lake city school board

Heath Oeltjen - Lake City School Board Candidate Q&A

Oct 14, 2020

Why are you running for a seat on the Lake City School Board? I feel it is important to provide our children with an education that prepares them for the jobs of the future. I have experience of serving on and leading the school board, and feel that I can contribute to providing that education to...

Last call for election letters

Oct 14, 2020

The final opportunity to have a letter to the editor in the Graphic regarding the Nov. 3 general election is the Oct. 22 issue. Letters for that issue must be received no later than 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 19. Narrow exceptions may be made at our discretion in the Oct. 29 issue to allow a candidate...

Back to class for Lake City students

Sep 9, 2020

For the first time since the middle of March, Lincoln High School students were in their seats listening to their teachers this week. The school split the student body into four groups and brought each in for a half-day session on either Sept. 8 or 9 to cover how things will be different this year...

Lake City candidate forum will be online this year

Sep 2, 2020

Lake City Chamber of Commerce and the Woman’s Club of Lake City will host a candidate forum at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1 via Zoom and Facebook live. The forum will be recorded for future viewing and to be placed on the local cable channel. The webinar link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/...

Filing open for four school board seats

Jul 29, 2020

Filing for four seats on the Lake City School Board opened Tuesday and ends Aug. 11. At the July 20 Lake City School Board meeting, Heath Oeltjen and Michelle Larson said they would seek reelection. Jack Rol and Patrick Dwelle said they were undecided. School board candidates must reside in the...

Three on council to seek re-election

May 13, 2020

Filing for three Lake City City Council seats and the mayor begins next week, and three of the four incumbents are planning to seek re-election. Mayor Mark Nichols and City Council member Cindy McGrath will seek second terms. Jason DeVinny, who was appointed to the seat resigned by Mary Lou...

Lake City School board members  attend annual leadership conference

Jan 22, 2020

Six members of the Lake City School Board and Lake City Public Schools Supt. Erick Enger attended the Minnesota School Board Association annual leadership conference on Jan. 16 and 17 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Keynote speakers included Gov. Tim Walz, John Quinones, and Alan November, an...

Expansion, gratitude on display at Bluff View

Sep 18, 2019

The message, printed in large, bold script on the back of a map handed out to people arriving for the Bluff View Elementary School Monday night was unambigous: “Thank You.” The school and school district were expressing their appreciation to the community for supporting a $12 million expansion...

School Board OKs lot levy

Jun 19, 2019

The Lake City School Board approved the issuance of about $450,000 in bonds primarily to pay for parking, lighting, signage, curbing and electrical at Bluff View Elementary School. According to a slide presentation from Baker Tilly (formerly Springsted), the district’s financial advisory firm, the...

Kevin Pavelka - 2018 School board candidate questionnaire

Oct 25, 2018

Why are you running for a seat on the Lake City School Board? I am running for School Board because I think if you look at our school district you will see that the two biggest groups of people in our district are people that are either making a living as farmers or working in a manufacturing job...