy. Topics for the academy include investigations, evidence, driving while intoxicated arrests, firearms (including a shooting simulator game), crisis intervention training,...

Sievers to lead fire department

Jul 13, 2017

The Lake City Fire Department has announced several officer appointments. Seated, from left, are Assistant Chief Dan Moyer and Chief Greg Sievers. Standing, from left, are Training Officer Derek Nibbe, Captains Brandon Herzig and Dave Glomski and Training Officer Dan Patterson.

'National Night Out' slated for Aug. 1 in Lake City