Lake City Lions Club

2021 car and tractor show winners

Jun 30, 2021

Top award winners from the Lake City Lions Club and Lakesters Car Club Water Ski Days car and tractor show were as follows: Duane and Julie Evanson (above) from Galesville, Wis., won with their 1963 Chevy Nova SS. Mike Haase (below) from Lake City won with a 1936 Unstyled John Deere A.-Photos by...

Car show helpers – too numerous to name – deserve a ‘Hoorah’

Jun 30, 2021

As another chapter closes in the book known as “Lake City Water Ski Days,” I wanted to share some thoughts and pay tribute to some extraordinary workers and contributors who assisted in making this year’s event a grand success. Keep in mind this event and all of Water Ski Days did not occur in 2020...

Water Ski Days car and tractor show

Jun 23, 2021

The Lakesters Car Club and the Lions Club – both of Lake City – will be hosting the annual Water Ski Days car and tractor show. The show is Saturday, June 26, at the football field in southeast Lake City. Cars and tractors may arrive after 7:30 a.m. The cost is $10 for vehicle driver and one...

Local Lions feed wagon train

Jun 23, 2021

Members of the Lake City Lions Club were up early Saturday to feed breakfast to participants in the Friendship Wagon Train. Train participants came from around the country, covered wagons in tow, for a journey through southeastern Minnesota for fun and to raise money for Special Olympics Minnesota...

Lions, Kiwanis clubs get Hok-Si-La  dining hall ready for 2021 season

May 5, 2021

On April 27, 13 volunteers showed up from the Lake City Lions and Kiwanis clubs to spring clean the Hok-Si-La Park dining hall. The park opened for the 2021 season on April 30, and a May 3 celebration of life was the first event being held in the hall. “Thank you from the City of Lake City for...

Local clubs pick up Christmas trees

Jan 13, 2021

A crew of members from the Lake City Lions Club and the Lake City Sportsman’s Club zig-zagged the streets on Saturday, Jan. 9, gathering up discarded Christmas trees. Eight teams were each assigned a section of the town to make pretty quick work of the task, the clubs said in a news release....

Lions seek volunteers for meal deliveries

Aug 19, 2020

The Lake City Lions Club is looking for additional drivers to deliver meals to Lake City residents for the Home Delivered Meals program. Drivers deliver meals weekdays starting at 4:30 p.m. The time to deliver a route in the city is less than one hour per day. Drivers deliver for the full week...

Tree pickup tweaked

Jan 2, 2020

Lake City residents will again have a convenient way to dispose of Christmas trees, thanks to the Lake City Lions Club and Lake City Sportsman’s Club. Volunteers will be picking up trees on Saturday, Jan. 11, beginning at 1 p.m. One change this year is that residents are asked to place their trees...

Baker’s dozen of Lions pick up highway trash

Aug 29, 2019

Thirteen members of the Lake City Lions Club picked up trash along a stretch of Highway 61 extending southward from Roschen Park on Aug. 21. 12 are pictured.

Letter: 2019 car show was a great success

Jul 3, 2019

To the editor: On June 29 the Lake City Lakesters Car Club and the Lake City Lions held the annual car show in conjunction with Water Ski Days. The car show, due to all of the fine help by both clubs, was a huge success with 120 cars attending the show. The show is always a great success because...