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City administrator to fill planning role while city seeks a news planning director

Aug 7, 2024
The vacancy created by the departure of Lake City Planning and Community Development Director Megan Smith is being filled temporarily by her predecessor in the role. On Monday the city council unanimously included additional compensation of roughly $1,500 every two-week pay period for City...

City council to meet a week earlier in August

Jul 31, 2024
The Lake City City Council’s regular meeting for August will be on the first Monday of the month, Aug. 5, rather than the second Monday, which is more typical. The meeting is scheduled to begin at the usual time, 6 p.m. The date change creates space for the primary election scheduled for Tuesday,...

School board filing now open

Jul 31, 2024
The filing period for the election of four members of the seven-member school board at Lake City Public Schools began Tuesday, July 30 and runs through through Aug. 13. School board members serve four-year terms and oversee school district operations, which include Bluff View Elementary School,...

Man charged after allegedly threatening people with knife in downtown Lake City

Jul 31, 2024
Grant William Oly, 67, of Florence Township, is charged with second degree assault and threats of violence, both felonies, and carrying a pistol with out a permit, a gross misdemeanor, after being arrested by the Lake City Police Department on July 25, the department said in a news release. “On...

Hok-Si-La gains regional park status

Jul 31, 2024
The City of Lake City is proud to announce that Hok-Si-La Park has been officially designated as a regional park by the Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission (GMRPTC). This prestigious designation follows a comprehensive evaluation of the park’s master plan, highlighting Hok-Si-...

Community Resource Center donates Farmer’s Market vouchers to County

Jul 31, 2024
Wabasha County Commissioners on July 23 approved and accepted a donation on behalf of the County Social Services Department from the Wabasha County Community Resource Center, in the amount of 100 Farmer’s Market vouchers, worth $15 apiece. Social Services was provided with the vouchers, to be used...

Study: City needs housing of all kinds, but especially for young people, seniors

Jul 24, 2024
The main finding of a new housing study approved by the Lake City City Council on July 8 probably won’t come as a surprise to many: The city has a shortage of housing. But the Lake City Port Authority, which commissioned Maxfield Research and Associates to conduct the study, believes the detailed...

SMIF seeking applicants for Small Town Grants

Jul 24, 2024
Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF) is currently accepting applications for its Small Town Grant program. Towns, or Native nations, with populations of 10,000 or less in SMIF’s 20-county region are eligible. Nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations, public institutions and units or agencies...

School board election filing is July 30 through Aug. 13

Jul 24, 2024
The filing period for the election of four members of the seven-member school board at Lake City Public Schools runs July 30 through Aug. 13. School board members serve four-year terms and oversee school district operations, which include Bluff View Elementary School, Lincoln High School, and Lake...

McCutchen pleads guilty in death of infant son

Jul 17, 2024
On Monday, July 15, the Honorable Douglas C. Bayley, Judge of District Court, accepted a guilty plea from Hunter Matthew McCutchen, 28, to the offense of Murder in the Second Degree, With Intent – Not Premeditated, in connection with the death of McCutchen’s 8-week-old child that occurred in May...

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