Philanthropy

Bracelet sales help local families

Nov 30, 2016

Steve Swan of Swan Jewelers in downtown Lake City is again supporting the Lake City Food Shelf this Christmas season. Swan Jewelers is selling pearl and crystal bracelet sets for $10, and donating the entire amount to the Lake City Food Shelf. “My family and I are very grateful to this community,...

SMIF CEO: Donations are investments in making a difference

Nov 30, 2016

There are two numbers I’ve been reflecting on this month: $2.1 billion and $373.3 billion. One of these is the total amount raised by the Trump and Clinton campaigns in the last election cycle. One is the amount of charitable contributions during 2015, a record-setting year. Can you guess which is...

FFA members compete, convene and contribute

Nov 23, 2016

The Lake City FFA has been very busy lately with contests, convention and the beginning of our annual corn drive. On Friday, Oct. 14, the Dairy Cattle Judging team and two members of the Poultry judging team traveled to River Falls, Wis., to participate in their respective contests. The Dairy team...

School district counts blessings

Nov 23, 2016

Lake City Public Schools has a lot to be thankful for this month. On Saturday, Nov. 19, the Lake City Education Foundation raised about $30,000 at its Black and Orange Gala fundraiser. Two days later, at its November meeting, the Lake City School Board voted to accept monetary donations totalling...

Veterans Plaza to be Shared by All

Nov 17, 2016

A couple of years ago Barney Freese stared out the window of his Lake City Care Center room and had an idea. He could see the adjoining Mayo Clinic Health System Lake City hospital across the way. To his left he could see the construction site that would become The Bluffs of Lake City assisted care...

Nurses donate rescue straps to LCPD

Nov 17, 2016

Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association employed by Mayo Clinic Health System donated three casualty rescue evacuation sets to the Lake City Police Department. The compact kits contain a variety of straps designed to aid in the rescue of people who are trapped. Lake City Police Chief Cory...

Food charities split Ardent Mills golf tourney proceeds

Nov 10, 2016

Lake City Food Shelf Treasurer Mavis Hawkins (center) and Executive Director Carole Helgerson (right) present Al Thompson with a check for $5,200. The money, representing half of the proceeds from Ardent Mills’ golf tournament in September, will go toward the Packing for the Weekend’s efforts to...

CCW donates $500 to food shelf

Nov 2, 2016

The Council of Catholic Women (CCW) at St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church donated $500 to the Lake City Food Shelf on Oct. 28. Making the presentation on behalf of the CCW was Linda Harvey. Pictured, from left, are food shelf volunteers Karen and Tom Heise, Harvey, and food shelf volunteers Avis...

Mayo monitors headed for high school design lab

Oct 13, 2016

Lincoln High School students who use the computer assisted design (CAD) lab have better monitors to use. Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City recently donated 30 flat screen monitors to Lake City Public Schools, replacing the district’s decade-old monitors. “The monitors adjust and rotate....

Shop gives $9,000 to student programs

Oct 6, 2016

To help start off the new school year in a positive direction, the Pass It On Thrift Shop in Lake City recently donated a total of $9,000 to various student programs at Lincoln High School and to early childhood development. Receiving checks from the Rev. David Badgley (from left to right) are Paul...