fire

Fire department: Condominium complex catches fire after lighting strike

Sep 27, 2023
A local condominium complex caught fire after being struck by lightning on Sept. 23, according to a Facebook post from the Lake City Fire Department: “First arriving Lake City Police officers reported smoke in the building and aided with evacuation. First in firefighters quickly found the fire...

Suspicious fires under investigation

Sep 13, 2023
On Sept. 8, the Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Mazeppa and Zumbrota Fire Departments, responded to an abandoned trailer fire on 232nd Avenue in Zumbrota Township. The Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office also responded to a fire on that date, 10 miles from the Goodhue County location...

Monday night Fire on Park Street

Jan 12, 2022
Lake City Firefighters outside and on the roof of a house that caught fire Monday evening, Jan. 10, in Lake City. The fire was on the 500 block of Park Street, according to the Lake City Police Department, which assisted on the call. It’s not clear if anyone was inside the house at the time of the...

Officials identify victim of fatal RV fire

Jan 22, 2020
Lake City Police Department has released the name of the person believed to have died when the RV they were in caught fire Dec. 27 at 914 N. High Street. The victim was 57-year-old Glenn Dale Moede. His family has been notified, according to police. Officials think the fire was accidental. A...

Fire victim remains unidentified

Jan 9, 2020
Officials have yet to positively identify the victim of a fatal RV fire at 914 N. High St. in Lake City, according to police. Sgt. Bill Weist, Lake City Police public information officer, said the department is working with the medical examiner and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to...

Body discovered in burned RV

Jan 2, 2020
As of Monday, officials were still working to identify a body discovered in an RV that caught fire in Lake City on Friday, Dec. 27. According to the Lake City Police Department, police responded to a report of a motorhome parked in the driveway of 914 N. High Street that was smoking heavily. “The...

Snowmobile burns on riverwalk

Mar 6, 2019
A snowmobile caught fire at the northern end of the Riverwalk in the early hours of the morning Sunday, March 3. Lake City Graphic Editor Andrew Eggenberger called 911 just before 3 a.m. to report the fire. Lake City Police and the Lake City Fire Department responded to the scene. The driver of...

Accounts set up for Mazeppa fire victims

Mar 21, 2018
Two bank accounts at First State Bank are set up to raise money to help two Mazeppa residents whose apartments were destroyed by fire in downtown Mazeppa March 11. Donations can be made to help Harlen Tweed and Daniel Gallimore recover from the fire by depositing funds in the account in their name...

Lake City firefighters respond to Red Wing blaze

Jun 14, 2017
The Lake City Fire Department was one of a half-dozen agencies assisting the Red Wing Fire Department with a four-alarm fire at a Red Wing city solid waste facility June 7. The call of smoke coming from the building at 1873 Bench Street, Red Wing, came in just before 9 p.m., according to a Red...

Semi tractor catches fire

Apr 26, 2017
From Jim Fick comes this photo of an apparently destroyed semi tractor in the Ardent Mills parking lot. Fick said he took the photo at about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday after a tow truck had arrived. The semi has since been hauled away, he said. Fire sirens could be heard in Lake City at about 2 a.m....

Pages

The Lake City Graphic

graphic@lakecitygraphic.com
Ph: 651-345-3316 (M-Tu 8am-4pm, W-Th-F 8am-3pm)
Fax: 651-345-4200
P.O. Box 469
111 South 8th Street
Lake City, MN 55041

ISSN 2994-1059 (print)  ISSN 2994-1067 (online)