Lake City Kiwanis Club

Goodhue County administrator speaks to Kiwanis Club

Dec 18, 2024

Goodhue County Administrator Scott Arneson told Kiwanis about the ever changing challenges he has faced in 17 years in a county with a $94,000,000 budget. Major county concerns are high staff turnover, housing shortages and preparing for the beginning of cannabis sales county wide. They are a few...

Low vision group leader speaks at Kiwanis Meeting

Dec 18, 2024

Kiwanis guest Margaret Sellseth, who is president of the Low Vision Support Group of Lake City, talked about the issues facing those who are blind or have reduced vision. Shopping, walking, food preparation and transportation are just a few of the activities that challenge people with vision...

Kiwanis learns about specially trained helper dogs

Dec 4, 2024

Learning about the community around us is part of the perks of being a Kiwanis member such as being exposed to the Helping Paws assistance dog program that provides at a very low cost canine helpers for people in need. Ron and Jane Ward presented a program about Pavo, a dog the Wards are training...

Anderson, Field get Kiwanis recognition

Nov 27, 2024

Lincoln High School students Eric Anderson and Willa Field (pictured) were the Lake City Kiwanis Club’s Students of the Month for November, 2024. Both were nominated by the school’s math department.

Exchange student Iris Otuzuki speaks to Lake City Kiwanis Club

Nov 27, 2024

Kiwanis is an international group whose primary goal is to help children locally and world wide to thrive. This week delightful speaker 16 year old Ayame Otuzuki from Kyoto, Japan told us about her country and her family. Both her parents are dentists and her younger brother is a gamer, as she...

Kiwanis hears about Arndt’s service as an Army nurse

Nov 20, 2024

During the week of Veterans Day Lake City Kiwanis learned about the life of a U.S. Army nurse from Georgene Arndt. A Lake City resident, she served in the Army for twenty years: mostly stateside, two tours in Germany and a tour in Vietnam during the conflict there in an evacuation hospital under...

Kiwanis Club announces Christmas Project

Nov 20, 2024

The Lake City Kiwanis Christmas Project is underway, the group announced in a news release. “Last year, thanks to the generosity of our community, we provided toys, games, books, school supplies and clothing to 57 families with 144 children who live in the Lake City school district,” the group...

Library friends speak to Kiwanis Club

Nov 13, 2024

Representatives of Friends of the Lake City Public Library visit a meeting of Lake City Kiwanis Club. Julie LeCaptain and Sue Davidson described the activities and goals of their organization. The group presently has about 50 members who work to provide books for all age groups and interest...

School musical cast members sing songs from upcoming performance at Kiwanis meeting

Nov 6, 2024

What fun Kiwanis enjoyed when four talented members of the cast of “The Addams Family: The Musical” sang some highlight songs from their upcoming performance at Lincoln High School Auditorium. Accompanied by Amy Rogness, choral music teacher at Lincoln High, were cast members Max Rogness, Rose...

Kiwanis Club announces October 2024 students of the month

Oct 30, 2024

The Lake City Kiwanis Students of the Month for October are Lincoln High School Students Max Rogness, Choir Department nominee; Emily Heitman, World Language Department nominee, and Jane Schmitz, Band Department nominee.