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State Sen. Schmit's mobile office returns to Lake City Dec. 19
Dec 17, 2015
The “Saturdays with Senator Schmit,” mobile office has resumed a schedule of stops throughout southeastern Minnesota including visits to Lake City and Wabasha on Dec. 19.
Rather than a town hall format that relies upon group discussions, the mobile office intends to promote individual...
Traffic fatalities on Minnesota road surpass 2014 numbers
Dec 17, 2015
Minnesota has now surpassed last year’s traffic fatality count, a reminder that all motorists need to make safe driving behaviors a priority when they are behind the wheel, according to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety (DPT-OTS). With a month to go in the year,...
Two more graduate from drug court
Dec 17, 2015
Judge Terrence M. Walters and the Wabasha County Substance Abuse Court team invite the public to attend the graduation of Dustin Moyer and Christopher Cox from Wabasha County Substance Abuse Court.The ceremony will take place Thursday, Dec. 17, at 9:30 a.m. in the Wabasha County Criminal Justice...
Boom truck has been part of Lake City for 50 years
Dec 16, 2015
The Lake City Marina boom truck and the three men that operated it for the last 30 years at the marina are pictured above. This truck has served the city for 50 years. The first 20 for the fire department and the last 30 for the marina. It has been used to load and unload boat cradles and has been...
New treatment helps Paul through surgery
Dec 16, 2015
It was supposed to be routine. Prep for a colonoscopy. Take one sick day. Sleep through the procedure. Recover at home. Back to work the next day. For Paul Myers of Lake City, routine turned into anything but. The procedure, conducted by Dr. Tom Ziebarth, of Lake City Family Physicians, at Saint...
Lake City Police issue crime alert after rash of package theft reports
Dec 11, 2015
An rash of reports of thefts of and from packages outside homes in Lake City has police on alert. They are offering advice for people who want to safeguard their deliveries.
Since Tuesday the Lake City Police Department has received four reports of thefts involving packages delivered in Lake City....
Work starts on Eaglewood homes
Dec 10, 2015
The first of 16 town homes to be built along North 10th Street has been started by a Rochester developer. The city sold the town home lots for $1,000 each. The lots were part of a land holding in the Eaglewood 5th Addition the city purchased for $25,000. Construction also has started on one of four...
Sievert to be Lake City's city administrator
Dec 10, 2015
Mark Sievert, the city administrator in Fergus Falls, will become the new city administrator in Lake City after the first of the year.
The exact starting date has yet to be worked out.
Sievert was selected from a field of four finalists who interviewed for the position Friday and Saturday.
The City...
Last barges of the season head downriver
Dec 10, 2015
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, locked the last tow of the season out of St. Paul, on Dec. 3.
The Motor Vessel Charlie G was locked through Lock and Dam 2, near Hastings, with 12 barges. Traditionally, the last tow heading south of Lock and Dam 2 marks the unofficial end of...
Wabasha Commissioners table sheriff's fund request
Dec 10, 2015
Sheriff Rodney Bartsh’s request to use squad replacement funds to purchase law enforcement and jail equipment was one item on a brief Wabasha County Board agenda Dec. 1.
The board met at 4 p.m. instead of their regular morning meeting to accommodate the truth in taxation hearing later that...
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