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Council approves preliminary tax levy increase of 7.7%

Sep 11, 2024
The Lake City City Council approved the city’s preliminary 2025 budget and property tax levy at the Sept. 9 regular meeting. The approved preliminary levy is $4,997,472. It includes a $47,000 correction of a tax collection shortfall in the Goodhue County portion of the city last year. When that is...

Community education receives $50,000 grant to support social-emotional learning

Sep 11, 2024
Lake City Community Education is excited to announce that it has been awarded a generous grant of $50,000 from The Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation through the Otto Bremer Trust and its Community Responsive Fund. This funding will significantly enhance educational opportunities for...

City bestows its highest honor on Peters Memorial Fund

Sep 11, 2024
The Lake City City Council presented a Key to the City, the city’s highest honor, to the Peters Memorial Fund at the council’s Sept. 9 regular meeting. Created to honor the memory of the late Tessica Peters and her son, Sawyer, the non-profit supports school-age children with initiatives like...

Scorecard shows growth in students that are both college and career ready

Sep 4, 2024
Lincoln High School has released its “Scorecard” of college and career readiness statistics for the class of 2024. Principal Greg Berge presented the information to the school board at its Aug. 20 meeting. A letter to parents provided a link to a YouTube video summarizing the data. In the video he...

Misuse prompts closure of Florence Township compost and brush site

Aug 28, 2024
The compost and brush site intended for use by residents of Florence Township is closed, and its unclear when, or if, it will reopen. In a notice appearing in this issue of the Graphic, the township said the site, located in Old Frontenac at the end of Van Blarcum Avenue is closed “because of lack...

One injured in Hwy. 63 motorcycle crash

Aug 28, 2024
One person was injured when two motorcycles collided on Hwy. 63 south of Lake City shortly after 2 p.m. on Aug. 24, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Both motorcycles were northbound on Hwy. 63 when they collided near Wabasha County Hwy. 3 in Gillford Township, according to the accident...

County Hwy. 22 closes Sept. 4 for reconstruction

Aug 28, 2024
Wabasha County Hwy. 22 (350th Ave.) between Hwy. 63 and County Hwy. 15 southwest of Lake City is planned to be closed to through traffic beginning Wednesday, Sept. 4 for road reconstruction, the Wabasha County Highway Department said in a news release. County Hwy. 22 will be closed to through...

County board discusses cannabis business regulations

Aug 28, 2024
Wabasha County Commissioners on Aug. 20 discussed a proposed ordinance which would regulate cannabis-related businesses within the county. Discussion centered mostly on regulations relating to where shops could be located, what times they could operate, and how close the shops could be to schools...

Candidate forum set for Oct. 7

Aug 28, 2024
The Lake City Chamber of Commerce and Woman’s Club of Lake City are asking the public to submit questions for a candidate forum on Oct. 7. Meet the Candidates 2024 will begin at 6:30 p.m. that day at Lake City City Hall, 205 W. Center St. Chamber Executive Director Heather Thomas said they would...

Six running for school board

Aug 21, 2024
Six people filed to run for a seat on the Lake City School Board in the Nov. 5 election during a filing period that ended Aug. 13, but the list is different than the one reported by the Graphic in the Aug. 15 issue, based on information available before the filing deadline. In alphabetical order...

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