Real Estate

MnDOT sells lakefront parcel, buyer unknown

Aug 7, 2024

A lakefront parcel in Lake City offered for sale by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has found a buyer. According to Becky Swanson of MnDOT’s Property Conveyance Unit, the sale occurred last week. Details of the sale, including the identity of the buyer and the price paid, were...

No bids for city farmland

Feb 20, 2020

No bids were submitted on over 70 acres of farmland owned by the City of Lake City by the Jan. 24 deadline, City Administrator Rob Keehn told the city council at its Feb. 10 meeting. The city originally purchased the land in Lake Township as a place to spread material from its sewage treament...

Sold: Chatfield developer buys Outlot D

Mar 14, 2019

The Lake City City Council emerged from a closed session Monday, March 11, and voted to sell the city’s Outlot D property to a Chatfield developer for $45,000. Outlot D consists of lots stretching south from North 10th Street along Kemp Lane and Kemp Court. City Administrator Rob Keehn said that...

Husband-wife tandem exits Lake City insurance business

Dec 27, 2017

Husbands and wives working together selling insurance in Lake City was once fairly common, according to Bob Kemp of North Risk Partners. Now he and his wife Terri are the only ones he is aware of. After Jan. 1, there will be none. Bob and Terri Kemp are retiring from the insurance business. Their...

House crossing

Nov 2, 2017

The house formerly known as 215 W. Center Street moved to its new location on West Irving Street Oct. 25. James and Lynn Glazier purchased the home from the city. They’re moving to Lake City to be closer to their grandchildren, according to Larry Nielson, their real estate broker. John Wingert...

Home building picks up in Lake City

Oct 26, 2017

After a decade-long slump, home-building activity in Lake City rebounded this year. The city has issued building permits for 21 singe-family dwellings so far this year. “This is huge because it shows that we’ve had the most home starts since 2006,” said Megan Smith, planning and community...

Preparing to move

Oct 19, 2017

A crew from John Wingert House Moving slides a 50-foot beam beneath the house at 215 W. Center Street in Lake City on Oct. 16. The City of Lake City purchased the house, which is right next to City Hall, in 2013 and used it to house out-of-town ambulance service personnel. When the new public...

House move leaves Lake City in the hole

Sep 14, 2017

Some members of the Lake City City Council appeared to be experiencing sellers remorse even before the council voted 4-3 to accept a proposal to move a house on city-owned property to another lot in the city. The city had housed ambulance service personnel in the house next to City Hall after...

Denzer joins Kemp real estate

Mar 2, 2017

Nancy Denzer has joined Kemp Real Estate as a realtor, the agency has announced. Denzer joins Kemp Real Estate’s staff of five realtors with more than 100 years of combined experience, according to a news release. Nancy comes to the agency as a recently licensed realtor with 39 years of...

After 133 years, Villa Maria closes its doors

Jun 29, 2016

Villa Maria Center, which opened as a girls high school in 1883, will close its doors for good on Friday. Sister Rita Ann, an Ursaline Sister from St. Louis here to help with the closing, said Tuesday that members of the Villa community throughout the years said their good-byes last weekend. Those...