Lake City Rotary Club

Youth fishing team presents to Rotary

Jul 25, 2019

Members of the Lake City Youth Fishing Team presented at the Lake City Rotary Club meeting on July 22. Pictured, from left, are Evan Huettl, Sam Fitterer, Chase Rodewald, and Head Coach/Boat Captain Josh Rodewald. Team member John Klouse is not pictured. The Lake City Rotary Club meets Mondays at...

Yordes talk emergencies with Lake City Rotary Club

Jul 10, 2019

Shar and John Yorde were the guest speakers at the July 2 meeting of hte Lake City Rotary Club. John has been the Emergency Management director of Lake City since 1997 and has been in public service since 1980. Any time the local fire, police, or other emergency services are stressed, this is...

Robotics students present to Rotary

May 15, 2019

Carter Wallerich (left), Lizzi Keller (center) and Ian Halpaus presented to the Lake City Rotary Club on May 13. These Lincoln High School students are part of the school’s FIRST Robotics team. The Lake City Rotary Club meets Mondays at noon at Port 104 in Lake City. Guests are welcome to attend...

May 15 deadline for community funding requests in Lake City

May 8, 2019

The City of Lake City will be following a new process for funding community organizations as it develops its 2020 budget, according to a news release. City staff will take requests for funding in 2020 until May 15, 2019, and will then forward the requests to the City Council for review and to...

Draves explains farmer’s market PoP club

Apr 17, 2019

Lake City Market by the Lake manager Susan Draves (right) was the guest speaker at the April 15 meeting of the Lake City Rotary Club. She talked about the market’s Power of Produce (PoP) club, designed to get children and their families interested in local produce and to make healthy food choices....

Correction: Photo is of Brown at Rotary

Apr 10, 2019

The above photo of Steve Brown and his drone was erroneously used to illustrate a caption in Lake Week’s Graphic about Brown’s presentation to the Lake City Kiwanis Club. The photo is from his March 25 presentation to the Lake City Rotary Club.

Five for Food exceeds goal in 2019

Apr 10, 2019

Sponsors of the Five for Food Initiative for the Lake City Food Shelf presented a check for $22,239 representing $10,000 in donations from sponsors and $12,639 provided by 1,234 members of the community who contributed $5 or more. Five for Food, the annual initiative of the Greater Lake City...

LCAA head speaks to Rotary Club

Mar 14, 2019

Lake City Area Arts President Dominique Mueller was the guest speaker at the Lake City Rotary Club’s March 11 meeting. She told the club about herself and why she is passionate about what she does, the club said in a news release. She lived in Vietnam when she was little with her parents. Her...

Boege speaks to Rotary

Mar 6, 2019

Ben Boege was the guest speaker at the March 4 meeting of the Lake City Rotary Club. Last year Boege was promoted to locomotive engineer by the Minnesota Transportation Museum. People can learn about the museum at trainride.org.

White is Rotary’s Citizen of the Year

Feb 28, 2019

The Lake City Rotary Club has presented Jennifer White (right) with its Citizen of the Year award. “Jennifer is an active community member and donates a lot of her time to various community projects,” the club said in a news release. She’s also currently Kiwanis president and president of the Lake...