volunteerism
School community service group hatches monarch project
Nov 27, 2015
A group of Lincoln High School freshmen want to do something to help a small animal experiencing a big decline.
But in order to help the monarch butterfly, the once numerous pollinator whose numbers have dwindled by 90 percent in recent decades due to changes in farming practices and the loss of...
Friends' library donation match surpasses goal
Nov 19, 2015
The Friends of the Lake City Public Library issued a challenge on Give to the Max Day, Nov. 12, offering to match donations to the Lake City Public Library renovation fund up to a total of $5,000. When donations passed $5,000, the club kept right on matching, eventually kicking in $6,000. In the...
Goodwill ripples down Lilac Lane
Nov 12, 2015
A swarm of third graders with rakes makes its way down Lilac Lane in Lake City Tuesday afternoon sweeping every leaf in sight into the gutter. Bluff View third grade teacher Danielle Hegge said the students came up with the idea after reading a book where the protagonist, Chloe, was unable to undo...
Lake City to Red Wing bike trail gets kick-off
Nov 5, 2015
A master plan for a new regional recreational trail connecting Lake City with Red Wing could be complete in a year.
Local advocates say the quicker the better.
Darin Newman, a planner for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), will spearhead the planning. He told local supporters he...
Scarecrow fan revives contest
Oct 22, 2015
Jody Melrose shared with her boss her sadness over Lake City not having a scarecrow contest this year.
In the past the contest was held as part of the Johnny Appleseed Festival but this year the October event was replaced with the Junk Crush in September.
“Why don’t you organize it?” Jody’s boss,...
Lake City to Red Wing trail to get big kickoff Oct. 28
Oct 22, 2015
Local organizers of the proposed Mississippi Blufflands Trail between Lake City and Red Wing will host an informational open house and trail planning kickoff party at Mount Frontenac Golf Course on Wednesday, Oct. 28.
The event is free and open to the public and will begin with a social hour from 5...
Halloween Bash to support Lake Pepin Interpretive Centre
Oct 22, 2015
The proposed new Lake Pepin Interpretive Centre will be the richer for some Halloween fun being planned for Friday, Oct. 30.
A Halloween bash will be held from 7 p.m. to midnight that night at the Lake City Sportsman’s Club.
Money raised from the event will go to the interpretive center.
The event...
Several gather for monthly church supper at St. Mark's
Oct 22, 2015
St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Lake City opens its doors to the community one Wednesday evening a month for a free supper. The most recent was Oct. 14.
Classy road work
Oct 15, 2015
Members of the Twin Cities Alfa Romeo Car Club gathered at the historic wayside near Frontenac Saturday afternoon after completing some volunteer work. Twice a year club members gather for a ride through southeastern Minnesota. As part of the trip, they stop and gather litter along the road ditches...
First 'free library' pops up in Lake City
Oct 14, 2015
People looking for a book to read have a new option in Lake City.
The “Little Free Library” at 409 N. High St. features about 24 books ranging from children’s, to young adult to -- as of Friday -- the autobiography of former Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Loren and Mary Prigge mounted the library...
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