Nov 22, 2017
In honor of employees that have served in the armed forces and made sacrifices for our country, Federal-Mogul hosted their annual Veteran’s Day luncheon on Friday, Nov. 10. Federal-Mogul management served a prime rib dinner at the VFW to thank their employees for their service.
Nov 16, 2017
Mike Rodman, a Lake City Ambulance Service paramedic, was the Veterans Day guest speaker at St. John’s Lutheran School. Rodman shared memories of his time in the U.S. Navy during the first Persian Gulf War.
Nov 9, 2017
Veterans Day is Saturday, but a long weekend of observances honoring people who have served in the U.S. armed forces begins Friday.
St. John’s Lutheran School and Roots to Wings Learning Center will present their Veterans Day Program at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Nov. 10, in the school gymnasium at 516 W...
Nov 2, 2017
Lincoln High School and St. John’s Lutheran School are planning public programs to mark Veterans Day in Lake City on Friday, Nov. 10.
The following evening, the Lake City VFW will mark the holiday with a supper for Lake City VFW and Auxiliary members. Then on Sunday, the Lake City American Legion...
Sep 28, 2017
Pre-orders are now being accepted for a new cookbook featuring recipes from Lake City. The Lake City Community Cookbook contains over 545 recipes in over 13 sections. The VFW Auxiliary 8729, which compiled the book, decided to call it the “Lake City Community Cookbook” because recipes came from the...
Sep 7, 2017
Auxiliary President Karen England of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Auxiliary to Bernard Flesche Post 8729 announces the kick-off of the VFW’s annual Voice of Democracy Scholarship competition.
Local high school students in grades nine through 12 have the opportunity to compete for thousands...
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...
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,...
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...
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...