Lake City Public Schools

From surgery to state champ in nine months

Jun 14, 2018

On June 9, Ethan Heitman became just the second member of the Lake City High School boys track and field team to win an individual state title when he cleared six feet, six inches in the high jump. It’s an accomplishment made all the more remarkable by the fact that it was only a little over eight...

School District says goodbye to retirees

Jun 7, 2018

Lake City Public Schools honored two retiring staff members at an end-of-year meeting on Friday, June 1. At left is Kim Betcher, who is retiring after 37 years with the school district. At right is Deb Holmgren, who is retiring after 19 years with Lake City Public Schools.

School staff recognized for years of service

Jun 7, 2018

At an end-of-year all-staff meeting, Lake City Public Schools recognized teachers and other staff for service milestones with the school district. Celebrating five years with the district are: (front row, from left) 5 Years of Service: Dan Steffenhagen, Tom Horner, Diane Spence, and Amanda...

School bus routes go high tech

May 16, 2018

Routing for local school buses in the Lake City School District is going high tech. Since 1995, Doug and Cara Grisim of Bluff Country School Bus have used a simple method of routing students. In doing so, they have used updated county mapping, physically driving the miles to make routing changes...

New greenhouse boosts education, local food

Apr 18, 2018

Outside it was overcast and a bit gloomy April 11, but it was a beautiful spring day inside Lincoln High School’s new greenhouse where flowers for the FFA’s upcoming plant sale were in bloom. The school district was holding an open house for the year-round facility constructed between the tennis...

Speech team (unofficially) wins home invitiational

Mar 28, 2018

Lake City Speech Team had an unofficial first place finish Saturday at the Eye of the Tiger invitational at Lincoln High School. Placing sixth was Lindsay Hawkins in Poetry. Placing fifth was Mara Goihl in Original Oratory. Placing fourth were Erin Litchblau in Extemp Speaking, Courtney Brunn in...

Ed Foundation ‘Round Up’ underway

Mar 7, 2018

The Lake City Education Foundation (LCEF) has begun its annual Education Round Up at Fiesta Foods. For the entire month of March, Fiesta shoppers are encouraged to round their total up to the nearest dollar, with the additional amount going to LCEF, which funds educational enrichment at Lake City...

School wins learning grant in drawing

Feb 28, 2018

Lake City School Board member Becca Weist entered and won a drawing on the district’s behalf for a $750 learning grant from Kraus-Anderson, the firm managing the district’s Bluff View Elementary School expansion. Gary Benson (right) of Kraus-Anderson brought a check and certificate with him when he...

District finds that the time is right for school bonds

Feb 28, 2018

The Lake City School Board got a virtual tour of the Bluff View Elementary school expansion project Monday, Feb. 26, and some good news about project financing. The tour came in the form of three pre-rendered videos displaying a first-person walkthrough of the interior and exterior changes coming...

Lincoln recognizes paraprofesionals

Jan 31, 2018

Gov. Mark Dayton issued a proclamation naming the week of January 22-26, as Paraprofessional Recognition Week. Lincoln High School paraprofessionals are: (front row, from left) Cindy McGrath, Beth Evers, (back row, from left) Jen Halpaus, Jean Sweeney, Elaine Schmidt, and Deb Holmgren.