Snow Emergency

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...

Free CodeRED service provides snow emergency notifications

Nov 16, 2022

The accumulation of snow in the Lake City area earlier this week was a grim reminder that winter is on its way. And winter usually means snow—sometimes a lot of it. A snow emergency is declared after a snowfall of more than four inches. Plowing typically starts on the snow emergency routes first,...

Blowing, snowing, and more blowing

Mar 7, 2018

Predictions of a winter storm blowing into Lake City Monday afternoon led to the cancellation of classes at Lake City Public Schools around mid-day. Heavy winds in the afternoon mixed with heavy snowfall in the evening. The city declared a snow emergency just after 9 p.m. Eleven vehicles were...

15 get $150 ticket in latest snow emergency; alerts available

Jan 17, 2018

Lake City Police issued 15 citations to people parked on the street during the last snow emergency event in Lake City, which began Sunday, Jan. 14, at 10 p.m. The fine for parking on a city street that hasn’t been plowed to the curb is $150. People who want to know when snow emergencies are in...

City digs out after daytime snowstorm

Jan 12, 2017

City of Lake City Streets and Parks Supt. Bruce Wallerich plows snow on Bluff View Court Tuesday afternoon. Lake City Public Schools, which had a regularly scheduled late start, ended up canceling classes altogether. A citywide plowing event declared by the city resulted in eight tickets for...

Snow emergency averted in Lake City

Dec 30, 2015

When the predicted heavy snowfall totals failed to materialize overnight Monday, so did the snow emergency declaration that seemed all but certain earlier that day. Wabasha County was under a National Weather Service winter storm warning from Monday, Dec. 28, until 6 a.m. the following morning,...

Lake City's first snow emergency of the season likely

Dec 28, 2015

It isn't official, yet, but Lake City Police and Public Works expect tonight's storm to bring the city its first snow emergency of the season. At 3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 28, the National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for an area that included Wabasha County with snow accumulations in...