Lake City Public Works

Changing operations at city compost site

Mar 20, 2024

Lake City residents will no longer need a sticker on their vehicle to drop off leaves, brush, and lawn clippings at the city’s compost site off Goodhue County Road 5 on Territorial Road, which is expected to open April 1. The city began requiring stickers for drop-offs a few years ago in an effort...

New assistant public works director speaks to Kiwanis Club

Jan 10, 2024

Lake City Kiwanis Club members were totally engaged listening to Travis Dunn the new assistant director at Lake City Public Works. Travis has had many positions in other city governments and is excited to use his experience to engage citizens to make Lake City an ever better place to live and...

Council approves hire of assistant public works director

Jun 14, 2023

The Lake City City Council on June 12 voted unanimously to hire Travis Dunn as the city’s assistant public works director. In this new role, Dunn will assist the public works director in managing, planning, coordinating and implementing required public works services and infrastructure within the...

River forecast to rise above flood stage

Apr 12, 2023

Flooding is expected on the Mississippi River at Lake City for the first time since 2019. Lake City is under a Flood Warning from the National Weather Service, with water levels forecast to reach 17.1 feet early next week and possibly go higher before cresting. The weather service defines minor...

Concourse tree goes up

Dec 14, 2022

The City of Lake City has put up the traditional Christmas tree in the government pier concourse turnaround. Trees often come from residents in Lake City who volunteer to have a large tree removed from their property to serve as the Christmas tree.

Crossing closes for water main repair

Jun 29, 2022

The railroad crossing at Lyon Avenue was closed Monday and Tuesday for repairs to a nearby water main. According to Lake City Public Works Director Scott Jensen: “A citizen in the Peters subdivision contacted the city about a significant amount water coming out of a storm outlet when we had not...

Arrival of electricity is topic of May 24 historical society program

May 11, 2022

The public is invited to attend the upcoming Membership Meeting of the Lake City Historical Society on Tuesday evening, May 24, at 7 p.m. in the ballroom at City Hall, 205 West Center Street. Bill Stiene will present a program titled “From Gas Lamps to Electric Lights—How Electricity Came to Lake...

City promotes Adopt a Drain program to keep pollutants out of Lake Pepin

Jul 28, 2021

Every Lake City resident lives on the lakefront, hydrologically speaking. That’s the message the Lake City Environmental Commission is trying to communicate and why it’s promoting an Adopt a Drain program locally. Rainwater falls on streets and yards, picking things up along the way and carrying...

City recognizes four long-time employees

Jul 14, 2021

The City of Lake City held a brief employee recognition ceremony at the July 12 Lake City City Council meeting for three employees who have been with the city for 20 years and one 30-year employee. The city recognized Lake City Police Department employees Jeff Daggett and James Iem, both of whom...

EV charging stations take shape in Fiesta lot

Feb 24, 2021

Majerus Electric was at work on two electric vehicle charging stations being installed in a corner of the Fiesta Foods parking lot Monday, Feb. 22. Lake City Public Utilities will own the two stations and is leasing the location from the store. Majerus Electric owner Nick Majerus expected to finish...