Red Wing YMCA

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...

City to manage pool operations this summer

Apr 7, 2021

The City of Lake City is hiring lifeguards and a pool manager as the city prepares to assume management of the O’Neil Community Swimming Pool this summer. City officials had been planning for the Red Wing YMCA to once again manage the pool after what the city deemed a successful first summer in...

Y gets more funding for pool operations

Dec 26, 2019

The city will reimburse the Red Wing YMCA a total of about $29,500 for operating the city’s swimming pool during the 2019 summer season. When the city and the YMCA reached an agreement for the YMCA to take charge of pool programming, the city earmarked $15,000 knowing that the actual cost would...

Letter: Thanks Y, city, and staff for a great summer at the pool

Jul 31, 2019

To the editor: We attend water aerobics classes (some of us for many years) at the Lake City O’Neil outdoor Community Pool. This pool opened in 1987 and thanks to the great work of the city continues to function and serve the community today. We would like to express our appreciation to the Red...

First day of pool

Jun 5, 2019

A pool patron drops backward off the new climbing wall in the deep end of O’Neil Swimming Pool on June 3, the first day of the 2019 season. The Red Wing Family YMCA is managing the pool this summer under an agreement with the City of Lake City, which owns the facility. A week-long safety around...

Shelter from the sun

May 23, 2019

Two newly-installed canopies at O’Neil Swimming Pool in Lake City await the arrival of summer and swimmers. Also new this year is a climbing wall to replace a broken diving board at the city-owned facility. Pool programming will be run by the Red Wing Family YMCA this year for the first time. More...

Mayor: City showing progress in 2019

May 8, 2019

Spring in Lake City is a wonderful time of the year. The beauty of our community is amplified by fresh air and the new beginnings of the land coming alive. Our city municipality is also cognizant that the change in seasons means time marches forward reminding us that our community has goals,...

Red Wing Y to take over Lake City pool operations

Mar 20, 2019

Big changes are coming to O’Neil Swimming Pool on West Marion Street. This summer, for the first time, the Red Wing YMCA will manage pool operations, including staffing and programming, things the city had done itself since the pool was constructed in the 1980s. The Lake City City Council approved...

Senators hold childcare listening session here

Sep 13, 2018

A bi-partisan group of state senators listen to testimony from a childcare provider during a childcare listening session Monday, Sept. 10, at the Lake City Public Library. The session was one of several planned around the state as officials work to ease a childcare shortage in many areas of the...

Mayo, YMCA: 'Get Ready to Ramble'

May 18, 2017

Mayo Clinic Health System and the Red Wing Family YMCA are encouraging families to get active together by participating in Get Ready to Ramble. This free 9-week program prepares participants of all ages for the River City Ramble, a 5K walk/run, 2-mile walk and a kids’ fun run on Saturday, Aug. 5...