Lake City Marina
People line up to wish Lutjen well
Jun 20, 2018
The line to greet retiring Lake City Marina Administrator Mark Lutjen stretched into the entryway of the Lake City Yacht Club Saturday, June 9. The yacht club and Lake City Marina Board hosted the open house for Lutjen, whose last day with the marina is June 30. Above, Lutjen (far right) talks with...
Open house planned for retiring marina head
Jun 14, 2018
The Lake City Yacht Club and the Lake City Marina Board are hosting an open house for Lake City Marina Administrator Mark Lutjen on Saturday, June 16 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the yacht club clubhouse in the marina building.
Lutjen is retiring at the end of June.
At the June 11 City Council meeting...
Letter: Golden goose lays an ambulance
May 24, 2018
To the editor:
I read in last week’s Graphic that the Lake City Ambulance Service got a beautiful new Ford ambulance. It looks like a great ambulance to save lives with and to service Lake City citizens.
According to the Lake City Graphic, it cost $199,000 and guess where the funds came from? On a...
Letter: Appoint Jeff Brand marina administrator
May 24, 2018
To the editor:
Watching the video of the May 14 City Council meeting via the internet, we were surprised to see the level of opposition to the council decision to seek a new marina administrator internally, rather than conducting an expensive search to replace current Administrator Mark Lutjen...
Heir apparent?: Council votes to seek marina head replacement internally
May 16, 2018
The Lake City City Council voted 4-3 to conduct an internal search for someone to replace the retiring Mark Lutjen as the city’s marina administrator.
The vote and another to accept Lutjen’s retirement resignation came at the May 14 city council meeting.
Marina administrator is considered a...
Council: Build a beach house
May 16, 2018
Details remain to be determined, but the chances for the construction of a new beach house next to Ohuta Park took a big step forward May 14, to the dismay of people who hoped to see the structure integrated into a more comprehensive waterfront plan.
The council approved two motions related to the...
Letter: Those who don't remember past success are doomed not to repeat it
May 16, 2018
To the editor:
Millions of dollars of private funds are pouring into Wabasha to enhance the Eagle Center.
On the other side of Lake City the Villa Maria is being renovated by an investor at considerable cost.
And here we are in Lake City, with a gem of a natural beach, unwilling to even...
Letter: We like Lake City the way it is
May 16, 2018
To the editor:
We are new to Lake City so I would like to add my perspective from a newbie.
We found the point on Lake Pepin by accident late last summer. Before we bought, we came down one Sunday morning and just walked all over the town and we felt so at home. We are from a small town in...
Beach house poised to proceed
May 9, 2018
The Lake City City Council came out of a workshop meeting Tuesday, May 8, with an apparent consensus that could bring an end to a long-simmering battle over replacing the marina beach house.
If the compromise survives a vote at Monday’s regular council meeting, the current structure is likely to...
Marina Administrator Mark Lutjen to retire
May 9, 2018
Lake City Marina Administrator Mark Lutjen has notified the city and its Marina Board of his intention to retire June 30.
As administrator, Lutjen oversees the operation of the city’s two harbors, its trailer site rentals on Marina Point and winter boat storage.
City Administrator Rob Keehn said...
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