Traffic

Road closed near Whippoorwill

Sep 1, 2021

Wabasha County has announced that 609th St., from 269th Ave. to 592nd St/273th Ave. closed for road work on approximately Tuesday, Aug. 31, and lasting one month, weather permitting. The road will be impassable during work and closed to all traffic. Road users must use alternate routes. A map of...

Aug. 6 rollover near Zumbro Falls

Aug 11, 2021

A 23-year-old Lake City woman was injured in a single-car rollover near Zumbro Falls on Aug. 6, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. The car she was driving was southbound at about 6:52 a.m. on Highway 63 at Wabasha County Road 72 when it left the roadway and rolled. The driver was treated at...

Grant to fund temporary bump-outs on Lakewood Avenue

Feb 24, 2021

A grant from the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) will allow Lake City to do a demonstration project at an intersection heavily used by Lincoln High School students. During peak times of the school year, students numbering in the hundreds cross Lakewood Avenue on foot on South...

County - Don’t push snow onto roads

Dec 9, 2020

Goodhue County and the Minnesota Department of Transportation remind the public that it is unlawful to deposit snow on or next to a public highway or street, Goodhue County Public Works said in a news release. Minnesota law and many local ordinances prohibit the plowing, blowing, shoveling, or...

Motorcycle crash leaves one dead

Sep 30, 2020

A Wanamingo man was killed in a motorcycle accident in West Albany Township over the weekend, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Kevin Louis Vandewalker, 61, was westbound on Highway 60 near its intersection with 287th Avenue shortly before 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, when the motorcycle left...

Increased seat-belt enforcement happening now

Sep 23, 2020

Driving in Greater Minnesota with the open countryside and less traffic can be a welcome contrast to the congestion of city driving. What isn’t different is the need to buckle up to stay alive. In 2019, 77 percent of the unbelted deaths occurred in Greater Minnesota. Wabasha County Toward Zero...

Bridge repair closes highway lane south of Frontenac

Sep 16, 2020

U.S. Hwy. 61 at the bridge south of Frontenac is one lane while crews repair bridge joints, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The project will be complete Sept. 24, weather permitting. Traffic signals will be used to direct traffic in a single lane through the project....

County announces road closures

Aug 26, 2020

Three roads in Wabasha County are planned to be closed to traffic on Monday, Aug. 31 for concrete repairs, according ot the Wabasha County Highway Department. The planned road closures are expected to last one week. The closures are: • County Hwy. 25 from Olmsted County to Minnesota Highway 42...

Project hits milestone as Section 2 reopens

Aug 19, 2020

The third layer of bituminous paving went down Tuesday. On Wednesday temporary lines were to be painted and then, probably by early or mid-afternoon, several blocks of Highway 61 were expected to reopen in downtown Lake City. It hadn’t happened yet as of this writing, but if it goes as planned, it...

Highway 63 crash results in life threatening injuries

Aug 5, 2020

A crash on Highway 63 sent a 31-year-old Kasson woman to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. The accident took place at about 4:19 p.m., July 29, near the intersection of Highway 63 and 712th Street. The woman was traveling northbound in a 2003...