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Heffernan Ford gives $1,000 to food shelf
Dec 20, 2023
Tom Heffernan, owner of Tom Heffernan Ford in Lake City, presents a $1,000 check to Lake City Food Shelf Co-Director Dianne Coombs. “I’d like to thank everybody that does business with us all year long to make this donation possible for the less fortunate so they can have a happy, merry Christmas...
County approves preliminary plat for Bluff View Acres
Dec 20, 2023
Wabasha County Commissioners on Dec. 12 approved a preliminary plat of ‘Bluff View Acres,’ submitted by real estate agent Dave Breitenfield of Rochester.
Breitenfield submitted a preliminary plat application on Sept. 28 to re-plat Lots 1 and 2 of Block 1 in the Prairie Hills Acres 2nd Subdivision...
Charter Commission shrinks to seven
Dec 20, 2023
Lake City’s Charter Commission is shrinking from 11 members to seven.
The body, which is composed of qualified voters in the city and tasked with overseeing the city’s charter and mayor-council form of government, voted unanimously in October to recommend the change due to chronic vacancies on the...
One treated in Lake City after Hwy. 63 crash
Dec 20, 2023
A motorist was treated at Lake City Hospital following a collision in Farmington Township on Hwy. 63 on Dec. 15, according to the state patrol report.
Shortly before 6 p.m. that day, a 54-year-old Wabasha man was drving a 2007 Honda Pilot eastbound on White Bridge Road when it collided with a 2017...
Wabasha County conducting survey to help allocate opioid settlement funds
Dec 20, 2023
The Wabasha County Public Health Department needs your help.
Many Minnesotans have suffered greatly because of the ongoing opioid epidemic. Minnesota is a part of many multi-state agreements with opioid manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacies to help address the part these companies played in...
Tree clearing underway on Wabasha County Hwy. 2 south of Lake City
Dec 13, 2023
Cutting and clearing trees on Wabasha County Hwy. 2 south of U.S. Hwy. 63 near Lake City was scheduled to start Tuesday, Dec. 12.
Lane closures and traffic delays should be expected. Workers and equipment will be working on and near the road until winter weather doesn’t allow for work to...
Lake City Federal Bank and Forward Bank agree to merger
Dec 13, 2023
Lake City Federal Bank has signed a definitive agreement to merge with Forward Bank based in Marshfield, Wis., according to a news release. The merger will bring the total number of Forward Bank offices to 15 offices with 14 in Wisconsin and one in Minnesota.
The merger, which is subject to...
City Council approves 9.92% levy increase and 2024 city budget
Dec 13, 2023
The City of Lake City’s property tax levy will rise 9.92% over last year to $4,596,601.
It’s the largest increase in several years. The city’s tax rate is increasing by less—about 4.25%—due to an increase in property values.
The City Council approved the levy and a corresponding budget at its Dec...
Commercial navigation season comes to a close for 2023
Dec 6, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, saw the last tow of the 2023 navigation season as the Motor Vessel Thomas Erickson, departed Lock and Dam 10, near Guttenberg, Iowa, Dec. 3, with 15 barges.
Meanwhile Minnesota Department of Conservation officers reported ice angler activity on...
Block 13 condo development on track to meet Dec. 28 deadline
Dec 6, 2023
The developers of a planned condominium project on the southeast corner of Lakeshore Drive and Marion Street are one step away from meeting contingency requirements as part of its agreement to purchase part of the property from the Lake City Port Authority.
“Port Authority side of things, we are...
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