Lake City Public Library

Grand opening set for relocated used bookstore

Feb 3, 2016

The Friends of the Lake City Public Library will open their new used book store with a grand opening celebration to be held on Saturday, Feb. 6, from 9 a.m. to noon. The bookstore, formerly in City Hall, will now be located in Lake City Public Library. The store will feature the best of the books...

Library open house is Sunday, Jan. 31

Jan 27, 2016

The public will get its first look at the new library between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, during a ribbon cutting and open house. The library officially opens for operation Monday at its new permanent home after a year and a half in temporary quarters. The library will celebrate its...

City's struggle with board roles goes on

Jan 27, 2016

The marathon debate over the role of city boards and commissions took another lap Monday night. The City Council met in special joint meeting with the Charter Commission to get approval of a new ordinance that sought to clear the matter up. But after an hour and a half of discussion Monday night,...

Library's new home is permanent, yet mobile

Jan 21, 2016

After a year and a half in a temporary location, the Lake City Public Library is moving back to its permanent home. But the new facility in its familiar old downtown location looks completely different on the outside and will have an ever-changing look on the inside. The library closed its...

Library nearly set to come back home

Dec 24, 2015

The Lake City Public Library has begun its big move back home. All-new shelving was installed this week in the expanded library building downtown. Next week volunteers will begin moving materials from the library’s temporary quarters on North Seventh Street and back into the downtown building. The...

Friends' library donation match surpasses goal

Nov 19, 2015

The Friends of the Lake City Public Library issued a challenge on Give to the Max Day, Nov. 12, offering to match donations to the Lake City Public Library renovation fund up to a total of $5,000. When donations passed $5,000, the club kept right on matching, eventually kicking in $6,000. In the...