volunteerism

Donation, volunteers help upgrade Tiger ‘crow’s nest’

Oct 3, 2018

On Sept. 21, minutes before the Lake City Tiger football team took on the Lourdes Eagles, Lake City High School Activities Director Doug Vaith conducted a brief ceremony honoring the people who contributed money, labor, or materials to a major upgrade of the crow’s nest at the athletic field. The...

Letter: Close call shows why three lanes are needed

Oct 3, 2018

To the editor: Last year, at this time I helped decorate the city for the fall season. I was helping to put up the corn stalks. I was crossing Hwy. 61 carrying corn stalks in front of me. Two cars had stopped for me, one going north and one going south. I got to the middle of the street and out of...

Scouts help restore forgotten cemetery

Sep 19, 2018

We stepped into a cornfield to explore a forgotten cemetery. Hidden by the eight-foot tall green corn is a Presbyterian and Methodist cemetery dating back to at least 1862. Five Lake City Boy Scouts wondered why there was a cemetery way out here and no longer a visible church in the area. They...

Vision loss group seeks volunteer drivers

Sep 19, 2018

A vision loss support group in Lake City is forming a transportation pool of local volunteer drivers and a local volunteer coordinator/dispatcher. “For those of us open to easy but meaningful community service opportunities a good choice is giving free medical appointment transportation to our...

Team of rivals packs meals for starving children

Aug 29, 2018

High School football teams from Lake City, Plainview-Elgin-Millville and Wabasha-Kellogg and the Lake City High School volleyball team assemble Manna Pack meals during the Hiawatha Valley MobilePack event Friday at Lincoln High School. The two-day event yielded over 200,000 meals for Feed My...

Local merchant raising money to feed children around the world

Aug 15, 2018

When Cate Sprout decided to host a Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) MobilePack in Lake City, local boutique owner, Jodee Glenna’s interest was piqued. A long-time supporter of FMSC, Glenna created a way to raise donations to support the Hiawatha Valley MobilePack. For several weeks in July, her...

Letter: Lions experience joy of being part of something good

Aug 8, 2018

To the editor: On Saturday, July 21, a group of Lake City Lions attended the Wabasha County Fair in Wabasha to assist with the Tractor Pedal Pull. This is an annual event for children ages three to twelve, who compete by sitting on a small tractor and pedaling it as far as they can. The tractor is...

Fire dept. raffle winners announced

Jul 12, 2018

The raffle winners drawn at the Lake City Firemen’s Dance on July 7 were: 1. Jeff Daggett - 2003 PT Cruiser donated by Tom Heffernan Ford 2. Randy Meincke - Electric wall-mount fireplace donated by Hearth and Home Technologies 3. Joe Grobe - $500 cash donated by Federal-Mogul 4. Tina Blattner - $...

Letter: Dawn’s garden is pretty again

Jun 27, 2018

To the editor: The landscaping at the Lake City Area Arts building is pretty much done. Many, many thanks to our lead person, Master Gardener Joan Schimbeno, and to Char Gnotke and Helen Willers for all of their hard work. Also thanks so much to Jay, Bob and John from J and B Pallet company who...

Oak savanna restoration begins at state park

Jun 14, 2018

The volunteer-led Frontenac State Park Association received a $5,000 grant from the Parks and Trails Council of Minnesota to conduct an oak savanna restoration project in the park. The association contributed $500 to the project. The Frontenac Sportsmen’s Club also contributed $500. Association...