Lake City Streets and Parks

Peters Memorial Fund donation makes ice skating more accessible

Dec 17, 2025

Thanks to a donation from Peters Memorial Fund (PMF), you don’t need to own skates or even know how to skate to use the city’s ice rink at Underwood Park. Skates sized for toddlers and up line the back wall of the warming house, along with accessories like helmets and skate helpers. Lake City...

City should find alternative to glyphosate

Aug 14, 2024

Why is the City of Lake City again using poison (glyphosate) in our town to kill the vegetation around trees in our parks, around sign posts, around structures such as the public library, the steps across from the post office in Patton Park, etc.? The chemical is dangerous to our health. The...

Skaters take to lake, ponds

Dec 30, 2020

It’s been cold lately, but not cold enough for long enough to get a skating surface on the Lake City ice skating rink at Underwood Park. Lake City Public Works Director Scott Jensen said that with a shallow rink and a dark surface that absorbs heat, ice on the rink can begin to melt in...

Letter: Council made the wrong decision about street repairs

Jun 19, 2019

To the editor: A special thanks to the Graphic on the article in the June 13 paper about citizens trying to get streets repaired. Pine Grove Lane and Lilac Lane were put on a resurfacing plan in 2017 to be reclaimed. I went to meetings of the City Council to understand why streets that were noted...

Sentence to Serve crew aids flood clean-up

May 8, 2019

A nine-member crew with Goodhue County Sentence to Serve worked alongside City of Lake City Streets and Parks employees to remove flood debris by the loader bucket-full from Ohuta Park on May 2. The city pays $200 per day for the help, according to Streets and Parks Supt. Bruce Wallerich. Such...

Lake City’s snow wranglers

Mar 6, 2019

Snow keeps falling, and Lake City Public Works employees have been plowing and hauling at all hours of the day and night to keep city streets passable. This year the city has had to augment its Streets and Parks snow crew with help from the city’s water and electric utilities. Many, but perhaps not...

Letter: Great job street department

Sep 26, 2018

To the editor: Again our street department did a great job after the storm Thursday night. Thank you! Toni Anderson Lake City

Letter: Float-a-palooza shows what community is all about

Aug 22, 2018

To the editor: Lake Pepin Float-A-Palooza was a huge success! It was amazing to see so many people enjoying our beach, laughing, having fun, and taking in summer. When I think about Lake City, I want it to feel like that every day -- radiating community, happiness, and fun! The “behind the scenes...

Letter: Snowy streets cleared in no time

Mar 14, 2018

To the editor: To the Lake City Street Department, thank you for doing a masterful job on our city streets on our last snowfall. The city was cleaned up in no time. When I went to work at 7 a.m. all streets were clean, safe and driveable. Being able to accomplish getting the downtown streets...

Hok-si-la sleeper cabins under construction

Nov 22, 2017

A Glander Excavating excavator sits idle near the foundations of two of the three new sleeper cabins under construction at Hok-si-la Park in Lake City. Expected to be completed by May of next year, the Americans with Disabilities Act-accessible cabins will join three completed in 2016 thanks to a...