business

White Distribution gets Chamber 'First Dollar'

Mar 11, 2020

The Lake City Chamber of Commerce ambassadors and staff welcomed White Distribution and Supply, LLC staff Mike Schmidt and Olivia Hoffman to the chamber and community with a first dollar presentation recently. “White Distribution is a full service industrial supply company. We save you time, space...

Non-traditional kennel owner speaks to Rotary

Dec 26, 2019

Kirk Bremer of Bark, LLC., was the guest speaker at the Dec. 16 meeting of the Lake City Rotary Club. His parents ran a deer farm, and they also raised exotic animals, so Kirk has been around a lot of different animals all of his life. The State of Minnesota no longer allows certain animals as...

Several futures possible for downtown lots

Dec 19, 2019

Justin Hawryluk says he’s excited to see the demolition of buildings along the 200 block of South Lakeshore and what could replace them, even if he doesn’t know yet what that will be. Hawryluk is the president of Lake Pepin Development Company, which owns the roughly half-acre of land on the...

Demolition underway on downtown block

Dec 11, 2019

The long-awaited demolition of some buildings on the 200 block of South Lakeshore Drive began Monday. Lake Pepin Development, which owns the site, received a demolition permit from the city earlier this year. In a Feb. 6 letter reviewed by the city’s Heritage Preservation Commission as part of the...

Allegra moving to Red Wing

Dec 11, 2019

Allegra Marketing Print Mail will be closing its downtown Lake City location and combining it with the existing Allegra location in Red Wing. Bob Hopkins, owner of the two locations as well as one in Rochester, announced the move in a Dec. 2 letter to customers. “Although our main store will be a...

Dental practice staff  continues to learn

Nov 20, 2019

Members of the Perry Dental staff completed some continuing education recently. Dr. Isaac Perry (right) and Dr. Ava Perry-Line (left) recently attended a three-day hands-on Spear Education workshop in Arizona focusing on how the teeth come together (occlusion). This class focused on the examination...

Workshop to cover ways for farmers to profit and protect drinking water

Nov 20, 2019

One challenge facing cities in Minnesota is how to keep their drinking water safe from nitrate contamination, according to the Cannon River Watershed Partnership. That’s why the Cannon River Watershed Partnership, Rice SWCD, Minnesota Extension, and the City of Faribault are working together to...

PMI is city’s ‘manufacturer of the year’

Oct 9, 2019

Lake City-based Pepin Manufacturing (PMI) was named the city’s manufacturer of the year at an annual luncheon Oct. 2 to celebrate Minnesota Manufacturing Week. Jon Solberg, one of two company representatives who accepted the award, said the company is experiencing double-digit growth. “The last...

In need of workers, Hutchinson decided to grow their own

Oct 9, 2019

Lake City manufacturers, many of whom say they have difficulty finding skilled workers, learned about a collaborative effort to address a worker shortage at the annual manufacturers’ luncheon in Lake City. Miles Seppelt is the economic development authority director in Hutchinson, Minn., a city of...

Mack joins Lake City Federal as CEO-in-waiting

Oct 2, 2019

Bruce Carlstrom, president of Lake City Federal Bank, has announced the addition of Jim Mack to its staff. Mack will begin working for the bank on Nov. 18 and will work with Carlstrom until February when Carlstrom leaves the bank to pursue other interests. Mack will become president and chief...