local politics
Letter: Meeting was a mere formality
Aug 24, 2016
To the editor: Shame on you!Once again, as always, the City Council has reassured us that most of their minds had been made up on the three-lane conversion, way before the Aug. 15 meeting. The meeting was merely a formality.Thanks Mary Lou Waltman and Randy Klipfel for trying to vote for the...
Mead draws eight of diamonds, claims spot on the ballot
Aug 18, 2016
John Mead outdrew Tom Dwelle as five members of the Lake City City Council, convened to canvass the Aug. 9 primary election, looked on.
Mead's name will appear alongside Phil Gartner, Cindy McGrath, Mary Lou Waltman, Mark Fayette and Mary Jane Rasmussen on the Nov. 8 ballot to elect three members...
Council approves three-lane Highway 61
Aug 17, 2016
Andru Peters was passionate. The veteran City Council member whose career will end at the end of this year wants calmer traffic through downtown Lake City.
Peters, who lost his bid for re-election in last week’s primary election, joined four other council members Monday night in voting to...
Six file for four school board seats
Aug 17, 2016
Barring any last minute withdrawals, six people will vie for four seats on the Lake City Public Schools School Board in the Nov. 8 general election.
All four incumbents -- Heath Oeltjen, Kevin Pavelka, Patrick Dwelle and Jack Rol -- are seeking re-election.
Seeking a first term on the board will...
City Council primary recount ends in draw
Aug 17, 2016
A high-card draw will determine whether John Mead or Tom Dwelle’s name appears on the Nov. 8 City Council ballot after a hand recount of the Aug. 9 primary election results revealed a tie for the sixth and final spot.
Dwelle had 238 votes to Mead’s 237 going into the recount, which took place Aug...
Mead requests recount in City Council primary
Aug 12, 2016
After the Aug. 9 primary election night tally showed him missing the cut for the general election by a single vote, Lake City City Council candidate John Mead has requested a recount.
"It's one vote. It's pretty close," Mead said when reached by phone Friday afternoon.
A recount of the votes from...
Council candidate field is cut in half
Aug 11, 2016
One more vote would have made a difference for John Mead in Tuesday’s primary election.
Mead, a candidate for City Council missed winning by just one vote.
The top six candidates in the field of 12 will go on to the Nov. 8 general election. The remaining six are eliminated from consideration.
Mead...
People look at 3 lanes
Aug 11, 2016
On Thursday, Aug. 4., a bus load of Lake Citians hit the road for Albert Lea, Minn. These 22 dedicated citizens, who were willing to give up their precious time and make the effort, were rewarded with a full day of information, statistics, debates, speakers, tours, interviews, (a bag lunch) and...
Letter: Benefits are many to 3-lane configuration
Aug 10, 2016
To the editor: Fellow citizens of Lake City, one of the many issues that we need to make a fair and educated decision on is the four-lane to three-lane change over. We havedone a little research on this subject and hear is what we have found to be factual. 1. If we implement the three-lane...
Letter: Board defies its own zoning ordinance
Aug 10, 2016
To the editor: In 2015 Goodhue County commissioners studied solar power utilities and created zoning ordinances related to them. The Goodhue County land ordinance related to zoning was signed and approved by current commissioners and it forbids Utility Grade Photovoltaic (PV) solar plants in...
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