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Haley vs. Bayley: The campaign battle that keeps smiling

Oct 20, 2016
Barb Haley and Lisa Bayley chatted for 20 minutes outside the Lake City City Council chambers Tuesday evening waiting their turn. The conversation was private but animated. Both smiled, sometimes laughed. You could not tell they are opponents in a hotly contended election race. Haley is the...

Local, area candidates get their say

Oct 20, 2016
Sixteen candidates for seven local, state and federal office in the Nov. 8 election had a chance to address local voters Tuesday night. The candidates spoke at a forum at the council chambers at the Lake City City Hall. The event was conducted by Lake City Woman’s Club and the Chamber of Commerce....

Council Candidate Forum to be Oct. 25

Oct 20, 2016
Candidates for City Council have been invited to return to the council chambers, site of Tuesday night’s candidate forum, for a town hall meeting next Tuesday. The meeting is being organized by Mark Nichols, the lone candidate for mayor. The meeting will focus on eight discussion points outlined by...

County assesses storm damage

Oct 19, 2016
Township supervisors, city administrators, and the county’s public works director gathered at Zumbrota’s City Hall on Friday morning, Oct. 14 to meet with Minnesota Homeland Security and Emergency Management Officer Donald Helgeson and Chris Nordeng, engineer specialist for Minnesota Emergency...

Hwy. 60 reopens after bridge repaving

Oct 19, 2016
Traffic reopened Oct. 18 on Highway 60 near West Albany in Wabasha County after crews completed a bridge repaving project. Motorists should always be attentive, drive with caution, slow down in work zones and never enter a road blocked with barriers or cones, according to the Minnesota Department...

Bluff View service education program teaches to value of volunteering

Oct 19, 2016
An effort to get Lake City students more involved in the community and the world through volunteering has expanded to Bluff View Elementary School. Four years ago, Lincoln High School students began participating in global and local service projects like raising money to help an African village...

Key to local development: good planning

Oct 13, 2016
It is possible for the City of Lake City to get state funding for major future improvements but that will require some detailed planning. The City Council got that message from all corners Monday night when the public forum portion of the meeting turned into a roundtable discussion on state bonding...

Council holds off on Mayo lease change

Oct 13, 2016
It will be left up to the next City Council to decide on a change in the city’s affiliation agreement with Mayo Clinic Health System Lake City. The council voted 5-2 Monday night to table the requested action until January. Three current council members, Mayor Joel Beckman and Council Members Andru...

Ground-breaking for Public Safety Building

Oct 13, 2016
Representatives of the City Council, Public Safety Board, Ambulance Commission, Police Department, Ambulance Service and other city staff took part in a ground-breaking ceremony Thursday for the new Pubic Safety Building on North 10th Street. The structure will begin taking shape quickly....

Senator to visit Saturday

Oct 13, 2016
This fall, Sen. Matt Schmit and his staff are continuing their efforts to stay in touch with constituents through a series of “Saturdays with Senator Schmit” mobile office hours held across the district.  The mobile office is continuing a schedule of stops throughout southeastern Minnesota...

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