public safety

No apparent injuries in Sunday morning crash

Mar 13, 2024
Two vehicles sustained heavy damage in a Sunday morning collision in Lake City, according to police, but there were no reported injuries. Emergency personnel from the city police, fire, and ambulance services responded to a call at about 10:12 a.m. of a t-bone crash at the intersection of High...

Alley crash causes gas leak, driver arrested

Feb 14, 2024
A Feb. 7 vehicle crash in a downtown Lake City alley led to an arrest and a gas leak that caused the evacuation of between 15 and 20 people, according to police. The driver, Jorge Miguel Diaz Mendez, 36, of Lake City faces two felony charges of damage to property and one misdemeanor charge of...

Lake City and Zumbro Falls fire departments respond to Lake Township chimney fire

Jan 24, 2024
Lake City and Zumbro Falls fire departments responded to a chimney fire call at a residence in Lake Township, on Saturday, Jan. 20, according to a Lake City Fire Department Facebook Post. The Lake City Fire Department received the call at 9:10 p.m. that day. “While en-route we were updated that...

City: Avoid hefty fine by obeying snow emergency ordinance

Jan 10, 2024
At the Monday, Jan. 8, City Council meeting, Council Member Faye Brown noted snow in the forecast and reminded citizens about the city’s snow emergency parking rules. While snowfalls didn’t accumulate to a four-inch depth and trigger a snow emergency declaration, Lake City Emergency Management...

City: Be aware of snow emergency rules, sign up for CodeRED notifications

Nov 29, 2023
With winter coming, the City of Lake City is reminding people that when a snow emergency is declared in Lake City by city crews, vehicles must not park on city streets until they are plowed curb to curb. Fines for being parked on City Streets during a Emergency are $150 per vehicle. Notification...

One dead in Hwy. 60 motorcycle accident

Oct 25, 2023
A 36-year-old Lakeville, Minn., man was killed in a motorcycle accident on Highway 60 on Oct. 22, according to a State Patrol accident report. Jeffrey Patrick Nelson was driving a motorcycle westbound on Highway 60 when it left the roadway near Wabasha County Road 13 in West Albany Township,...

One dead, another hospitalized after collision on Highway 63

Jul 26, 2023
Two vehicles traveling opposite directions on collided on Highway 63 on July 19, leaving one driver dead and the other hospitalized. Spencer Davis Sommerfield, 26, of Millville, died in the crash, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. At about 4:30 p.m. that day Sommerfield was southbound in a...

One dead in collision involving tractor in Goodhue County

Jul 19, 2023
A Stewartville woman was killed after the vehicle she was driving collided with farm machinery in Goodhue County on July 11, according to the Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office received a report at about 10:42 a.m. that day of an accident involving a tractor and vehicle on...

Motorcyclist dies after hitting deer

Jul 19, 2023
A 29-year-old Lake City man was killed in a motorcycle accident on Hwy. 63 near Orchard Lane in Lake City on July 14. According to the State Patrol report, Spencer Neal Streed was southbound on Hwy. 63 shortly before noon that day when the motorcycle he was driving struck a deer and Streed...

Hwy. 61 closure at Ski Road begins July 20

Jul 19, 2023
Hwy. 61 will be closed at the Ski Road intersection starting Thursday, July 20 near Frontenac as crews construct passing lanes, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The closure means people traveling from Red Wing to Frontenac on Highway 61 will need to use the detour – Highway...

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