Lake City Rotary Club

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...

Keehn talks to Rotary

Feb 7, 2019

Lake City City Administrator Rob Keehn (right) was the guest speaker at the Monday, Feb. 4, meeting of the Lake City Rotary Club. With him is Rotary Club member Barb Pratt. The Lake City Rotary Club meets Monday’s at noon at Port 104 in Lake City. Guests are welcome to attend.

Rodester talks tourism with Rotary Club

Dec 6, 2018

Lake City Tourism Bureau (LCTB) Executive Director Kathy Jo Rodester was the guest speaker at the Dec. 3 Lake City Rotary Club meeting. She informed the group that tourism is a $15 billion dollar industry in Minnesota. The LCTB receives funding from the 3 percent lodging tax in Lake City. Last year...

Rotary hears about human trafficking

Nov 8, 2018

Clare Lillis (left), a 22 year Rotarian with the Forest Lake Rotary Club, spoke to the Lake City Rotary Club about human trafficking on Monday, Nov. 5. Lillis has been club president, assistant governor, district governor, Zone 28 mentoring chair and leader in several district teams. Now, as co-...