Philanthropy

Rotary club donates $1,000 to local Packing for the Weekend program

Aug 31, 2022

The Lake City Rotary Club donated $1,000 to the Packing for the Weekend program recently. Packing for the Weekend provides weekend meals for children in low-income famililes in the Lake City area. Pictured are Packing for the Weekend representative Al Thompson (left) and Lake City Rotary Club...

Kieffers donate dugout benches

Aug 24, 2022

The Kieffer family has made another donation to the Lake City baseball program. Pictured sitting on new dugout benches donated by the family are Donna Kieffer (left) and her son Todd Kieffer. “The Kieffer family has routinely made generous donations to the Lake City baseball program,” varsity...

Blim joins community foundation board

Aug 17, 2022

The Greater Lake City Community Foundation has announced that Erika Blim has been added to the Board of Directors. “Erika is a native of Lake City, currently works as a realtor at Lakeshore Real Estate, and is an EMT with the Lake City Ambulance Authority. She and her husband, Tyler, live in the...

Gardenaires donate $1,500 raised at garden tour

Aug 3, 2022

The Lake City Gardenaire Garden Club sponsored their first ever garden tour as part of Lake City’s sesquicentennial and they are excited to show their 150, times ten. “The garden club’s successful garden tour was on July 16,” the club said in a news release. “The garden club is happy to share that...

Lake City Federal donates to Fore the Bills for Aug. 6 golf tournament

Jul 13, 2022

Jim Mack, representing Lake City Federal Bank, delivered a $250 donation to Fore The Bills member Mitch Kuchinka. Fore The Bills, Inc. is a non-profit corporation formed by Lincoln High School alumni. Fore The Bills will be having a golf 4 Player Scramble Fundraiser on Aug. 6 at Lake Pepin Golf...

Children ‘Spread Love’ with fundraisers

Jun 29, 2022

Children raised money for The Peter’s Memorial Fund recently. The Vista Path Gang (pictured above, from left: Lyndon Clausen, Kennedy McCann, Natalie Meyer, Addie Meyer, and Laney Meyer) raised $86.75 selling lemonade and bracelets. They made their donation on Mother’s Day “which was a very special...

Corrected: Local veterans organizations fund Gold Star Mothers Park renovation

Jun 29, 2022

Lake City VFW Post 8729 and its Auxiliary and Lake City American Legion Post 110 Auxiliary provided over $30,000 to fund paving, flag poles, flags and other improvements to Lake City’s Gold Star Mothers Park. Along with the American Flag and POW flag, there are flags for every service branch of...

Five year journey ends with fountain dedication

Jun 22, 2022

Five years of planning, advocating, fundraising, and waiting came to an end Thursday, June 16, with the ceremonial ribbon cutting and dedication of the new interactive fountain at Ohuta Beach in Lake City. Water jets embedded in the concrete spray when activated by a sensor on a yellow pedestal at...

Lake City Federal donates toward Ralph Samuelson statue

Jun 8, 2022

Lake City Federal Bank President Jim Mack presented a check for $1,000 to Destination Lake City (DLC) President John Hutchinson as a Gold Level Contributor towards the construction costs for a life-sized statue of Ralph Samuelson, inventor of water skiing. DLC is a non-profit 501(c) corporation...

Legion donates baseball pitch count scoreboard

May 11, 2022

The Lake City American Legion Post 110 made a donation to the Lake City baseball program this past year. Thanks to the donation, a pitch count wireless scoreboard was added to the current scoreboard. Mel Blattner who has been involved with the American Legion baseball program since 1988 led the...