Lake City Public Works

Mill and overlay project begins

Jul 1, 2026

The City of Lake City will begin its 2026 Mill and Overlay Street Improvement Project this summer. The project has been awarded to Monarch Paving and will include improvements on the following roadway segments: • W. Marion Street — from S. 8th Street to S. Lakeshore Drive • Cross Street — from U.S...

Water main ruptures in city neighborhood

Jan 28, 2026

A water main rupture near the corner of Woodburn Street and Prairie Street in Lake City interrupted service for some 35 nearby residences while it was repaired Tuesday, according to the city public works department. “While the break itself was localized, about six blocks experienced reduced or...

Public works director speaks to Kiwanis

Sep 10, 2025

Lake Cty Kiwanis president Tom Kregel welcomed Mitchell Rigelman to a weekly meeting where Mitch spoke about his new position as the public works director for the City of Lake City. He grew up in the area, graduated from Lincoln High and lives in town with his young family. His vision is to...

Downtown planter box modification project proceeds

Sep 10, 2025

The City of Lake City was working on the first phase of a project to modify planter boxes downtown, with traffic cones, city workers, and the city’s vac truck downtown Tuesday. Installed as part of the Highway 61 reconstruction project, the planters triggered complaints from downtown business...

Public Works Director placed on leave

Feb 26, 2025

Lake City Public Works Director Scott Jensen has been placed on leave, according to City Administrator Rob Keehn. The city’s personnel committee, a subcommittee of the city council, was scheduled to meet in an emergency meeting today (Thursday) to discuss a potential separation agreement for the...

Council approves re-implementation of electric supervisor position and two promotions at special meeting

Jan 29, 2025

Faced with the potential loss of its electric utility foreman to the private sector, a divided Lake City City Council at a special meeting Jan. 22 voted to re-implement an electric supervisor position, as well as promoting a journey-level lineworker to foreman. Electric foreman Travis Wettern...

Faced with labor shortage, city ups electric utility pay

Sep 18, 2024

The Lake City City Council voted Monday, Sept. 9, to increase pay for its electric utility workers in the hope of ending what has become a persistent staffing shortage at the city-owned utility serving about 3,300 meters in and around the city. “We’re running really thin in the electric utility...

Grease solution good, more on the way

Jul 17, 2024

I read the article in the paper about the removal of the grease bins from the alley on Lakeshore Drive. Not knowing about it, I went and asked the owner of Treats and Treasures. This is a good step forward for our city. Thank you to Travis Dunn for implementing this plan. I hear other plans are in...

New pavement management plan focuses on maintenance to delay costly rebuilds

Apr 10, 2024

In an April 8 presentation to the Lake City City Council, Matthew Mohs of city engineering firm Bolton Menk described the decision-making process around street maintenance and construction like this: “There’s a little bit of art, there’s a little bit of magic and there’s some science that’s...

Tree limb causes weekend power outage

Mar 20, 2024

A tree limb knocked out power to a portion of Lake City Saturday when it fell on a power line, according to Lake City Public Works Director Scott Jensen. “There was a large limb that fell on a three-phase power line on the north end of town,” he said. “It did significant damage but all was...