Lake City VFW

Flag day ceremony retires damaged flags

Jun 22, 2017

Wally Banks (left) of the Lake City VFW and Emery Fick of the Lake City American Legion salute as flames consume American flags that were faded or otherwise damaged. The flag disposal ceremony on Flag Day, June 14, outside the Lake City VFW included prayers, taps and a rifle salute for the retired...

Flags raised at new public safety building

Jun 8, 2017

Members of the Lake City VFW and American Legion Color Guard raised four flags at Lake City’s new public safety building on N. 10th Street June 2. A brief tour of the building followed. The building, which will house the city’s police, ambulance and emergency response center, is largely complete,...

Flag retirement ceremony set for Flag Day

May 31, 2017

On June 14, two Lake City veterans groups will mark Flag Day with a cermony to retire damaged, faded or otherwise unservicable American flags. The Lake City Louis McCahill Legion Post 110 and the Bernard Flesche VFW Post 8729 have announced a flag retirement and dignified disposal of...

Memorial Day in Lake City: 'Patriotism is Alive and Well'

May 31, 2017

It wasn’t raining Monday morning, but it was cool and breezy, and organizers had already decided on Saturday that the annual Memorial Day observance in Lake City would take place in the auditorium at Lincoln High School instead of Patton Park. There was poetry, there was a musical tribute to the...

Flag holder thefts hinder Memorial Day tradition

May 24, 2017

In preparation for Memorial Day flags were placed Monday at St. John’s, Oakwood, St. Mary of the Lake and Lakewood Cemeteries in Lake City. Over 400 flags were placed for veterans and auxiliary members. VFW Post 8729 furnishes the flags and markers. Volunteers were: Duane Schafer and Auxiliary...

Veterans Plaza to be Shared by All

Nov 17, 2016

A couple of years ago Barney Freese stared out the window of his Lake City Care Center room and had an idea. He could see the adjoining Mayo Clinic Health System Lake City hospital across the way. To his left he could see the construction site that would become The Bluffs of Lake City assisted care...

Lake City Memorial Day message: Remember vets living with PTSD

Jun 2, 2016

In her keynote address at the Lake City Memorial Day observance on May 30, United States Marine Corps Veteran Catherine Gallenberger of Wabasha said that 22 veterans and one current service member take their own lives each day. “10,000 have died by their own hand in the last 10 years,” she said, a...

National auxiliary president visits

May 4, 2016

Francisca Guilford of Anchorage, Alaska, national president of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, chatted with area auxiliary members Wednesday during a visit to the local post. Guilford gave a short speech following a lunch in her honor at the VFW Club. Auxiliary members from surrounding...

Relay for Life kickoff is April 25

Apr 20, 2016

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Wabasha County will hold a free kickoff for the annual event on Monday, April 25, at 7 p.m. at the Lake City VFW, 115 N. Franklin St. Everyone is invited to the kickoff to learn about how to help the American Cancer Society save more lives from cancer...

Lester Arndt retirement open house at VFW

Apr 18, 2016

Open House retirement party for banker Lester Arndt at the Lake City VFW from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 23. No gifts please.