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Letter: Many hands make bikes work

May 9, 2018

To the editor: Over the past 7 years an effort has been on-going to establish a viable community bikes program in Lake City. It started with a few individuals who had seen bikes available to be used by anyone within city limits in local area towns and wondered “Why not in Lake City?” These folks...

Letter: Five for Food returns with more sponsors and a higher match

Feb 28, 2018

To the editor: Five for Food, an annual initiative to raise money for the Lake City Food Shelf begins on March 1 and continues through March, which is Food Share Month. In the past three years, Five for Food has raised over $53,000, which has allowed the Food Shelf to purchase over $200,000 in...

Fluid flow: A love story

Dec 6, 2017

“All of us are bound together by our love for fluid flow,” Jeff Marr told the audience at a fundraiser for a Lake Pepin-focused project by the Greater Lake City Community Foundation Nov. 30 at Nosh in Lake City. Marr was referring to he and his colleagues at the University of Minnesota’s St....

Lake Pepin's future is the focus of Greater Lake City Foundation project

Nov 29, 2017

The board of the Greater Lake City Community Foundation (GLCCF) has elected to create a study of the evolution of Lake Pepin over the coming fifty years, the foundation has announced. “Growing evidence in the Mississippi River at and above Red Wing demonstrates significant deposition of sediment...

Community foundation participating in 'Give to the Max' fundraiser

Nov 2, 2017

The Greater Lake City Community Foundation is asking area residents to consider donations to the foundation on Nov. 16 – Minnesota Give to the Max Day. Tax-deductible donations can be made by credit card at https://givemn.org. Donors can enter “Greater Lake City Community Foundation” in the “...

'Five for Food' returns

Feb 8, 2017

Five for Food, the cooperative initiative to raise money for the Lake City Food Shelf, is back. Five organizations have pledged $1,000 each to be used to match contributions made from now until March 31. The organizations are the Greater Lake City Community Foundation, Lake City Federal Bank...