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Wave goodbye?
Aug 16, 2023
Officials say the wave sculpture in Ohuta Park will have to be removed when a new seawall is constructed at the park. Beyond that the fate of the decades-old public artwork depends on a few factors.
The first is whether it can be restored, the second is whether there is a group willing to fund the...
Wabasha County Hwy. 86 reopens
Aug 16, 2023
Wabasha County Hwy. 86 from approximately one half mile north of 570th St. to County Hwy. 4 (near Whippoorwill) is open to all traffic after being closed for reconstruction and culvert replacements, according to the Wabasha County Highway Department.
County Hwy. 86 will remain an aggregate...
Commissioners hold hearing on County Recorder issue
Aug 9, 2023
Wabasha County Commissioners on Aug. 1 held a public hearing to allow citizens to comment on whether to change the County Recorder position from appointed to elected.
Three people spoke in favor of keeping the position elected. The Commissioners will make a final decision on the issue during their...
Lake City postcard mural coming to pharmacy wall
Aug 9, 2023
Lake City is about to experience a splash of color as the transformation of the Kennedy Drug by Sterling’s south facing exterior wall becomes a colorful, eye-catching and welcoming mural.
The Lake City Mural Committee (formerly the LC 150th Celebration Committee) and Destination Lake City (DLC)...
Ground faults cause outages, close street
Aug 9, 2023
Ground faults have caused two recent power outages in Lake City.
Last week a ground fault near the dead end of West Marion Street left three customers without power for about nine hours, according to Lake City Public Works Director Scott Jensen, whose department oversees the municipal power...
Blacktopping set to begin on N. 7th Street
Aug 2, 2023
After being delayed by hot weather last week, blacktopping was tentatively scheduled to begin along a section of N. 7th St. this week, according to a July 28 weekly project update email from Bolton and Menk, the City of Lake City’s engineering firm.
“The contractor has a safety policy to protect...
Wabasha County Board approves driveway
Jul 26, 2023
Wabasha County Commissioners on July 18 approved a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) request submitted by John and Kelsey Martin of rural Millville.
The Martins submitted a conditional use application on May 18 to construct a driveway in a bluff impact zone in West Albany Township. The 136.55-acre...
One dead, another hospitalized after collision on Highway 63
Jul 26, 2023
Two vehicles traveling opposite directions on collided on Highway 63 on July 19, leaving one driver dead and the other hospitalized.
Spencer Davis Sommerfield, 26, of Millville, died in the crash, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
At about 4:30 p.m. that day Sommerfield was southbound in a...
One dead in collision involving tractor in Goodhue County
Jul 19, 2023
A Stewartville woman was killed after the vehicle she was driving collided with farm machinery in Goodhue County on July 11, according to the Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff’s office received a report at about 10:42 a.m. that day of an accident involving a tractor and vehicle on...
Motorcyclist dies after hitting deer
Jul 19, 2023
A 29-year-old Lake City man was killed in a motorcycle accident on Hwy. 63 near Orchard Lane in Lake City on July 14.
According to the State Patrol report, Spencer Neal Streed was southbound on Hwy. 63 shortly before noon that day when the motorcycle he was driving struck a deer and Streed...
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