nutrition

What's it all about: Getting our nourishment

May 27, 2026

We eat different amounts of food, have our favorite meals and our own unique method of accomplishing this necessary and usually enjoyable task. We develop our basic eating habits while growing up and later refine them in school and by watching adults. We observe different ways of handling the...

Program will show how to prepare healthy meals in small quantities

Sep 20, 2023

The Lake City Public Library (LCPL) invites the public on Thursday, Sept. 28, at 2 p.m., to join Mayo Clinic health professional Amanda Halls, RD, LD, to learn tips, tricks, and benefits of how to create healthy meals in small quantities, according to a news release. “Amanda will address how to...

Library event: Health benefits of herbs and spices

Sep 21, 2022

The Lake City Public Library (LCPL) invites the public on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, at 5 p.m., to join Mayo Clinic health professional Amanda Halls, RD, LD, and learn the health benefits of herbs and spices. “Attendees will learn the difference between herbs and spices, the health benefits...

School offers free meals for ages 18 and under

Jun 15, 2022

Lake City Public Schools is serving breakfast and lunch free of charge to anyone age 18 or under this summer. No pre-registration is required. Children can just show up and eat. Diners do not need to be enrolled in Lake City Public Schools. Adults accompanying children to the meals can purchase...

Senior meals available curb-side

Feb 24, 2021

The Semcac senior dining service that operates out of Lake Pepin Plaza in Lake City has announced that to-go lunches are now available curb-side. People who are or know someone who is over 60 years old and could use a nutritious meal can call 507-864-8231 or contact Lyle at 651-345-5977. More...

Surprising demand for free food boxes

Nov 25, 2020

Distribution of 147 boxes of food from Channel One was supposed to begin at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. But with cars already lining up to receive the boxes at 10 a.m., the volunteers working the food distribution event decided to open early. By about 10:45 a.m., all the food was gone and some people had...

School offers free lunch for ages 18 and under

Mar 19, 2020

Lake City Public Schools is serving a bagged lunch along with the following day’s breakfast Monday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The meals are free of charge to anyone ages 18 and younger. Meals are available for pick-up outside Lincoln High School at Door No. 10 on South Prairie Street...

Summer meals free to all under 18

May 29, 2019

Lake City Public Schools is participating in a state program to bring free breakfast and lunches to students over the summer. Weekdays between June 10 and Aug. 16 (excluding the week of July 4). People under 18 can come to Bluff View Elementary School for breakfast between 7:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. and...

Nutrition classes offered at public library

Jan 16, 2019

The first in a series of nutrition sessions with Amanda Halls, RDN, LD, Mayo Clinic Health System, was held Jan. 10 at the Lake City Public Library. Seventeen people were in attendance for the first session. Three more sessions are scheduled in January on Thursdays, Jan. 17, Jan. 24 and Jan. 31.

Library wellness series begins in January

Dec 20, 2018

If wellness is one of your new year’s resolutions for 2019, you might be interested in a series of wellness events beginning in January at the Lake City Public Library. With programs on nutrition, yoga, tai chi, and more, the events are part of the library’s continual effort to broaden the group...