Lake City Kiwanis Club

Kiwanis Club hears from foreign exchange student Juliette Fosse

Oct 15, 2025

Exchange student Juliette Delfosse, from Belgium, is pictured with Kiwanian Al Lecaptain who came from a Belgian area in rural Wisconsin near Green Bay. Juliette told us Belgium is a prosperous country one sixth the size of Minnesota with a population of about 11 million people that is governed...

Eagle Bluff executive director speaks to Kiwanis

Oct 1, 2025

Kiwanis heard from, Colleen Forenbacher executive director of the Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center, EBELC, located near Lanesboro. She is pictured with Kiwanian Jen White, on the left, who has led the Lake City Environmental Program for many years. Colleen has been with the Center for 15...

Public works director speaks to Kiwanis

Sep 10, 2025

Lake Cty Kiwanis president Tom Kregel welcomed Mitchell Rigelman to a weekly meeting where Mitch spoke about his new position as the public works director for the City of Lake City. He grew up in the area, graduated from Lincoln High and lives in town with his young family. His vision is to...

Falvey discusses insurance trends at Kiwanis Club meeting

Sep 3, 2025

Speaking before the Lake City Kiwanis John Falvey, local State Farm insurance agent, talked about the changing world of insurance especially with changes in the climate. He said home insurance rates went up in Minnesota not because of California fires and storms but because of widespread hail...

Teacher presents on the local history of education

Aug 27, 2025

One of the many of Lake City’s devoted teachers, Becky Houghton, talked about Lake City’s school history. She has taught math for 31 years with 11 at Lincoln High and has earned a doctorate degree which has led her to believe that we need to know our history if we are to prepare for the future...

Coombs speaks to Kiwanis about Lake City Food Shelf

Aug 27, 2025

Donations of all sizes have allowed the Lake City’s Food Self Food Shelf to serve hundreds of families a year. Co-Director Dianne Coombs explained at a recent meeting that users are able to visit any of the local food shelves. The only requirement is registering at the building and being on the...

Kiwanis hears from octogenarian adventurer

Aug 13, 2025

Lake City is full of interesting people of all ages. Kiwanis was privileged to meet and hear from Art Howard. Art showed us what a vital octogenarian adventurer is all about. He spoke about the adventure of he and his wife motoring his sailboat from Lake City to the Gulf of Mexico with the...

Heidi of Heidi’s Huggamug speaks to Kiwanis Club

Aug 13, 2025

Heidi Walker spoke to Kiwanis when they held their annual picnic at the Lake City Yacht Club. She has a long history in the food business including HyVee, Fiesta Foods, The Railhouse Coffee Depot and now is the energetic force behind the very popular Heidi’s Huggamug near the Marina. Her 15...

Kiwanis president speaks about electric vehicles

Jul 30, 2025

The Lake City Kiwanis Club learned about electric vehicles (EVs) from one of its own recently Tom Kregel served double duty on Wednesday as club president and guest speaker. Adoption of EVs is growing very fast much like computers and cellphones did in past decades. That growth of sales in the US...

Author Logan Thomas speaks to Kiwanis Club

Jul 16, 2025

Logan Thomas, a very talented and energetic Lincoln High School English teacher visited Kiwanis to show and talk about the many children’s books he has written. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Logan’s first books were written for professional baseball players with the Cleveland Guardians, for their...