Lake City

Mayo surgeon joins Lake City orthopedics team

Dec 5, 2018
Gregory Erickson, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon, will join Michael Johnson, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon, and Jill Jensen, a physician assistant in Orthopedics, to provide clinical and surgical services at Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City.Dr. Erickson earned his medical degree at Wake Forest...
Photo by Ben Threinen

Crowds gather for tree-lighting ceremony

Nov 29, 2018
People gathered to meet Santa, eat cookies, listen to Christmas music and see the freshly-lit gazebo, fountain, trees and bushes of Patton Park on Saturday, Nov. 24.

Armistice Centennial - Part 2: The Remarkable McCahill-Rahilly Family

Nov 14, 2018
Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part series in honor of our Lake City veterans. Part I appeared last week to commemorate Veterans Day and the centennial observance of Armistice Day that ended the First World War.   When the Armistice ending the First World War was signed on Nov. 11,...

The Armistice Centennial - Part 1

Nov 8, 2018
Editor’s Note: This is a two-part series in honor of Lake City veterans. You can read part 2 here. This year the federal holiday commemorating Veterans Day is Monday, Nov. 12. Following the First World War we celebrated Armistice Day on Nov. 11 in memory of those who lost their lives in the “Great...

Flag flies again atop Lake City mill

Oct 25, 2018
Lake City’s tallest building once again has some patriotic flair. On Tuesday, members of the Lake City American Legion and VFW color guard were on hand to help Ardent Mills staff raise a six-by-nine-foot American flag up a newly-installed 25-foot flag pole on top of the 200-foot mill tower. It’s...

FFA gets back to business

Oct 24, 2018
The Lake City FFA is back in full swing this year.Members have been busy with contests, leadership activities, fund-raising and community events. To start the year off, the chapter held it’s first meeting at the farm of Josh and LuAnn Moechnig on Sept. 10.  Members shared summer stories and ideas...

Election letters due Oct. 22

Oct 18, 2018
With the Nov. 6 general election approaching, the Graphic reminds readers that the last opportunity to publish a letter about the election will be in the Oct. 25 issue of the Graphic. Letters to the editor about the election must be submitted to us by Monday, Oct. 22, at 5 p.m. for publication in...

Lots of trick or treat options in Lake City

Oct 18, 2018
Halloween events are materializing out of the spooky ether. Downtown businesses are getting ready for the eighth annual Trick or Treat on Washington Street on Oct. 31, Halloween. Families can trick-or-treat at participating businesses from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Jil Garry, the owner of Treats and...

100 years

Oct 11, 2018
A dining tent at Huettl’s Locker and Dressing Plant in Lake City filled to capacity not long after its 100th anniversary celebration began Friday, Oct. 5. It was still full hours later. The Huettl family has been butchering in Lake City since 1918 and for much of that time they’ve operated a retail...

Our memories in stone - William and Mary Webster

Sep 19, 2018
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...

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