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School board candidate written responses available online
Oct 23, 2024
The Lake City Education Association and the Education Minnesota Lake City Paraprofessionals Union held the 2024 School Board Forum at the Lincoln High School Auditorium on Oct. 10.
The unions have posted links to the written responses submitted by the 2024 Lake City School Board candidates at...
Librarians provide annual update to Wabasha County Board
Oct 23, 2024
Wabasha County Commissioners on Oct. 15 heard an annual report from officials at public libraries which receive funding from the County.
Rochester-based Southeast Libraries Cooperating (SELCO) distributes 100 percent of county funding to libraries. Each library has a local board appointed by city...
Council approves Ohuta Park retaining wall
Oct 23, 2024
In a 4-2 vote at an Oct. 21 special meeting, the Lake City City Council chose a design for the Ohuta Park seawall and awarded a construction contract to ICON Constructors LLC for $1,189,629.
ICON’s was the lowest of six bids received for the project.
The chosen design has about 150 more feet of...
Wabasha man makes sure patients get flowers
Oct 16, 2024
Vern Anderson is known around the community for the stunning flower gardens and memorials he keeps on his property on the prairie between Wabasha and Kellogg. People from all around visit Anderson Gardens to see the thousands of dahlias, gladiolas, roses and other varieties that he so masterfully...
Two injured in Saturday collision
Oct 16, 2024
Two people were injured in a collision on South Highway 61 in Lake City on Saturday, Oct. 12, according to a Minnesota State Patrol report.
Shortly before 1:30 p.m. that day a Cadillac Escalade and a Toyota Rav 4 were both southbound on Highway 61 when they collided near Borner’s Court.
Two...
City fines smoke shop $1,000, may act on license
Oct 16, 2024
The Lake City City Council approved a $1,000 fine citation for Lakeshore Smoke Shop, 1301 N. Lakeshore Dr., Ste. 600, and began a process that could result in a suspension or non-renewal of the shop’s tobacco license.
Police Chief Cory Kubista recommended the action after receiving a letter from...
Longtime resident Kristi Gross becomes city planning director
Oct 16, 2024
“I love planning, and now I get to do what I love in the city I love,” said Kristi Gross, Lake City’s new Planning and Community Development director.
Gross, who’s lived in Lake City for 20 years, fills the position vacated by Megan Smith in July. Her first day at the city was Sept. 30.
Gross...
Another oddly parked vehicle turns out to be stolen
Oct 16, 2024
For the second time in less than a week, a Goodhue County Sheriff’s Deputy noticed a vehicle parked oddly in an area off Highway 61 and discovered that it had been stolen in Lake City.
On Oct. 8, a sheriff’s deputy “checked on a van parked oddly in the scenic overlook area on Hwy. 61 in Florence...
New Port Authority director sees great opportunity in Lake City
Oct 16, 2024
Doug Grout is hitting the ground learning.
The new executive director of the Lake City Port Authority said he’s been “immersing myself in the program and the activities and the history not only of the Port Authority, but the Economic Development Authority.”
The Lake City Economic Development...
Traffic switches to new bridge south of Red Wing
Oct 16, 2024
Motorists traveling on Highway 61 south of Red Wing were scheduled to begin traveling on the new bridge over the CP Rail tracks on Oct. 15, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
Motorists should be alert to pavement changes on Highway 61 at the start of the project at both ends...
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