o’neil community swimming pool

Water aerobics season ends in gratitude, anticipation

Aug 30, 2023

As we close out the season at the O’Neil Pool, the ladies of Beth’s water aerobics class would like to extend a warm aquatic thank you to everyone who makes this wonderful Lake City resource available and functioning. Thank you O’Neil Foundation and others for building it and thank you City of...

Interactive fountain, pool now open

Jun 8, 2022

Young people played in the interactive fountain at Ohuta Beach on Monday night. A button on a bollard activates water jets embedded in the pavement, sending water into the air. The fountain was added as part of the Ohuta Beach reconstruction project last year and paid for with a combination of...

Council talks O’Neil pool - What’s its condition? What do residents want?

Aug 4, 2021

The Lake City City Council devoted the majority of its special meeting July 26 to a discussion of the city’s aging O’Neil Community Swimming Pool. Constructed in the mid-1980s, the pool appears to be in good shape – though what lurks below the deck is a mystery, and some of its amenities are...

Pool more open

Jul 7, 2021

O’Neil Community Swimming Pool in Lake City has expanded its open swim hours. Open swim is now available from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, according to the pool website. On Nextdoor, Pool Manager Kris Pichelman said the baby...

City lowers lifeguard age limit to 15

Apr 14, 2021

A potential lifeguard shortage at O’Neil Community Swimming Pool in Lake City this summer has prompted the city council to lower its required age for lifeguards to 15. The city is looking to hire 16 lifeguards to work at the pool this summer after the Red Wing YMCA informed the city that it would...

Pool possible, beaches open

Jun 11, 2020

With new guidance from the governor allowing pools to open at 50 percent capacity, one Lake City City Council member wanted to know Monday what it would take to get the city’s pool up and running. “I tell you in my six years on the council I’ve never heard more comments from Saturday to today,”...