Lake City Kiwanis Club

Kiwanis Club hears from area entrepreneurs with a weekly podcast

Feb 11, 2026

Kiwanis member Heather Thomas welcomed Cole Nelson and Blake Waters to our Wednesday noon meeting. Cole, along with his father and eight employees, operate Maverick Construction south of Zumbro Falls. Of interest besides doing house siding, gutters, etc., they fabricate high end jumping water...

Kiwanis Club presents dictionaries to students

Feb 11, 2026

On Jan. 21, Bluff View Elementary School third grade students received dictionaries provided by the Kiwanis Club of Lake City. “All third grade students are given dictionaries at the request of their teachers,” the club said in a news release. “Kiwanis has been providing these tools of learning for...

Hydrologist speaks at Kiwanis meeting

Feb 4, 2026

Lake City Kiwanis Club welcomed Lucas Youngsma, hydrologist in the Lake City Department of Natural Resources (DNR) office, to talk about local water issues. Speaking about the much loved Frontenac Pond, Lucas related that beaver dams have kept the water levels up until recently when the water...

Berge speaks to Kiwanis Club

Jan 28, 2026

Kiwanian Jen White welcomed Lake City boys basketball coach Greg Berge to talk about his field of expertise, high school basketball coaching. While having created, during his 19 years as the Tigers head coach, one of the most successful on court basketball programs in the state of Minnesota, Greg...

Exchange student from Italy speaks to Kiwanis Club

Jan 14, 2026

Lincoln High School exchange student Sara Lasi from Italy spoke to the Lake City Kiwanis Club. Lasi is one of five such students this year, believed to be the most ever. Sara is living with Kiwanian Heather Thomas’ family and enjoying her stay there since she loves skiing, which is a passion of...

Kiwanis learns about community foundation’s WeInvest 365 program

Dec 31, 2025

Kiwanis president Tom Kregel welcomed Greg Langfield to tell Kiwanis about the weInvest 365 program of the Geater Lake City Community Foundation. Greg, an engineer by profession, has lived in Lake City for 20 years. He decided to give back by developing this program which is modeled after the...

Kiwanis: Toy project serves over 150 local children

Dec 24, 2025

Lake City Kiwanians had fun recently distributing toys to over 150 needy children in the Lake City area. We want to thank the businesses that hosted collection boxes, all the folks that donated toys and cash donations that were used to buy toys and food gift cards. Also thanks to residents that...

Trap shooting coaches speak to Kiwanis Club

Dec 10, 2025

Lake City Kiwanis member Dean Flugstad welcomed the Lincoln High School trap shooting team coaches Ross Freiheit and Kyle Muenkel to talk about this sport that has the most boys and girls participating than any other sport in Minnesota, some 50,000 students. Head coach Ross is turning over his...

Lake City Kiwanis Toy Project begins

Nov 26, 2025

The Lake City Kiwanis Christmas Project is underway. Last year, thanks to the generosity of our community, we provided toys, games, books, school supplies and clothing to 57 families with 149 children who live in the Lake City school district. Toys can be delivered to collection boxes at the...

Kiwanis Club learns about soil preservation