Lake City Public Works

15 get $150 ticket in latest snow emergency; alerts available

Jan 17, 2018

Lake City Police issued 15 citations to people parked on the street during the last snow emergency event in Lake City, which began Sunday, Jan. 14, at 10 p.m. The fine for parking on a city street that hasn’t been plowed to the curb is $150. People who want to know when snow emergencies are in...

Downtown Lake City festooned for the holidays

Nov 22, 2017

Tom Kuchinka, electric foreman for the City of Lake City, and Michelle Larson, executive director for the Lake City Chamber of Commerce, wrap garland around a downtown light pole Thursday, Nov. 16. Each of the 93 poles decorated was sponsored by an individual, business or organization, Larson said...

Beach cleaner makes beach cleaner

Oct 5, 2017

A tractor pulls the City of Lake City’s new beach cleaner along the beach at Hok-Si-La Park in this photo posted to the park’s Facebook page. Paid for by the marina and the city public works department, the equipment will be used at both the park and the marina beach near Ohuta Park to sift rocks...

Study could slow the decline of Lake City's ash trees

Aug 10, 2017

The City of Lake City is participating in a study to see if the concept of herd immunity can be used to slow the spread of emerald ash borer. As part of the study, about 200 ash trees in Lake City were marked with metal tags. Some were treated, some weren’t. Brian Aukema is a forest insect...

Rocky marina beach gets sand infusion

Aug 10, 2017

The Lake City Marina beach near Ohuta Park got a lot less rocky on Aug. 4 when Glander Excavating distributed 200 yards of sand over it, enough to submerge the rocky surface under about six inches of sand. It’s nice, for now. But the rocks will return. “Any time the water level changes, the fine...

Letter: City blossoming thanks to public works crews

Jul 27, 2017

To the editor: The Bittersweet Garden Club of Lake City sends a huge thank you to the Lake City Public Works parks and streets division for all of their work to help us this summer. The crew does an outstanding job of watering all the the flower gardens and corner flower containers. Thank you for...

Heavy equipment: Before and after the blizzard

Mar 2, 2017

Tom Gerken harvests corn near Oak Center on Thursday ahead of that night’s snow storm.In the other photo, submitted by Ben Threinen, Lake City Public Works employees harvested the snow that blanketed the city and caused at least one newspaper editor to be late for a ribbon cutting.

Letter: City crews restored streets, power in no time

Mar 2, 2017

To the editor: Thank you to the Lake City Street Department and crew for the great job they did on the cleaning and removing the snow from our streets in last Friday’s snow storm. It was the most snowfall in one storm in over 20 years. Our streets were clean and safe and in no time they had the...

City’s winter street patching is ahead of schedule

Feb 23, 2017

Lake City Public Works employee Josh Meyer fills a pothole at the intersection of Iowa and 10th streets in Lake City Tuesday. A mild winter put the city’s winter patching about a month ahead of schedule, according to Streets and Parks Supt. Bruce Wallerich. He said the city’s streets are in good...

Emerald ash borer arrives in Lake City

Feb 16, 2017

Emerald ash borer (EAB) is here, and it’s here to stay. That was one takeaway from a presentation by representatives of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) to City of Lake City employees Feb. 9 at the city public works building not far from the city’s first known infested trees. Emerald...