Lake City

Spirit Awards presented by Lutheran Social Service

Aug 28, 2019

Lutheran Social Service (LSS) of Minnesota presented the organization’s 2019 Spirit Award to seven employees from Lake City. The award honors employees who demonstrate outstanding commitment and dedication to LSS’ vision and mission. Of the organization’s 2,300 employees across Minnesota, 99...

National Night Out is Aug. 6

Jul 31, 2019

National Night Out is Tuesday, Aug. 6, with celebrations planned in Lake City, Florence Township, and Zumbro Falls. The annual night of block parties is designed to create connections among neighbors and law enforcement as a way to combat crime. Neighborhoods throughout Lake City host parties each...

Group walk takes a stroll through the former Jewell Nursery, now ‘The Jewel’

Jul 31, 2019

The “Walking Lake Pepin” (WLP) weekly walk took the group through The Jewel last Wednesday evening.Prior to the walk, the group was asked what “The Jewel” is? Some newcomers to the area thought it was a golf course and a housing development. They were unaware that The Jewel was a nursery long...

Legion baseball team wraps up season with loss to Dodge Center

Jul 24, 2019

The Lake City Legion baseball team wrapped up it’s 2019 summer baseball season with two frustrating losses in tournament play.Lake City opened tourney play as the fourth seed, hosting Zumbrota-Mazeppa (Z-M) on Monday, July 15.Lake City gave up two runs in the first inning and two runs in the second...

Our memories in stone - Adna and Charity Sanford

Jul 10, 2019

The Lake City Historical Society has an on-going project to restore the legibility of stones marking the graves of people relevant to the early history of the community. (Checks to support this work should be mailed to LCHS, PO 245, Lake City, MN 55041.) For this issue of the Graphic, the featured...

Northfield man hit by train and lives

Jul 3, 2019

A 21-year-old Northfield man had “serious but non-life-threatening injuries” after being hit by a train in Lake City early Sunday Morning. According to Lake City police, a call reporting a person hit by a train near the W. Lakewood Avenue Crossing came in at 2:20 a.m. on Sunday, June 30. Police...

Fiesta Foods featured as distributor's 'model store'

Jun 12, 2019

Fiesta Foods in Lake City underwent months of preparations for its big day. Some changes - a remodel and the addition of a liquor store, for instance - were hard to miss. Others were more subtle. Displays were reconfigured. Categories like alternative milks, organics, and gluten free were expanded...

Miles Johnston Jazz Trio performs Friday, May 24, at the Railhouse

May 23, 2019

The Miles Johnston Jazz Trio will perform Friday, May 24, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at The Railhouse Grill in Lake City. Johnston and friends play a variety of standards, blues and jazz taken from the great American song book and from Miles’ original music repertoire. Pianist Larry Price teaches jazz...

Highway 61 reconstruction open house planned

Apr 17, 2019

The public is invited to an open house on Thursday, April 25 in Lake City to learn more about the 2020 reconstruction of Highway 61 in Lake City, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT). Representatives from Lake City, engineer consultants and MnDOT will be available to...

A tale of two lake roads

Mar 28, 2019

Lake Avenue in Old Frontenac was partially submerged Wednesday, March 27, as water levels surpassed minor flood stage (16 feet) in Lake City. Water levels were forecast to rise to 17.7 feet over the next week. Meanwhile, residents along the 1200 block of South Lakeshore Drive in Lake City have...